Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 39662

Active Travel: Unemployment

Tabled: 19 March 2025
Answered: 27 March 2025

Question

Andy MacNae

LabourRossendale and Darwen

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made with the Secretary of State for Transport on the potential impact of safe walking and cycling routes on rates of economic inactivity.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Department has carried out an evidence review of the economic impacts of transport interventions that includes evidence on economic inactivity. The research shows a positive relationship between investing in transport and employment in the surroundin...

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