Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 6303

Bicycles: Sales

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Cat Smith

LabourLancaster and Wyre

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an estimate of the average economic benefit of buying a bicycle to (a) an individual and (b) society.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Department has not made an estimate of the economic value of buying a bicycle. A report by Transport for Quality of Life, titled ‘The UK cycle industry: current economic and employment benefits and its decarbonisation-driven growth potential’ publishe...

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