Questions to the Mayor of London – answered at on 22 December 2021.
In your answer to question 2020/2621 you gave a breakdown of changes to borough cycle funding. Could you, for each borough and programme (Liveable Neighbourhoods, Mini-Hollands, Borough Cycling, junctions, etc), provide details of: a) the investment you have provided to date for 2020-21 and 2021-22, and b) the original announced funding for 2020-21 and 2021-22?
The budget for Transport for London (TfL) funded borough schemes in 2020/21 was c£100m, and boroughs have submitted all claims. The full breakdown by borough and programme is in the attached Appendix. The projected budget for TfL-funded borough schemes in 2021/22 – also approximately £100m - included Liveable Neighbourhoods, Local Implementation Plan Major Schemes and Corridors, Crossrail Complementary Measures, Borough Cycling and a number of air quality and renewals schemes. Most of these programmes were paused during the first half of this financial year, due to constrained funding.
The final allocations for this financial year have not yet been confirmed, and TfL is unable to provide a detailed breakdown by borough / programme at this point in time due to the short-term nature of the Department for Transport (DfT) funding settlements. TfL hopes to allocate additional borough investment in early 2022, subject to confirmation of further funding from the DfT. The ongoing uncertainty has resulted in some boroughs regrettably slowing or reducing their planned active travel activity.