York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority has revealed details about how much its new active travel commissioner is being paid.

David Skaith, Labour Mayor of York and North Yorkshire, appointed Rhiannon Letman-Wade to the position on November 18.

Ms Wade-Letman, who is the first ever active travel commissioner for the region and formerly deputy chair of Wales’ Active Travel Board, will oversee the delivery of the mayor’s £4 million active travel fund.

The Stray Ferret approached the combined authority following its announcement to ask how much Ms Wade-Letman was being paid as part of the role.

The authority confirmed that the position was hired on a professional services contract after an open tender process.

Ms Wade-Letman can be paid up to £60,000 over 12 months based on delivery of agreed outputs such as producing an active travel action plan, a design guide for active travel schemes and offering professional advice and guidance to the mayor and combined authority.

According to a job advert published for the role in September, the commissioner will be required to work “up to two days per week” on an initial one-year term.

£4 million fund

The move comes as further details of the £4 million fund were announced in July, including that applications will open in January 2026.

Of the £4 million available over two years, £500,000 — 12.5% of the entire sum — will go towards external partners to manage the fund and the new active travel commissioner's role, plus 'internal costs’.

A further £2.4 million is ringfenced for large projects of between £100,000 and £500,000 run by public bodies. 

Another £1 million will go to small projects of between £10,000 and £100,000. The remaining £100,000 will pay for “additional highway officer resource”.