Written question asked by Mark Eastwood (Conservative) on Wednesday, 17 January 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 19 January 2024. It was answered by Guy Opperman (Conservative) on Tuesday, 23 January 2024 on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Active Travel: West Yorkshire
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has provided to support (a) cycling and (b) walking activities in (i) Dewsbury constituency and (ii) West Yorkshire in the last 12 months.
- Answer
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In the last 12 months, Active Travel England has awarded West Yorkshire Combined Authority £2,530,967 of revenue funding through the Capability Fund, and £17,430,668 of capital funding through the fourth tranche of the Active Travel Fund. This funding has been provided to support active travel as a whole in the region and is not split between walking and cycling. West Yorkshire Combined Authority decides on how this funding is allocated locally.
Annual payments are also made to West Yorkshire Combined Authority for Levelling Up Fund and City Regional Sustainable Transport Settlement Schemes. This includes a £330,000 scheme for a Dewsbury-Batley-Chidswell bus, cycling and walking corridor.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 10292
- Session
- 2023-24
- Subjects
- Cycling Finance Walking West Yorkshire
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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