Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of funding allocated by the Government for cycling infrastructure since 2012 has been designated for Cheshire East.

Cheshire East received funding in 2012 totalling £3.509m as part of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund for their programme ‘Growing Smarter Travel Choices in Crewe’. This programme contains projects that will deliver cycle improvements, including improved off-road cycling routes, new cycle parking and enhanced way-finding. These works sit alongside a range of other transport projects, such as bus infrastructure improvements, traffic management enhancements and improved walking facilities. We do not hold a breakdown of how Cheshire East has proportioned their overall funding across these various transport modes. Further, in 2012/13, Cheshire East received funding from the Department’s Linking Communities fund of £400k for work extending the Connect2 scheme and £200k for pedestrian and cycle improvements on Macon Way. Through the Cycle Safety fund, Cheshire East was awarded £413,170 in 2013/14 for the West Street/Victoria Avenue junction. These latter schemes are all based in Crewe.