Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 27 October 2015 to Question 13105, on cycling, if he will (a) update the table provided in that Answer to include the year 2015-16 and (b) provide a version of that table that excludes Cycle Ambition Cities funding from the regional breakdown of per capita spend.
In response to part a) of your question, spend on cycling in 2015-16 was:
TOTAL: £363.3m, or £7 per head in 2015/16.
Of these programmes, we can provide regional breakdown per head for the Local Sustainable Transport Fund, Cycle Rail, Transport for London and Cycle Ambition Cities, totalling £238.5m.
a) 15/16 regional spend per head (£) for selected programmes
Region | Regional spend per head (£) for selected programmes | |
| 2015/16 | |
East Midlands | DfT spend | 1 |
Total spend | 1 | |
East of England | DfT spend | 1 |
Total spend | 1 | |
North East | DfT spend | 6 |
Total spend | 7 | |
North West | DfT spend | 2 |
Total spend | 4 | |
South East | DfT spend | 2 |
Total spend | 2 | |
South West | DfT spend | 3 |
Total spend | 4 | |
West Midlands | DfT spend | 2 |
Total spend | 3 | |
Yorkshire & Humber | DfT spend | 2 |
Total spend | 3 | |
London | Total spend | 18 |
Please note these figures do not provide a total regional spend per head and spend on the ground will be significantly greater.
The remaining programmes total £124.80m. We do not hold a breakdown of regional funding by mode for the Integrated Transport Block, Local Growth Fund, Bikeability and Highways England.
In response to part b) of your question, please find below a version of the table from Question 13105 excluding the Cycle Ambition Cities.
a) Regional spend per head (excluding Cycle Ambition Cities)
Region | Regional spend per head (£) | ||||
| 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | |
East Midlands | DfT spend | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Total spend | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
East of England | DfT spend | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Total spend | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
North East | DfT spend | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Total spend | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |
North West | DfT spend | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Total spend | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | |
South East | DfT spend | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Total spend | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
South West | DfT spend | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Total spend | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | |
West Midlands | DfT spend | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Total spend | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
Yorkshire & Humber | DfT spend | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Total spend | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
London | Total spend | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 |