Written question asked by Andrew Selous (Conservative) on Tuesday, 22 February 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 February 2022. It was answered by Trudy Harrison (Conservative) on Tuesday, 1 March 2022 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Bridleways: Cycling

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bridleways have been incorporated into safe cycling routes to date.

Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that the public has good access to the countryside through the creation of new, waymarked and maintained paths. It is, however, for local authorities to decide how and where to incorporate bridleways into their cycling networks and to maintain them accordingly, and the Department does not hold a central record of this. The UK-wide National Cycle Network, managed by Sustrans, incorporates a number of bridleways, and the Department has provided £20 million to Sustrans during the current financial year to improve and resurface parts of the network.

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