Transport written question – answered at on 12 September 2013.
Barbara Keeley
Labour, Worsley and Eccles South
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to support cycling.
Norman Baker
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
The Coalition Government has done a huge amount to encourage and support cycling in England. Since 2010, we have provided over £277m of funding directly for cycling, almost twice that provided by the previous administration, and have allocated £600m to the Local Sustainable Transport Fund, where 94 out of the 96 projects include a cycling element. I champion cycling within Government and work closely with local authorities, cycling groups and Ministers across Whitehall to encourage more people to cycle more safely, more often.
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