AQW 20547/11-15

Mr Peter Weir
Democratic Unionist Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 04/03/2013
Answered On Date: 19/03/2013
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Regional Development how much his Department has spent on promoting cycling, in each of the last five years.

Answer:

My Department through its Travelwise NI initiative has spent approximately £371k over the last five years hosting various sustainable events to encourage people to take up cycling as a realistic transport option. The total costs of the initiatives are set out in the table below:

Year	2007/08	2008/09	2009/10	20010/11	2011/12
Cycling promotion Expenditure by Travelwise	£10k	£40k	£42k	£123k	£156k

DRD also continues to fund a scheme to enable staff to hire cycles as part of the NICS to Work scheme.

Roads Service has spent approximately £4809k on cycling infrastructure measures over the past five financial years with a view to making traffic conditions more suitable for cyclists. A breakdown of annual costs is shown in the table below:

Year	2007/08	2008/09	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12
Expenditure on Cycling Measures	£1,056k	£1,360k	£981k	£311k	£1,101k

This includes the provision of 96km of cycle lanes.