Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 39662
Active Travel: Unemployment
Tabled: 19 March 2025
Answered: 27 March 2025
Question
Andy MacNae
Labour — Rossendale 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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