Written questions

Cycleways: Employment

Commons · Question 7186 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 14 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by James MacCleary

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the availability of cycling infrastructure on employment levels.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 14 Oct 2024

Investment in cycling is crucial to supporting the economy, with recent evidence indicating that 3.6%, or over a million people, usually cycle to work and contributes about £5.4 billion to the British economy annually, with £4.1 billion resulting from red...