Active travel in England

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 24 May 2023 Closed: 14 Feb 2024 Parliament page
Active Travel describes people making their everyday ‘journeys for a purpose’, for example their commute to work, by walking, cycling or skating, rather than motorised transport. The Department of Transport (DfT) owns active travel policy, and in 2017 and 2022 published cycling and walking investment strategies which set out its … Read more
4 Recommendations
27 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
3 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 7 events
14 Feb
2024
Report published
3 Nov
2023
Report published
11 Sep
2023
Correspondence
7 Sep
2023
Correspondence
19 Jul
2023
Oral evidence
19 Jul
2023
Correspondence
19 Jul
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
19 Jul 2023
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Active travel in England
Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB · Department for Transport Danny Williams · Active Travel England Jessica Matthew · Department for Transport
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Seventy-Fifth Report - Active travel in England HC 1335 3 Nov 2023 31 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
4 Conclusion Acknowledged
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Lead a proactive approach to promote active travel and address public safety concerns.
DfT’s communications to the public have not been enough to help tackle perceptions that active travel is unsafe or to encourage more people to take part. People’s perception of the safety of active travel is as important as actual physical … Read more
Government Response
The government intends to publish a new road safety strategy and will explore aligning it with a campaign to promote active travel benefits and communicate via local partners. It also states it previously addressed safety concerns by communicating revisions to The Highway Code via campaigns in 2022 and 2023.
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23 Conclusion Acknowledged
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Over half of local authorities demonstrate low active travel capability and ambition.
The NAO reported that DfT expects ATE to have a key role in developing the capability of local authorities. This includes the ability of local authorities to plan local transport networks where active travel is integrated with other modes. ATE … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees with the implied recommendation regarding local authority capability, stating it is implemented. It details current scheme monitoring and evaluation thresholds, and notes ATE is developing revised evaluation approaches while continuing to assess and rate local authority capability, with revised ratings planned for 2024.
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Government Response AI assessment · 30 of 4 classified
Accepted 18
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 2
Deferred 1
Rejected 8
Total 4 recs + 27 conclusions
Correspondence 3 letters
11 Sep 2023 Correspondence from Mike Kane, MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East, re written evidence for Active Travel England, dated 18 July 2023
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7 Sep 2023 Correspondence from Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport, re Active Travel in England, dated 1 August 2023
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19 Jul 2023 Correspondence from Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport, re Active Travel in England, dated 28 July 2023
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