Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how the Government’s Better Connected transport strategy will ensure that walking and cycling are fully integrated into the wider transport system.

Better Connected: A Strategy for Integrated Transport recognises the crucial role that walking, wheeling and cycling play in connecting people and places, either as the whole trip or as part of accessing the wider transport network. It commits Active Travel England to develop a framework for assessing the quality and connectivity of walking, wheeling and cycling routes to rail stations, as well as cycle parking provision.

The strategy is supported by the Government’s new Local Transport Plan (LTP) guidance, under which local transport authorities should set out in their LTPs how walking, wheeling and cycling will be enabled, prioritised and integrated with other forms of local transport.

The Government is also providing significant investment in active travel, including £626 million funding for local authorities from 2026/27 to 2029/30, and will publish the third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS3), shortly.