FOI request detail

Emergency Active Travel Fund

Request ID: FOI-1722-2021
Date published: 15 December 2020

You asked

1. On what date did the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames submit a bid for funds from the £250m Emergency Active Travel Fund? 2. How much did they bid for? 3. What level of funding was awarded? 4. If there was a deadline when the funding needed to be used, what was the date of that deadline?

We answered

TfL Ref: FOI-1722-2021

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 30 November 2020, asking for information about the Emergency Active Travel Fund (EATF).

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.  I can confirm that we hold the information you require. You asked:

  1. On what date did the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames submit a bid for funds from the £250m Emergency Active Travel Fund?

A bid for the EATF was submitted on 5 June 2020.

  1. How much did they bid for?

The bid was for £114k.

  1. What level of funding was awarded?

A total of £100k was granted to Richmond upon Thames directly by the DfT.

  1. If there was a deadline when the funding needed to be used, what was the date of that deadline?

The deadline was on 17 October 2020.

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Eva Hextall

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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