Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of using Bikeability funding to deliver Bikeability Plus on the provision of Bikeability training.

Bikeability Plus has been developed to address specific barriers to children cycling more often, in addition to and support of the core Bikeability training. It was piloted in a number of areas across England. During the pilot, the number of children who cycled to school at least once a week more than doubled. During the piloting of Bikeability Plus, a number of authorities reported positive impacts on the provision of core Bikeability training. It was found that in areas where Bikeability Plus had been delivered, instructors delivering core Bikeability modules were able to spend more time on the road training children. Monitoring of Bikeability and Bikeability Plus programmes is ongoing.