Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 1
1
Accepted
Evidence taken from DfT and Active Travel England on active travel
Conclusion
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Department for Transport (DfT) and Active Travel England (ATE) about active travel in England.2
Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the committee and states that DfT will review ATE's achievements against targets when its corporate plan expires and consider its resources for future targets. ATE's overall effectiveness as an arm's length body will be reviewed in 2025.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. included a clear set of targets that it would seek to deliver in 2023 to 2024 alongside its financial plan. ATE was formally established on 1 August 2022 therefore the final four months of its first year of operation (1 April 2023 to 31 July 2023) are captured within the corporate plan. Performance in the earlier period (1 August 2022 to 31 March 2023) was covered in the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 published by ATE on 5 June 2023. The Department for Transport (DfT) (the department) will review what ATE has been able to achieve against the targets set out in its plan when it expires, and, as part of this, will consider its resources to deliver across its range of functions and whether these are sufficient to achieve any further targets published in any revised corporate plan (capturing the period April 2024 onwards). In addition, and as set out in the ATE Framework Document that was published on 21 July 2022, ATE’s overall effectiveness as an ‘arm's length body’ of the department will be reviewed. This will take place in 2025.