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Active Travel: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to increase the active travel budget.

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 5 Mar 2025
Answer: 5 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

27 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to increase the active travel budget.
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government has already increased the active travel budget by £100 million for 2025/26 compared to 2024/25. On 12 February, the Government announced the details of almost £300 million of funding for active travel in 2024/5 and 2025/6. This will help lo...

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