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Active Travel: Children

Asked by Alison HumeLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 23 June 2025UIN 61095

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of children (a) walking, (b) wheeling and (c) cycling to school in the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority area.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Department does not hold a dataset regarding active travel journeys made by children to schools in the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority area. The Department publishes data on travel to school by children nationally using data collected in the National Travel Survey.

Active Travel England is supporting more children to walk, wheel and cycle to school by working with local authorities to deliver safe and accessible infrastructure and engagement programmes.

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