Results 1–20 of 200 for cycling speaker:Chris Heaton-Harris

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Road Traffic Control (15 Dec 2021)

Chris Heaton-Harris: ...all road users. The Department requires all local authorities to monitor and evaluate the impacts of their active travel schemes. It takes time, however, to understand the long-term impacts of new cycling infrastructure, both on rates of cycling and on the flow of other traffic. The Department has commissioned a formal national evaluation of the Active Travel Fund (ATF) which will consider...

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Cycling: Accidents ( 2 Dec 2021)

Chris Heaton-Harris: This Government is committed to increasing walking and cycling and making our roads safer for vulnerable road users including cyclists and pedestrians. The Government is investing £2bn of funding for cycling and walking over this Parliament to deliver the commitments outlined in the Prime Minister’s Gear Change Cycling and walking plan. These include providing hundreds of miles of new safe...

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Cycleways: Southport (22 Nov 2021)

Chris Heaton-Harris: ...meeting with Liverpool City Region, including officials from Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, took place on 5th November, shortly before the consultation results from the Southport Walking and Cycling survey were due to be considered by the council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting. Following that meeting on 9 November, the Department understands that the Cabinet Member with...

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Airports: Staff (22 Nov 2021)

Chris Heaton-Harris: The Department has published various forms of practical advice and guidance for employers on how to enable more of their employees to walk and cycle to work, and in May 2021 I chaired an event with a number of major employers and delivery partners, including Heathrow Airport Limited, to discuss what steps we could all take to make this happen. The Department encourages airport operators to...

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Cycling: Safety (22 Nov 2021)

Chris Heaton-Harris: ...vulnerable road users and is committed to reducing the number of cyclists killed or seriously injured on England’s roads. In July 2020 the Prime Minister launched ambitious plans to encourage cycling and walking. This includes a £2 billion package of funding for active travel over 5 years, which is the largest ever boost for cycling and walking, and will deliver transformational change...

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Cycling and Walking: Finance ( 8 Nov 2021)

Chris Heaton-Harris: This and other matters will be set out in the second Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy which will be published early next year. This will also reflect the policies outlined in the Prime Minister’s long-term cycling and walking plan, Gear Change, including the vision for half of all journeys in towns and cities to be cycled or walked by 2030.

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Cycling and Walking ( 5 Nov 2021)

Chris Heaton-Harris: The Department is investing an unprecedented £2 billion in active travel over the course of this Parliament. This is the biggest ever boost for walking and cycling and it will enable delivery of the Prime Minister’s long term cycling and walking plan, Gear Change, published in July 2020.

Transport: Cycling and Walking ( 4 Nov 2021)

Chris Heaton-Harris: It is slightly ironic, is it not, that the question is about cycling and walking, and how we can decarbonise transport. While I am sure that those people outside have decent intentions, the way in which they are going about their business is completely unacceptable. We need to continue our business here, so I can happily update the House with the information that my Department is investing an...

Transport: Cycling and Walking ( 4 Nov 2021)

Chris Heaton-Harris: I am sure that the hon. Gentleman is very pleased about the amount of money that the Scottish Government are receiving for cycling and walking in a devolved settlement via the Barnett formula, but the figures that he has given are not correct. Spending on cycling and walking in England has doubled from a paltry £3.50 per head in 2010 to about £10 per head now, and obviously, given the...

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Cycleways ( 2 Nov 2021)

Chris Heaton-Harris: The Government is committed to spending an additional £2 billion on cycling and walking schemes over this Parliament, and the bulk of this will go towards new infrastructure such as cycle lanes in city centres. The Spending Review on 27 October has provided an unprecedented multi-year funding settlement for active travel including £710 million of new funding which will enable those local...

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Cycleways (22 Oct 2021)

Chris Heaton-Harris: At the time of the February 2020 report to Parliament on the delivery of the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS), published at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/ system/uploads/attachment_data/file/936926/cycling-and-walki ng-investment-strategy-report-to-parliament-document.pdf, a total of around £2.4 billion of investment in cycling and walking was...

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Cycling: Training (14 Sep 2021)

Chris Heaton-Harris: ...is providing an unprecedented £18 million of funding for the Bikeability programme in 2021/22 to allow even more training to be delivered. The Department does not hold data on the number of adult cycling training sessions delivered in each local authority area each year, but is providing around £30 million of revenue funding in the current financial year to local authorities in England...

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Cycling: Kensington High Street (21 Jul 2021)

Chris Heaton-Harris: ...a number of active travel measures in its area in response to the pandemic including school streets, low traffic neighbourhoods, changes to the public realm to allow greater social distancing, and cycle lanes like the one on Kensington High Street. Funding is generally transferred once schemes are delivered and once claims are brought forward by each Borough, meaning that the total amount...

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Schools: Travel (19 Jul 2021)

Chris Heaton-Harris: In Summer 2020 the Prime Minister launched ambitious plans to boost walking and cycling in England, with a vision that half of all journeys in towns and cities are cycled or walked by 2030. This includes a £2 billion package of funding for active travel over 5 years. Over £200 million has been made available to local authorities, via the Active Travel Fund, to deliver safe and direct...

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Cycling: West Yorkshire (12 Jul 2021)

Chris Heaton-Harris: In 2020/2021 West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) was awarded £12,566,000 from the Active Travel Fund to aid delivery of safe walking and cycling routes in the area, such as protected space for cycling, widened pavements, safer junctions and cycle and bus-only corridors. In June 2021 the Department invited WYCA to bid for active travel capital funding for the current financial year, with...

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Cycleways ( 9 Jul 2021)

Chris Heaton-Harris: The Department is investing an unprecedented £2 billion in active travel schemes over the course of this Parliament. This is the biggest ever boost for cycling and walking. The funding will be spent on a wide range of measures in England, as set out in the Prime Minister’s July 2020 Gear Change plan. The provision of high-quality infrastructure is vital to getting people cycling and...

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Transport and Planning Permission ( 9 Jul 2021)

Chris Heaton-Harris: ...are better aligned and actively promote sustainable transport options. The two Departments are also considering how we ensure we deliver on our commitment in Gear Change and ensure that walking, cycling and public transport are the first choice for journeys in new developments. As part of this, Active Travel England, once established, will be a statutory consultee in the planning system....

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Cycling and Walking ( 5 Jul 2021)

Chris Heaton-Harris: The responsibility for transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL), and decisions on cycling and walking schemes in Enfield are a matter for the borough and for TfL. In 2020/2021 the Department provided over £100 million of funding to support active travel in the capital, and its financial support to TfL over the period from May to December 2021...

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Cycling: Infrastructure ( 1 Jul 2021)

Chris Heaton-Harris: .... Local authorities are required by their Public Sector Equality Duty to consider the particular needs of those with protected characteristics, including disabled people, in designing their cycling and walking infrastructure. The Department’s Cycle Infrastructure Design Guidance (Local Transport Note 1/20) emphasises the importance of high-quality and accessible cycle infrastructure. It...

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Cycling and Walking (29 Jun 2021)

Chris Heaton-Harris: The Government is investing an unprecedented £2 billion of dedicated funding in cycling and walking over this Parliament, which will enable local authorities across England to deliver safer walking and cycling routes in their areas, making it easier and more attractive for commuters to walk and cycle to work. The National Bus Strategy, published on 15 March 2021 and backed by £3 billion of...


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