Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, following their announcement of a £2 billion funding package to support alternative ways to travel, how this funding will be distributed to local authorities; whether smaller councils such as district councils and London borough councils will be able to access the funding; and what is their expected timeframe for allocating and distributing this funding.

On 23 May, the Secretary of State announced that local authorities would be allocated a share of £225 million to create ‘pop up’ and permanent cycle lanes and reallocate road space. The funding is being released in two phases. The first tranche of £45 million will be released as soon as possible subject to Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) submitting suitably ambitious plans to the Department. London boroughs and Transport for London (TfL) are also eligible for funding. The Department wrote to LTAs, London boroughs and TfL on 27 and 28 May respectively detailing how they should apply for funding. The deadline for LTAs to submit their plans for tranche one is 5 June 2020.

The second tranche of £180m will be released later in the summer, again, subject to LTAs submitting ambitious plans.

Indicative allocations for LTAs, including London can be found on GOV.UK