To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many miles of cycle lanes were introduced in local authority areas in the North West in each year since 1997. (268716)

This information is no longer collected centrally by the Department for Transport as part of our drive to reduce the burden upon local authorities in respect of the information we request annually from them.

However, we do hold some historical information. This has been placed in the Libraries of the House and covers the whole of England. The data are not verified by the Department, may be incomplete and may include estimates.