Written question asked by Mark Prisk (Conservative) on Monday, 7 March 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 9 March 2016. It was answered by Robert Goodwill (Conservative) on Tuesday, 15 March 2016 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Pedestrians: Greater London

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to improve pavements and crossings for pedestrians in London in the last two years.

Answer: Transport for London is responsible for pavements and pedestrian crossings on those major roads in London (or “red routes”) which form part of the Transport for London Road Network. The Department for Transport provides both a general (resource) and an investment (capital) grant to the Greater London Authority (GLA) for Transport for London (TfL) each year. This money is not ring-fenced and it is a matter for the Mayor to determine how it is spent. The great majority of pavements and crossings in London are the responsibility of individual London boroughs, which are funded primarily by the Department for Communities and Local Government, although TfL also provide some funding to boroughs for local road improvements. The Department for Transport has not provided any additional funding to individual boroughs for this purpose in the last two years.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 30072
Session: 2015-16
Subjects: Finance Greater London Pedestrian areas Pedestrians Pedestrian crossings
Contains statistics: Yes
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