{"value":{"id":1281069,"askingMemberId":4828,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2021-01-27T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2021-02-01T00:00:00","uin":"144872","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to provide covid-19 funding support for (a) light rail (b) buses and (c) active travel.","answeringBodyId":27,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Transport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4668,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2021-02-03T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>To date the Government has announced over £1 billion in emergency grant funding to support the bus sector in England, alongside over £150 million to support light rail. This funding has helped keep services running throughout the pandemic</p><p><br> Over £200 million has been made available to authorities during the current financial year, via the Active Travel Fund, to support an active and green recovery from Covid-19. This will enable them to deliver safe and direct cycling and walking measures in their areas, such as protected cycle lanes, widened pavements, safer junctions and cycle and bus-only corridors.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to the issuing of over 100,000 £50 bike repair vouchers to encourage more people to embrace cycling as a means of travel during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Transport: Subsidies","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1281069","method":"GET"}]}