To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will introduce a statutory requirement for train companies to provide a minimum number of cycle storage spaces relative to passenger capacity on commuter rail services; and if he will make a statement on the Government's plans to develop an integrated rail and cycle transport strategy. [119472]

The Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) is currently considering, together with the National Cycling Strategy Board, ways to improve facilities for cyclists at stations and on trains. It will hold a consultation exercise on its proposals in due course. The SRA is expected, in examining proposals for new or replacement passenger rail franchises, to have regard to delivery of the 10-Year Plan for Transport, which sets out the Government's aims to improve integration between modes and to triple the number of cycling trips by 2010.