Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the funding required to double cycling activity from 0.8 billion cycle stages in 2013 to 1.6 billion cycle stages in 2025.

Answered by Jesse Norman

The amount of funding required depends on a wide variety of factors including the uncertainty over the long-term impact of the pandemic on cycling activity. A total of around £3 billion of Government funding is projected to be invested in cycling and walking up to 2025.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the level of financial support available to local authorities to install new cycling infrastructure.

Answered by Trudy Harrison

There is an unprecedented £2 billion of investment in cycling and walking over the rest of this Parliament. Ministers and officials from this Department have regular discussions with their counterparts in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and other Government Departments to ensure that their programmes are fully aligned with the Government’s cycling and walking aims. The Government will continue to make funding available to local transport authorities through a wide range of funding streams, including some administered by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.