Walking: Finance

(asked on 13th June 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2016 to Question 39160, what the figures for his Department's spending on walking programmes in each year to 2021 are in real terms.


Answered by
Robert Goodwill Portrait
Robert Goodwill
This question was answered on 21st June 2016

Programme

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

Total

Walking

£m

£m

£m

£m

£m

£m

Real term spending

£97.00

£88.45

£67.01

£42.10

£21.60

£316.16

We have applied the GDP deflator rates to the figures that were provided in response to the original PQ 37869. It should be noted that the future years GDP deflator rates are estimates only.

Note that the above totals include sums from within current Local Growth Fund allocations. Not all of the Local Growth Fund is currently allocated, so as future allocations of the Local Growth Fund are made to Local Enterprise Partnerships, the amount supporting walking projects through to 2020/21 is likely to rise.

In addition to the totals above, from within the record £6 billion allocated to local highways authorities between 2015 and 2021 for road maintenance, this funding can help maintain footways and cycleways.

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