Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have taken up the Cycle to Work scheme in each year since that scheme's establishment.

The Department does not retain data on the uptake of the Cycle to Work scheme. This is because the Cycle to Work scheme is an employee benefit covered by an exemption and therefore employers do not have to make an annual tax return regarding the benefit; meaning the Department does not collect the data.

Independently of Government however, the Cycle to Work Alliance have published reports containing information on take up of the scheme: http://www.cycletoworkalliance.org.uk/news.html.