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Written question asked by Geraldine Smith (Labour) on Wednesday, 15 July 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 July 2009. It was answered by Sadiq Khan (Labour) on Tuesday, 21 July 2009 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Cycling: Lancashire

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much funding his Department has allocated to encourage bicycle usage in Morecambe and Lunesdale in each of the last three years.
Answer

Lancaster with Morecambe is one of the Department for Transport's Cycle Demonstration Towns. We provided funding of £1,311,775.00 for the period 2005-08. We have extended their funding for 2009-11 which is set out in the table:

Lancaster with Morecambe £
2005-08 (1 November 2005-31 March 2008) 1,311,775
2008-09 500,000
2009-10 500,000
2010-11 500,000
Total 2,809,200

In addition we funded a cycle training grant bid in full from Lancaster city council for the cycle demonstration town area of £15,000.00 for 2009-10.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
496 c1213-4W; 288361
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Cycling Lancashire
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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