Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2023 to Question 185411 on Roads: Active Travel, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of National Highways delivering the Government's policy on cycling and walking.

Designated Funds is one of the key funding vehicles for active travel investment. National Highways is due to invest £105 million in walking and cycling schemes during this five-year RIS2 period. There are, however, other National Highways programmes which will deliver active travel policies, including major enhancement schemes and maintenance and renewal projects but it is not possible to disaggregate the costs of the active travel components of these.