Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of changes to funding for active travel projects on the safety of cyclists.

The Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy Report to Parliament, published in July 2022, provides an assessment of the impacts of investment in active travel on road safety. The Department plans to publish a new Road Safety Strategic Framework, based on a Safe System approach, later this spring. Active Travel England will be working with local highway authorities to ensure that all new active travel schemes, however they are funded, are safe and accessible.