Asked by: Fabian Hamilton (Labour - Leeds North East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 4.12 of the Spring Budget 2024, HC 560, what the core level of funding for local roads was before the additional £8.3 billion was announced.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
In the 2023/24 financial year, the base level of funding before the additional £8.3 billion multi-year funding uplift was announced was £1.15 billion. This included the one-off £200 million uplift announced in Budget 2023. Prior to this the 2021 Spending Review had confirmed that the core level of funding for local highway maintenance would be a total of £915 million per year, to be shared between all eligible local highway authorities in England over the period 2022/23 to 2024/25. Authorities in London and in receipt of City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) are treated separately.
Funding allocations for highways maintenance can be found on GOV.UK.
Asked by: Fabian Hamilton (Labour - Leeds North East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce new and increased dedicated funding for active travel.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Since May 2023, the Department has announced £200 million of capital funding through the Active Travel Fund and almost £60 million of revenue funding to support active travel to school through Bikeability, Walk to School, Big Bike Revival and Modeshift Stars. Active Travel England is preparing to announce the next rounds of Active Travel Fund and Capability Fund allocations shortly.
Asked by: Fabian Hamilton (Labour - Leeds North East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the use of the Capability Fund by local authorities to implement cycle (a) loan and (b) share schemes since July 2021.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The most recent monitoring data, from May 2023, indicates that 41 cycle loan and share schemes were being delivered using funding provided by the Capability Fund 2021/22 and 21 schemes thorough Capability Fund 2022/23, with a total value of £1.2 million.
Asked by: Fabian Hamilton (Labour - Leeds North East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish his response to his Department's consultation on Managing pavement parking, published on 31 August 2020.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department has been considering all the views expressed in response to our consultation, and we are currently working through the policy options and the possible legislative opportunities for delivering them. Following conclusion of this process, we will publish our formal response.
The formal consultation response will be available to view at: www.gov.uk/government/consultations/managing-pavement-parking.
Asked by: Fabian Hamilton (Labour - Leeds North East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the findings of his Department's review of low-traffic neighbourhoods.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The low traffic neighbourhood review is due to conclude shortly. Once complete, the Department will consider the findings. The results will be published in due course thereafter.
Asked by: Fabian Hamilton (Labour - Leeds North East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 14 of The plan for drivers published on 2 October 2023, what his Department's timetable is for publishing new guidance on low traffic neighbourhoods.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
New guidance will be published in due course.
Asked by: Fabian Hamilton (Labour - Leeds North East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the announcement on additional funding for pothole repairs in the Spring Budget 2023, what his Department's policy is on whether pothole funding can also be used by local authorities to maintain (a) footways and (b) cycleways.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Pothole funding can be used for all highways repairs, including to footways and cycleways.
Asked by: Fabian Hamilton (Labour - Leeds North East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Table 1 of the second cycling and walking investment strategy published 6 July 2022, what double counting data error led to revisions made on 10 March 2023; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The data error concerned one of the figures in Table One of the Strategy, and came to light as a result of internal discussions. The table in question incorrectly included £225 million of expenditure under the heading “projected investment from April 2021 to March 2025” when this funding had in fact already been accounted for in the period April 2016 to March 2021 in Table One of the second Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy Report to Parliament published in July 2022. This correction in no way affects the statutory status of the second Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy.
Asked by: Fabian Hamilton (Labour - Leeds North East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the updates to the Second Walking and Cycling Investment Strategy made on 10 March 2023 maintain the same statutory status as the original strategy published in July 2022.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The data error concerned one of the figures in Table One of the Strategy, and came to light as a result of internal discussions. The table in question incorrectly included £225 million of expenditure under the heading “projected investment from April 2021 to March 2025” when this funding had in fact already been accounted for in the period April 2016 to March 2021 in Table One of the second Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy Report to Parliament published in July 2022. This correction in no way affects the statutory status of the second Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy.
Asked by: Fabian Hamilton (Labour - Leeds North East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that bus stops are accessible and safe for blind and visually impaired people.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
The Inclusive Transport Strategy committed the Department to take steps to improve the accessibility of bus stations and stops. The Department is commissioning research to help us to understand the impact of bus station and stop design on disabled people and other users. This will inform future work on a accessible design standard and local council toolkit to improve the accessibility of bus stations and stops.
The Inclusive Transport Strategy committed the Department to take steps to improve the accessibility of bus stations and stops. The Department is commissioning research to help us to understand the impact of bus station and stop design on disabled people and other users. This will inform future work on a potential accessible design standard and local authority toolkit to improve the accessibility of bus stations and stops.