Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will provide funding to facilitate the opening up of eastern pedestrian and cycling access to Hitchin Train Station.

The Government is committed to increasing walking and cycling, with £2 billion of funding available for active travel up to 2024/25. Local authorities will shortly be invited to bid for the next round of active travel capital funding, which will be administered by Active Travel England on behalf of the Department. Deciding which measures to put forward in their bids is a matter for individual authorities.