Lilian Greenwood – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2016-04-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department provided for Bikeability in each year from 2007-08 to 2015-16 expressed in 2015-16 prices; and how much his Department plans to provide for that scheme in each year from 2016-17 to 2020-21 expressed in 2015-16 prices.
Mr Robert Goodwill
The amount of funding provided by the Department for Transport to support the delivery of Bikeability cycle training in each financial year from 2007/08 to 2015/16 is set-out in the table below:
|
Financial Year |
2007/08 |
2008/09 |
2009/10 |
2010/11 |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
2015/16 |
|
£m |
1.11 |
3.92 |
5.94 |
9.50 |
11.48 |
10.97 |
11.71 |
12.45 |
11.19 |
|
Funding expressed in 2015/16 prices £m |
1.30 |
4.49 |
6.67 |
10.35 |
12.25 |
11.51 |
12.05 |
12.60 |
11.19 |
Footnotes: Figures provided in the table cover Bikeability training grant costs only. Funding expressed in 2015/16 prices was calculated using parameters in the Transport Analysis Guidance (TAG) data book.
Between 2010/11 and 2015/16 this government provided an average of £11.66m per year in 2015/16 prices, compared to an average of £4.15m per year in the three years previously under Labour.
The projected budget for the delivery of Bikeability in each financial year from 2016/17 to 2019/20 is set-out in the table below:
|
Financial Year |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
2018/19 |
2019/20 |
|
£m |
11.40 |
11.59 |
11.79 |
11.99 |
|
Funding expressed in 2015/16 prices £m |
11.22 |
11.21 |
11.19 |
11.15 |
Footnotes: Figures provided in the table cover Bikeability training grant costs only. Funding expressed in 2015/16 prices was calculated using parameters in the Transport Analysis Guidance (TAG) data book.
Government funding for Bikeability in 2020/21 will be decided at a future Spending Review.
