Oral QuestionDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”

Tabled: 19 May 2021Answered: 25 May 2021

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Simon Lightwood)

So many questions! As the executive agency responsible for walking, wheeling and cycling, Active Travel England is investigating how to improve the modelling and forecasting of cycling levels to ensure that we invest appropriately. I have asked its officers to meet Sustrans colleagues to discuss the potential benefits of its tool.