Question reference: S6W-26366
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 21 March 2024
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Current status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 April 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what evaluation process is in place to assess the spending that was allocated to active travel in each financial year between 2020-21 and 2023-24.
Answer
The Active Travel Programme is a collection of interventions aimed at people and place, and Infrastructure investments to develop safe and accessible active travel routes. Each project is subject to a disciplined Governance approach that includes quarterly and annual reporting. It is a condition of each grant that an evaluation for each project is conducted on completion.
All interventions and investments reflect the Active Travel Framework and where related to cycling, the cycling framework for Active Travel. Both are accessible on the Transport Scotland website.
Progress against Active Travel Outcomes are measured and published through a number of sources, these include;
- The Walking and Cycling Index (WACI), published at a City level with Local Authorities.
- The Cycling Scotland monitoring report, which is published on an annual basis.
- The Scottish Household Survey, an annual cross-sectional survey.