Written question asked by Peter Bone (Conservative) on Wednesday, 7 July 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 July 2010. It was answered by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 14 July 2010 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Cycling: Safety

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the budget was of Cycle England in each of the last five years; and how much of that budget was spent on encouraging cyclists to wear cycle helmets.

Answer: [holding answer 12 July 2010]: Cycling England was created in March 2005 with an annual budget of £5 million (2005-06). That was subsequently increased to £10 million for 2006-07 and in 2007-08 the budget was further increased to £20 million, rising to £60 million in 2009-10. For 2010-11 the budget was reduced from £60 million to £58 million by the last Administration.There is no specific Cycling England programme to encourage cycle helmet wearing. However a number of programmes funded by Cycling England give advice on cycle helmet wearing, such as Bikeability training.

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