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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department is taking to support local economic partnerships in the application process for the local sustainable transport and walking schemes 2015-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department is taking to support local economic partnerships in the application process for the local sustainable transport and walking schemes 2015-16.
On 23 December we launched guidance for transport authorities to bid for £78.5 million revenue set aside for the Local Sustainable Transport Fund 2015-16. We have encouraged transport authorities to work with their Local Enterprise Partnerships to ensure ongoing support for sustainable transport schemes.
£100 million capital is available within the Local Growth Fund for local sustainable transport projects. We are supporting Local Enterprise Partnerships with the development of their Strategic Economic Plans by providing feedback on the sustainable travel elements of their plans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department is taking to encourage more children to walk to school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department is taking to encourage more children to walk to school.
The Department for Transport has provided £600 million of funding through the Local Sustainable Transport Fund to enable local transport authorities to identify and implement the right solutions to meet the economic and environmental challenges faced in their areas. They include a variety of sustainable transport measures such as suitable infrastructure improvements for cycling and walking.
59 of the 96 funded projects contain an element promoting walking to schools. Of particular note is the ‘Walk to School Outreach’ project, which received £4.8 million from the Department via the Local Sustainable Transport fund. The programme is a partnership of 11 local authorities, led by Durham county council. The partnership is supported by national charity Living Streets to roll out an outreach programme, aimed at increasing levels of walking to school at primary and secondary schools in target locations. The Department has a close working relationship with Living Streets, and carefully considers advice from Living Streets when developing policy.
The then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Lewes (Norman Baker), spoke at the parliamentary launch of Walk to School week in 2013 and met children from a number of schools that had achieved success in making it easier to walk to school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what activities his Department undertook to support Walk to School Week in May 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what activities his Department undertook to support Walk to School Week in May 2013.
The Department for Transport supports Walk to School week as an excellent opportunity for schools to engage with children and parents and encourage walking to school. The then Under-Secretary of State for Transport, the hon. Member for Lewes (Norman Baker), spoke at the parliamentary launch of Walk to School week this year and met children from a number of schools that had achieved success in making it easier to walk to school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how his Department is working with the Department for Education to encourage more children to walk to school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how his Department is working with the Department for Education to encourage more children to walk to school.
Since 2010, Department for Transport and Department for Education Ministers and officials have met regularly to discuss matters of shared interest, including sustainable travel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the current status is of the Government's review of school transport; and what conclusions have been reached on the role of walking in home to school transport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the current status is of the Government's review of school transport; and what conclusions have been reached on the role of walking in home to school transport.
We conducted the last review of school transport in 2011, with some supplementary research in 2012. We will be consulting on new home-to-school
transport guidance this autumn and propose to incorporate the best practice identified in the earlier review when we publish the new guidance early in 2014. We intend to strengthen guidance on transport appeals arrangements to provide greater clarity for both parents and local authorities.
We encourage walking to school for those children able to do so, because of the health and environmental benefits, but currently, there are no plans to review the statutory walking distances.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what meetings Ministers in his Department have had with Ministers from other Departments to promote the policy of active travel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what meetings Ministers in his Department have had with Ministers from other Departments to promote the policy of active travel.
In the past year, as DFT Minister with responsibility for cycling and walking, I have held meetings with Ministers in DCLG, DFE, DH and DEFRA to promote walking and cycling policy.
(3) if his Department will estimate the income generated by walking and recreation by county.
Huw Irranca-Davies:
(3) if his Department will estimate the income generated by walking and recreation by county.
Huw Irranca-Davies:
DEFRA does not hold figures for the income generated by walking and recreation in coastal communities or by county. However, annex 4 of the impact assessment of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, which was published in March 2010, included an assessment of the costs and benefits of the provisions on coastal access under part 9 of that Act.
Natural England has recently commissioned a literature review on the benefits and costs of public access and countryside recreation. The review estimates that walking as a countryside leisure activity in England involves an expenditure of £6.14 billion a year, supporting £2.8 billion in income and up to 246,000 jobs overall.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many officials in his Department (a) are working on cycling and active travel issues and (b) are projected to be so working in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many officials in his Department (a) are working on cycling and active travel issues and (b) are projected to be so working in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
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Currently, 9.9 full-time equivalent officials are allocated to roles directly related to cycling and active travel. However, many other officials are involved in cycling and active travel in the Department in related policy areas and in specialist disciplines.
No changes in staff levels are currently planned in 2014-15 and 2015-16. However, the Department regularly reviews its resource allocation through corporate planning to align resources with our business plan objectives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has allocated to spend on cycling and active travel in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has allocated to spend on cycling and active travel in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
[163068]
The Department has allocated £177m of funds in 2013-14 and £127m of funds in 2014-15 to the Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) where 95 of the 96 LSTF projects have cycling or walking elements in them. This is on top of the £36.8m allocated in 2013-14 to go towards improving cycle safety and infrastructure, linking communities, rolling out cycle rail and creating a cycling legacy in our Cities and National Parks, a further £25.2m will go to this in 2014/15. Departmental funding allocations for 2015-16 are still being developed, however we are working to ensure the best result possible for cycling and walking.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the value of recreational walking in the countryside to the United Kingdom economy. [HL346]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the value of recreational walking in the countryside to the United Kingdom economy. [HL346]
The Government cannot provide an overall estimate of the value of recreational walking in the countryside as data are not delineated into this specific category. Value to the economy derives from avoided health costs, visitor spend and the use of local contractors in maintaining access infrastructure among others.
