Written question asked by Dari Taylor (Labour) on Wednesday, 2 July 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 8 July 2008. It was answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 July 2008 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Cycling

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funding her Department has provided to (a) local authorities and (b) others to support the provision of training for cyclists in the last three years.

Answer: To date, we have made around £4.3 million available to local authorities to fund Bikeability, the new national standard for cycle training. This includes £150,000 to pilot the new standard in 2006-07, £1.2 million in 2007-08 and £3.1 million this financial year. In addition, we have made around £1.5 million available to the School Sports Partnerships to increase Bikeability training in schools over the same period. We will also be providing funding amounting to around £400,000 to enable British cycling coaches to deliver Bikeability training this year.We have also invested around £1 million between 2005-06 and 2007-08 via a grant to Cycling Tourist Club to build capacity in the cycle training sector.

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