{"value":{"id":439206,"memberId":4210,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport","uin":"HLWS412","dateMade":"2015-12-17T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":27,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Transport","title":"Setting the First Walking and Cycling Investment Strategy","text":"<p>My Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Transport (Robert Goodwill) has made the following Ministerial Statement.</p><p>I am today publishing the Government’s timetable for the development of the first Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS)</p><p>In February 2015, the Government introduced a duty through the Infrastructure Act 2015 for the Secretary of State for Transport to bring forward a Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy in England. In July, Part 2 of the Infrastructure Act (Cycling and Walking Investment Strategies) was enacted.</p><p>The document, <em>Setting the First Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy,</em> sets a long term vision for walking and cycling to 2040 through a series of consecutive five-year strategies. Our starting principle for the development of the investment strategy is a desire for cycling and walking to become the norm for short journeys or as part of a longer journey in places that are designed first and foremost for people on foot or bicycle.</p><p>The document also sets out the elements that will form the first investment strategy, which will be a step towards delivering our manifesto commitment to double cycling - an ambition document and Statement of Funds Available, governance structures, a performance monitoring framework, and a National Walking and Cycling Infrastructure Plan study. I plan to undertake public consultation on the draft first CWIS next spring with publication following in the summer.</p><p>I will be placing a copy of this statement and the document <em>Setting the First Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy</em> in the libraries of both Houses.</p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":true,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":439164,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2015-12-17T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[{"url":"https://qna.files.parliament.uk/ws-attachments/439206/original/151217 - Setting the First Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy.pdf","title":"Setting the First Cycling and Walking Investment S","fileType":"pdf","fileSizeBytes":438632}]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/439206","method":"GET"}]}