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Cycling

Mr. Drew: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many cycling officers there are in each local authority. [298951]

Mr. Khan: This is a matter for individual local authorities and no information is held centrally.

Cycling: Finance

Mr. Drew: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what settlements have been designated as cycling communities; and how much funding his Department has allocated to each since their designation. [298953]

Mr. Khan: The Department for Transport funds 18 "Cycle Cities and Towns" through Cycling England. The first phase of the Cycling Demonstration Towns programme, from 2005 to 2008, saw six towns across England receive European levels of funding to significantly increase their cycling levels. Aylesbury, Brighton and Hove, Darlington, Derby, Exeter and Lancaster with Morecambe collectively received over £7 million from Cycling England across three years, plus local match-funding, to deliver a range of measures designed to get more people cycling.

In June 2008, Cycling England announced Greater Bristol as the England's first official Cycling City, together with a further 11 Cycling Towns across England. The new city and towns, together with the original six, benefit from a share of £55 million of Departmental funding (match funded by the local authority) to pioneer innovative ways to increase cycling in their areas. The table includes £3 million additional funding for 2009-10 announced on 9 November 2009.

Local authorities will be match funding these grants bringing the total funding to over £100 million.

Cycle city or towns - funding (£) by financial year:
City or Town Local authority 2005-08 (1 Nov 2005 to 31 March 20 0 8) 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 Total 2008-11

Aylesbury

Buckinghamshire

765,000

461,632

300,000

300,000

1,603,632

Blackpool

Blackpool

-

400,000

1,295,000

1,285,000

3,715,000

Brighton and Hove

Brighton and Hove

1,389,500

416,477

655,000

535,000

1,876,477

Cambridge

Cambridgeshire

-

1,208,4 94

5,285,000

5,085,000

11,578,49 4

Chester

Cheshire

-

500,000

1,615,000

1,615,000

3,810,000

Colchester

Colchester

-

242,397

1,075,000

1,065,000

2,382,397

Darlington

Darlington

1,148,710

349,999

975,000

965,000

2,289,999

Derby

Derby

1,300,000

501,879

500,000

500,000

1,571,879

Exeter

Devon

1,559,500

595,958

500,000

500,000

1,770,958

Greater Bristol

Bristol City and South Gloucestershire

751,040

760,500

760,500

2,470,040

Lancaster with Morecambe

Lancashire

1,309,200

500,000

500,000

500,000

1,700,000

Leighton-Linslade

Central Bedfordshire

-

567,138

366,000

355,100

1,645,738

Shrewsbury

Shropshire

-

600,000

665,000

665,000

2,065,000

Southend

Southend

-

399,760

1,495,000

1,485,000

3,479,760

Southport and Ainsdale

Sefton Borough Council

-

299,622

825,000

815,000

2,189,622

Stoke

Stoke on Trent

-

880,001

2,075,000

2,065,000

5,020,001

Woking

Surrey

-

366,417

823,000

813,000

2,126,417

York

York City Council

-

535,029

1,620,000

1,655,000

3,810,029

Total

7,471,910

9,575,8 44

21,329,50 0

20,963,60 0

55,105,44 4


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Links to schools

The Department provides funding to local authorities for the Links to Schools programme through Sustrans. The purpose of the funding is to encourage children to walk and cycle to school. Links to school is a nationwide programme not directly linked to the cycle town projects.

Links to school funding (£) in cycle towns:
Local Authority 2005-6 2006-7 2007-8

Derby City

60,000

156,000

-

Darlington

35,000

-

-

Lancaster

-

-

100,000

Brighton

70,000

-

-

Exeter City Council

50,000

38,230

-


Cycle Training Grants

For 2009-10 a specific grant was set up for cycle training in cycle city and towns. Before that year, cycle towns could not bid for cycle training funding.

Cycle demonstration towns cycle training funding 2009-10

Grant award (£) Number of training places

Aylesbury

40,000.00

1,000

Blackpool

32,400.00

900

Brighton and Hove

30,000.00

1,000

Cambridge

22,480.00

562

Chester Council

28,320.00

708

Colchester

27,360.00

684

Darlington

16,920.00

423

Derby

80,000.00

2,000

Exeter

21,440.00

536

Lancaster

15,000.00

375

Leighton Linslade

63,000.00

1,575

Southend on Sea

31,104.00

972

Southport

25,600.00

640

Stoke

72,000.00

1,800

York

16,320.00

480


Local Transport Plan funding

The Department also allocates integrated transport block and highways maintenance funding to local transport authorities for general capital investment in transport. This funding is not ring-fenced and local authorities have discretion to spend their allocations in line with their priorities.

Departmental Air Travel

Mr. Heald: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many first-class flights were taken by each Minister in his Department in 2008-09; and what the (a) origin, (b) destination and (c) cost was of each such flight. [298746]

Chris Mole: No first-class air travel was undertaken by Department for Transport Ministers in 2008-09. All ministerial travel is undertaken in accordance with the Ministerial Code. The annual list of Ministers' overseas travel costing more than £500 for 2008-09 can be accessed at:


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Departmental Data Protection

Mrs. Laing: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether his Department's information assurance procedures have been subject to an independent audit. [299383]

Chris Mole: Three of the Department for Transport's Agencies-the Driving Standards Agency, the Vehicle Operator Services Agency and the Driver and the Vehicle Licensing Agency have been subject to independent assessment by CESG (the national technical authority for information assurance), of their information assurance procedures. The central Department will be subject to an independent assessment as part of its annual reporting processes to Cabinet Office in 2009-10.


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