To ask the Secretary of State for Health
(1) who his Department's cycling champion is;
(2) what progress his Department has made on implementing the Cycle to Work guarantee;
(3) whether his Department has signed up to the Government's Cycle to Work scheme.
The Department does not have a cycling champion. However, it does promote all types of physical activity to staff, including cycling, as part of its health and well-being programme and the Civil Service Physical Activity Challenge.
We have worked with our staff cycling groups to implement the Cycle to Work Guarantee. In all departmental buildings there are:
secure, safe and accessible bike parking facilities; and good quality changing and locker facilities for all staff that require them.
The Department has signed up to the Cycle to Work scheme since 2009. In addition, the Department has signed up to the Public Health Responsibility Deal pledge to promote and support active travel (both walking and cycling).
The Department promotes all forms of physical activity to the wider public, including cycling, for example through Change4Life.
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