A parliamentary question submitted by Green MSP Alison Johnstone has established that there is still no clarity about how much the Scottish Government will invest in active travel (walking and cycling) in 2015-16.<\/p>\n
Transport Minister Derek Mackay\u2019s answer to the parliamentary question (PQ S4W-24376<\/a>) establishes the following:<\/p>\n
| <\/td>\n | Total:<\/strong><\/td>\n| Of which, for active travel: | \n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Support for Sustainable and Active Travel (SAT)<\/td>\n | \u00a325m<\/td>\n | \u00a30 – \u00a325m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Additional funds announced in final budget debate<\/td>\n | \u00a33.9m<\/td>\n | \u00a33.9m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Cycling, Walking & Safer Streets (CWSS) funding<\/td>\n | \u00a38m<\/td>\n | \u00a38m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Future Transport Fund<\/td>\n | \u00a320.25m<\/td>\n | \u00a30 – \u00a320.25m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Total expenditure on active travel in 2015-16:<\/strong><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | \u00a311.9m – \u00a357.15m | \n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n The wide ranges in the right-hand column are because the answer to the PQ still provides no clarity on how much from these funds will actually be spent on active travel.<\/p>\n What we do know is that the overall transport budget in 2015-16 (according to the draft Budget) is \u00a32,080.1m.<\/p>\n So, based upon the answer given by the Transport Minister,\u00a0 the overall expenditure on active travel could be anything between 0.6% and 2.7% of the overall transport budget.<\/p>\n Transport Scotland, on the other hand, confidently stated on Twitter yesterday (19 February) that the spend on active travel will make up 2.5% of the overall transport budget:<\/p>\n |