Question follow-through · 3656

Cycling: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including the provision of safe local cycling infrastructure as part of the Government's response to cost of living pressures.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
20 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
2 Jun 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including the provision of safe local cycling infrastructure as part of the Government's response to cost of living pressures.

  2. 1 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    While funding for cycling infrastructure was not expressly set out within the Chancellor’s statement to Parliament on 21 May concerning the cost of living, it is the case that active travel is one of the cheapest and most accessible forms of transport. Th...

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