Active Travel Costs and KPIs

Summary

The Department of Infrastructure disclosed total annual costs for the Active Travel Strategy from 2018 to 2024, citing a specific report for the data, but confirmed it does not hold information regarding Key Performance Indicators or return on investment.

Key Facts

• Total spend on Active Travel from July 2018 to March 2024 was £2,512,315.
• The Department does not hold information relating to Key Performance Indicators for the Active Travel Strategy.
• Active Travel Liaison Officer costs of £122,534 were met by the departmental payroll budget and not recharged to the Capital Project.
• Spending dropped significantly in recent years, with only £4,930 recorded for the year ending March 2024.
• Some cost data was deemed reasonably accessible via a Tynwald report, invoking Section 20 of the Act.

Data Disclosed

• £2,512,315
• £1,277,792
• £1,132,139
• £97,454
• £4,930
• £122,534
• July 2018
• March 2021
• March 2022
• March 2023
• March 2024
• 2016
• 2025-02-03
• 2025-02-28
• 4416789

Exemptions Cited

• Section 20 of the Act (information already reasonably accessible)
• Information not held by the public authority

Original Request

Please provide total annual costs of Active Travel from 2016 to date. Including details including but not limited to: - Feasibility studies and consultant fees - Departmental Staffing / salary and freelance contractor costs - Capital project & infrastructure costs - Marketing and promotion costs - Ancillary Costs Please also provide annual details from 2016 to date of: - KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) of the success of the Active Travel Strategy - Which KPIs have been met or exceeded annually. - What annual return on investment has been measured for the Active Travel Strategy.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Department of Infrastructure Sea Terminal Building, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2RF

Contact: FOI Response Team Telephone: (01624) 686785 Email: dpo-doi@gov.im

Our ref: 4416789 28 February 2025

Dear ###

We write further to your request, received 3 February 2025, which states:

"Please provide total annual costs of Active Travel from 2016 to date. Including details including but not limited to:

• Feasibility studies and consultant fees

• Departmental Staffing / salary and freelance contractor costs

• Capital project & infrastructure costs

• Marketing and promotion costs

• Ancillary Costs

Please also provide annual details from 2016 to date of:

• KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) of the success of the Active Travel Strategy

• Which KPIs have been met or exceeded annually.

• What annual return on investment has been measured for the Active Travel
  Strategy."

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, under section 20 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you, whether free of charge or on payment of a fee.

In relation to the total annual costs of Active Travel, some of the information you have requested is detailed on pages 167-168 of the Environment and Infrastructure Policy Review Committee report on the Active Travel Strategy which is accessible via this link:

https://www.tynwald.org.im/spfile?src=cots12&file=/business/opqp/sittings/20212026/ 2023-PP-0012.pdf

The report contains the costs from July 2018 (beginning of the Active Travel Strategy) to October 2022. I have included the total spends against Active Travel below for each of the financial years within the scope of your request below:

Year to date March 2021 £1,277,792 Year ending March 2022 £1,132,139 Year ending March 2023 £97,454 Year ending March 2024 £4,930 Total £2,512,315 Period date commences July 2018

The only figure not included in the report and the above table were the Active Travel Liaison Officers costs which were £122,534. This was not recharged to the Capital Project and their costs were met by the Departments payroll budget

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested. The Department does not hold information relating to the Key Performance Indicators for the Active Travel Strategy.

Please quote the reference number 4416789 in any future communications.

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