Written questions by Hume.

If she will prioritise active travel funding for (a) capital and (b) revenue spending related to school journeys.

The Government is providing £8.5 million over 25/26 for Cycling UK, Living Streets and Modeshift to deliver walking, wheeling and cycling initiatives in schools and communities. This funding is in addition to £222.5 million for local authorities for the development and delivery of local walking, wheeling and cycling schemes over 24/25 and 25/26, including for school-related journeys. The Spending Review announced £616 million for Active Travel England up to 2029-30, and a further £18 billion to local authorities through the Transport for City Region settlements and the Local Transport Grant. This funding will support local authorities to invest in their local transport priorities, including encouraging more active journeys to schools.

What estimate she has made of the number and proportion of children (a) walking, (b) wheeling and (c) cycling to school in the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority area.

The Department does not hold a dataset regarding active travel journeys made by children to schools in the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority area. The Department publishes data on travel to school by children nationally using data collected in the National Travel Survey. Active Travel England is supporting more children to walk, wheel and cycle to school by working with local authorities to deliver safe and accessible infrastructure and engagement programmes.

What steps she is taking to support self-employed people to buy a bicycle.

The Department and Active Travel England will consider options for making cycles more accessible to all, including self-employed people, as it develops its future plans for active travel.

If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing targeted financial support to people with mobility impairments that are purchasing adapted bicycles.

The Government has announced an additional £100 million investment in cycling and walking infrastructure for the financial year 2025/26. As the Department develops its future plans for active travel, it will consider, alongside Active Travel England, options for enabling more disabled people to access adapted cycles. In the meantime, the Cycle to Work scheme already enables many people to access adapted cycles at a reduced cost.