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Active Travel: Finance

Asked by Olly GloverLiberal DemocratDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 26 February 2025UIN 32531

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will set out the amounts of dedicated funding she has allocated for active travel in England for (a) 2024/5 and (b) 2025/6, each broken down into (i) capital and revenue funding and (ii) funding for local authorities and for non-governmental organisations.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The dedicated funding allocated for active travel in England is (a) £111.2 million in 2024/25 and (b) £246.4 million in 2025/26, broken down in the table below. The remaining funding covers Active Travel England (ATE) operational costs.

Funding type

2024/25

2025/26

Local authority capital

£48.0m

£128.0m

Local authority revenue

£11.7m

£40.5m

NGO capital

£5.0m

£25.0m

NGO revenue

£34.4m

£38.3m

£99.1m

£231.8m

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