Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 22
Fifth Report - Local government and the path to net zero
Published 29 Oct 2021
Paragraph 103
Addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
We are pleased the Government has promised to empower local authorities to take bold decisions in this area and to publish a toolkit of guidance and information to help local authorities develop innovative and sustainable transport policies. We also welcome its commitment to investing £2 billion over five years in active travel, most of which will be channelled through local authorities, but we are concerned that this might not be enough. Funding should be more consistent and reliable and not dependent on competitive bidding processes, which tend to benefit the larger and better resourced councils and lead to wasted resources on unsuccessful bids. We recommend that funding for active travel be put on a more consistent footing and that the Government work more closely with local authorities to support and monitor their activities.
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Fifth Report - Local government and the path to net zero (HC 34), paragraph 103, 29 October 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 18 January 2022 (deadline 29 December 2021).