Cycling: Per Capita Costs
(asked on 28th October 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much they spend each year per capita on cycling initiatives.
Answered by
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
In the five years 2011/12 to 2015/16, the Department for Transport (DfT) has increased its spend on cycling in England from £1 per head to £3 per head. Local authorities also spend significant amounts on cycling and so over the same period, total spend on cycling in England has increased from around the £2 per head inherited from the previous Labour administration to £6 per head. Spend per head is over £10 per head in the eight Cycle Ambition Cities and London.
Cycling Programmes | Average spend in each year of programme (£) | ||||
2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | |
DfT spend per head | £1 | £2 | £2 | £2 | £3 |
Total spend per head | £2 | £4 | £5 | £5 | £6 |
All the figures above are to the nearest pound.
For investment plans beyond April 2016, the Department must act upon the Secretary of State for Transport’s duty to set a Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, with objectives.