Wasn't there a National Cycling Strategy struck back in '93 or '95?
2001 my local authority formally adopted policy to promote active travel and discourage single occupant car journeys, especially for short trips. How does it do this? It doesn't.
In very recent years, in my area of work, car dependent management have overseen the spending of £4.6million of public money on re-fitting or re-building in their entirety 3 community hub buildings; significant generators of short-hop, local, repeat journeys by service users of all ages and employees alike; situated in the hearts of the communities they serve; without a single concession to access by bike either for service users or staff, despite planning pro-formas requiring that cycling access be given consideration at the design stage when they can be incorporated at negligible cost. In one case, restoration of cycling provision at a site was purposefully excluded from an insurance claim: "Shall we re-instate cycling provision on the insurance? No, let's not."
Not a single sheffield stand or wall anchor for short term visitor parking; no secure, covered cycle parking for staff; no changing facilities, lockers, shower at any of them. Not an oversight or error, local authority management hostility to a cultural change that might erode their perks as car users, probably.
So don't let's hold our breath.