Cycling (Hansard, 19 March 2001)

HC Deb 19 March 2001 vol 365 cc25-6W 25W

§ Mr. Brake
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his
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answer of 7 March 2001,Official Report column 253W, on cycling, when the Government expect to meet their interim target under the National Cycling Strategy for doubling the number of cyclists from 1996 levels. [154411]

§ Mr. Hill
Progress will depend on a number of factors. However, given the greatly increased funding which the Government have made available for local transport, the encouragement to cycling which we have given in our guidance on Local Transport Plans, and the generally positive response to this guidance by local authorities, I am hopeful that cycle trips in England will double from their 1996 level by 2005 or 2006.