AQW 10463/17-22

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 17/11/2020
Answered On Date: 26/11/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 9813/17-22, (i) in which division the Active Travel Branch (ATB) sits; and (ii) what the ATB budget is for 2020/21.

Answer:

The Active Travel Branch sits within the Transport Policy Division under my Walking and Cycling Champion, Liz Loughran.

Budgets are not allocated to individual branches, but are held by division. Transport Policy Division’s Budget for 2020/21, following October Monitoring, is £2.074 million Non Ring-fenced Resource DEL, and £11.4 million Capital DEL. This is after the transfer of some blue green infrastructure capital funding, including £5.0 million Capital DEL to the Department for Communities to fund DfI’s element of the COVID-19 Town Revitalisation Programme for councils for greater active travel.