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Cycleways: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve cycling connectivity between rural towns and villages.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
19 Nov 2025
Target answer date
24 Nov 2025
Answer
24 Nov 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve cycling connectivity between rural towns and villages.

  2. 24 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Spending Review in June 2025 allocated £616 million for Active Travel England to support local authorities to build and maintain walking and cycling infrastructure from over the years 2026/27 to 2029/30. This comes on top of £222.5 million announced i...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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