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Written question asked by Andrew Gwynne (Labour) on Wednesday, 28 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 2 November 2009. It was answered by Lord Khan of Tooting (Labour) on Monday, 9 November 2009 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Sustrans: Finance

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much Sustrans has received from his Department in each of the last five years; and what information his Department holds on the amount Sustrans has raised for funding projects in respect of which matching funds were provided by his Department in each such year.
Answer

The following table shows how much the Department for Transport has paid Sustrans in each of the last five years and what information the Department holds on the amount Sustrans has raised for funding projects in respect of which match funding was provided by the Department.

£
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
Sustrans' projects
Links to Schools 2,000,000 4,205,000 2,010,000 3,500,000 ¹—
Match funding 3,870,700 7,668,035 3,695,331 7,948,772 ¹—
Bike It ²— ²— ²— 700,000 397,500
Match funding ²— ²— ²— 510,000 610,000
Cycling Demonstration Towns (CDTs) Monitoring 11,698 28,698 27,407 73,017 ¹—
Match funding n/a n/a n/a n/a ¹—
Selection of Cycling Demonstration Towns (CDTs) and support for set-up 12,148 4,948 4,474 11,627 ¹—
Match funding n/a n/a n/a n/a ¹—
Safe Routes to Schools/School Travel Information Service 114,709 145,000 60,000 100,000 50,000
Match funding ³— ³— ³— ³— ³—
n/a = not applicable
¹ No money paid so far this financial year.
² Prior to 2008-09 Bike It grant paid directly to Bicycle Association.
³ Information not available.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
499 c60-2W; 297016
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Finance Sustrans
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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