AQW 10463/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 9813/17-22, (i) in which division the Active Travel Branch (ATB) sits; and (ii) what the ATB budget is for 2020/21.
Asked by Andrew Muir MLA on 17 November 2020
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 17 November 2020
- Answer due by
- 2 December 2020
- Answered
- 26 November 20209 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Active Travel Branch sits within the Transport Policy Division under my Walking and Cycling Champion, Liz Loughran.
Budgets are not allocated to individual branches, but are held by division. Transport Policy Division’s Budget for 2020/21, following October Monitoring, is £2.074 million Non Ring-fenced Resource DEL, and £11.4 million Capital DEL. This is after the transfer of some blue green infrastructure capital funding, including £5.0 million Capital DEL to the Department for Communities to fund DfI’s element of the COVID-19 Town Revitalisation Programme for councils for greater active travel.