Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of investment in public spaces and walking infrastructure on (a) footfall in those spaces and (b) trading levels for businesses situated on or near those spaces or that infrastructure.

The Department for Transport has not made any recent assessment. However, we are aware of the work undertaken by Living Streets, who also form part of the Department’s Cycling and Walking High Level Group.