Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for active travel.

The Department’s ministers and officials have regular discussions with their counterparts in His Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) on active travel funding and other matters. In recent months, discussions on active travel with HMT have focused on the need to provide multi-year funding to support the delivery of the objectives of the second Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS2) published in July 2022. The Government expects to invest a total of around £3 billion in active travel from 2020 to 2025.