HC Deb 15 October 2001 vol 372 cc879-81W
Jeremy Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what his estimate is of the total length of dedicated cycle routes in each London borough; and what the figures were for roads for each of the past five years. [6747]

Mr. Spellar

Policy on cycle routes in London is now a matter for the Mayor and Transport for London. However, information about the length of the London Cycle

Length in km
Borough April 1997 April 1998 April 1999 April 2000
Barking and Dagenham 31.867 22 30.6 29.4
Barnet 37.131 47.7 56 62.3
Bexley 13.342 7.2 17.3 18.7
Brent 22.145 20.1 21.9 21.6
Bromley 57.597 66.5 66 67.3
Camden 18.048 19.1 26.1 22.5
Croydon 32.227 49 56.9 67
Ealing 65.267 65.3 64 63.5
Enfield 16.974 13.9 18.1 20.4
Greenwich 31.807 0 40.6 55.1
Hackney 18.772 20.8 20.7 20.7
Hammersmith and Fulham 34.37 38.3 40.4 39.5
Haringey 20.639 21.4 16.7 27.2
Harrow 3.208 5.2 4.4 5.3
Havering 8.242 21.4 15 30.7
Hillingdon 54.407 46.7 57.6 59.3
Hounslow 49.717 54.2 55.7 62.1
Islington 19.041 19.2 20.8 20
Kensington and Chelsea 8.249 16.7 12.2 17.8
Kingston Upon Thames 41.617 49.5 48 46.1
Lambeth 7.508 12.6 28.3 12.4

companies because neither the Department nor the Housing Corporation collect or hold data in this form. For those local authorities where there has been a "no" vote in respect of large scale voluntary transfer, the table sets out average investment per local authority dwelling on an annual basis, derived from local authority Housing Investment Programme returns.

Network (LCN) in the London boroughs from April 1997 is set out in the table. Earlier information is not available. Any further information may be obtained from John Lee, the LCN Project Manager, at the following address: Royal Borough of Kingston Guildhall High Street Kingston upon Thames Surrey KT1 1EU.

Length in km
Borough April 1997 April 1998 April 1999 April 2000
Lewisham 13.448 14.9 28 35.3
London 0.019 0.2 0.7 9
Merton 24.107 34.9 34.6 37.2
Newham 2.994 22.7 21.2 34
Redbridge 27.699 29.8 30.6 32.9
Richmond 65.272 76.9 89.6 90.6
Southwark 22.598 41.1 55.8 67.8
Sutton 30.008 45.9 49.3 52.9
Tower Hamlets 21.504 23.9 27 30.7
Waltham Forest 36.882 49.3 45.3 53.5
Wandsworth 59.259 67 74.4 88.3
Westminster 11.914 31.3 42.2 44.3
Total 907.879 10,54.7 1,216 1,345.4