Written question asked by Lord Fearn (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Earl Attlee (Conservative) on Monday, 19 December 2011.

Cycling

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what grants for cycling they awarded during 2008, 2009 and 2010 in (1) Merseyside, and (2) Sefton.

Answer

Merseyside, comprising the local authorities of Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral, was awarded grant funding for the delivery of Bikeability cycle training as follows:

	2008/9	2009/10	2010/11
Bikeability Cycle Training	£346,000	£440,000	£440,000

Sefton was additionally awarded a grant for Southport under the Cycle Town funding stream as follows:

	2008/9	2009/10	2010/11
Southport Cycle Town	£299,622	£1,132,315	£783,424

The Department for Transport also allocates integrated transport block and highways maintenance funding to local transport authorities for general capital investment in transport. This funding is not ring-fenced and local authorities have discretion to spend their allocations in line with their priorities.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 14239; 733 c300WA
Session: 2010-12
Subjects: Cycling Grants Merseyside Sefton
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Cycling

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