Evidence shows that the South West Coast Path, one of our 13 national trails, alone delivers £300 million per year into the local economy. The latest data from the Monitor Engagement with the Natural Environment survey (MENE) show that the average amount spent, on visits to the countryside, which may or may not have included walking, that incurred expenditure during the period March 2012 to February 2013 was £26.56 per visit. The full report can be found at: http://www. naturalengland.org.uk/Images/mene-report-february-2013_tcm6-35686.pdf
The Public Health Outcome Framework recognises the significance of accessible outdoor space as a wider determinant of public health. There is strong evidence to suggest that outdoor spaces have a beneficial impact on physical and mental well-being and cognitive function through both physical access and usage. Further information can be found at: http://www.phoutcomes. info/public-health-outcomes-framework#gid/1000041 /par/E12000004/ati/102/page/3/.
My Lords, this Motion is about the great outdoors. When I tabled it, I tried to include “great outdoors” in the title but the clerks thought that the term was rather colloquial and preferred not to have it. However, that is what it is all about. The previous debate in...
My Lords, this Motion is about the great outdoors. When I tabled it, I tried to include “great outdoors” in the title but the clerks thought that the term was rather colloquial and preferred not to have it. However, that is what it is all about. The previous debate in...
My Lords, I warmly thank the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, for initiating this debate today and for the opportunity it gives to emphasise the benefits of outdoor activities to the health and well-being of the nation in so many important regards. It comes just a few days after the publication...
My Lords, I warmly thank the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, for initiating this debate today and for the opportunity it gives to emphasise the benefits of outdoor activities to the health and well-being of the nation in so many important regards. It comes just a few days after the publication...
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend, who in his time in your Lordships’ House has really championed the cause of outdoor access. It was a privilege to be able to work with him on the Countryside and Rights of Way Act, and ever since then I have learnt a...
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend, who in his time in your Lordships’ House has really championed the cause of outdoor access. It was a privilege to be able to work with him on the Countryside and Rights of Way Act, and ever since then I have learnt a...
My Lords, when my noble friend Lord Greaves was lucky enough to secure this debate, because he got himself together to put in for it, he asked me to contribute and I said yes. When you talk about the countryside and the great outdoors, what exactly does that mean? It...
My Lords, when my noble friend Lord Greaves was lucky enough to secure this debate, because he got himself together to put in for it, he asked me to contribute and I said yes. When you talk about the countryside and the great outdoors, what exactly does that mean? It...
My Lords, I declare an interest as a vice-president of the Campaign for National Parks and as a former president of the Friends of the Lake District, and currently a patron. If we are to have a second House worth having, people such as the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, are...
My Lords, I declare an interest as a vice-president of the Campaign for National Parks and as a former president of the Friends of the Lake District, and currently a patron. If we are to have a second House worth having, people such as the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, are...
My Lords, I add my congratulations to my noble friend Lord Greaves on securing this debate. I declare my interests: I am president of the Friends of the Ridgway and a member of the Green Lanes Environmental Action Movement, GLEAM.
When I was a member of Oxfordshire County Council, we moved...
My Lords, I add my congratulations to my noble friend Lord Greaves on securing this debate. I declare my interests: I am president of the Friends of the Ridgway and a member of the Green Lanes Environmental Action Movement, GLEAM.
When I was a member of Oxfordshire County Council, we moved...
My Lords, I am most grateful to the House for the opportunity to speak in the gap, and it is a great privilege to follow my noble friend Lord Bradshaw.
I have been involved in this matter for over 10 years, and I declare an interest as a member of GLEAM....
My Lords, I am most grateful to the House for the opportunity to speak in the gap, and it is a great privilege to follow my noble friend Lord Bradshaw.
I have been involved in this matter for over 10 years, and I declare an interest as a member of GLEAM....
My Lords, I, too, thank and congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, on his initiative in securing this debate, and if I may say so, on his excellent introduction to our debate. He is very well known in your Lordships’ House for the way he has championed the great outdoors,...
My Lords, I, too, thank and congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, on his initiative in securing this debate, and if I may say so, on his excellent introduction to our debate. He is very well known in your Lordships’ House for the way he has championed the great outdoors,...
My Lords, I, too, congratulate my noble friend on securing this debate and acknowledge his long-term commitment to these matters. I also reiterate, as noble Lords said, that outdoor activity means many things to many different people. That is its appeal. It provides millions of people with the opportunity to...
My Lords, I, too, congratulate my noble friend on securing this debate and acknowledge his long-term commitment to these matters. I also reiterate, as noble Lords said, that outdoor activity means many things to many different people. That is its appeal. It provides millions of people with the opportunity to...
My Lords, I am more than grateful to everybody who has taken part in this debate, which has exceeded my wildest expectations. I am very grateful to the Minister for his comments, which I will read very carefully. I am also grateful to him for covering in detail many of...
My Lords, I am more than grateful to everybody who has taken part in this debate, which has exceeded my wildest expectations. I am very grateful to the Minister for his comments, which I will read very carefully. I am also grateful to him for covering in detail many of...