To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much funding his Department has allocated to encourage bicycle usage in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each of the last five years. (279284)

Funding provided by the Department for Transport (DfT) to local transport authorities is not generally ring-fenced and local authorities have discretion to spend their allocations in line with their priorities. Figures are not available at constituency level.

The Department provides integrated transport block and highways maintenance funding to local transport authorities to support capital investment in transport, which may be used for a range of purposes as the authorities see fit. Allocations provided to Essex since 2004-05 are shown in the following table:

In addition the DfT has provided the following funding for Links to School in Essex:

We have also provided the following cycle training grants to Essex but it is for the local authority to determine which schools the funding is allocated to: