Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1639300

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Public Transport: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that disabled people have equal access to public transport.
	tabling member constituency	South Staffordshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Gavin Williamson
	uin	186093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s priorities for improving access for disabled people are set out in the Inclusive Transport Strategy (ITS), which aims to address Government’s ambition for disabled people to have the same access to transport as everyone else and to be able to travel confidently, easily and without extra cost.</p><p>The strategy included commitments and actions across all modes of transport, on which we are making good progress. Recent delivery progress includes:</p><ul><li>introducing regulations requiring bus companies to provide audible and visual announcements on board services;</li><li>the Access for All programme, which has so far provided step free, accessible routes at over 220 rail stations and smaller scale access improvements at 1500 more, with more on the way;</li><li>publishing an Aviation Passenger Charter, providing a single point of information for consumers on their rights and responsibilities when travelling by air;</li><li>relaunching the Inclusive Transport Leaders Scheme (ITLS), an accreditation scheme which provides a framework that operators can use to make their services more accessible to disabled people.</li></ul> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 30/05/2023 11:27:22 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson

1612617

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Public Transport: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to make public transport more accessible for disabled children who require it to attend school.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL7301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government is clear that disabled students should be able to travel to school easily, confidently and without additional cost. The Department is taking steps to improve accessibility across public transport, particularly for buses and coaches, which will benefit families including those with disabled children, across the country.</p><p> </p><p>In March, we laid the Accessible Information Regulations (AIR) in Parliament. Subject to Parliamentary approval, these new rules will require buses and coaches used on local services to provide audible and visible announcements. This will represent a significant step forward in the accessibility of these local services. While these new rules may not capture all home-to-school services, the Department also plans to undertake a Call for Evidence on the Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations (PSVAR), the rules that transport providers must follow to make sure that vehicles are accessible, including many buses and coaches used for home-to-school services. This Call for Evidence is part of a wider review of the PSVAR and will allow disabled people and their families to tell the Department how well these regulations have worked, and what steps may need to be taken to improve accessibility for disabled passengers in the future.</p><p> </p><p>These steps to make transport more accessible sit alongside existing local authority Special Educational and Disability (SEND) duties to provide free home-to-school transport for eligible students.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 26/04/2023 14:12:50 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1611879

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Public Transport: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has provided recent guidance to public transport providers in Kingston Upon Hull North constituency on (a) accessibility and (b) permissions for passengers using electric mobility scooters.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	181423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>In 2022 the Department issued Guidance to support licensing authorities with the implementation of updated laws improving disabled people’s access to taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs).</p><p> </p><p>The Department also consulted on updated best practice guidance for taxi and PHV licensing authorities, including recommendations on providing a more inclusive service, and the substantive guidance document will be published later in 2023. Both documents are relevant to public transport authorities and providers across England, including those in Kingston Upon Hull North.</p><p> </p><p>Rules on the carriage of mobility scooters vary by transport mode, and advice is provided in mode-specific guidance documents. There have been no recent major changes to such guidance for buses, taxis/PHVs or rail services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/04/2023 14:23:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1609812

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Public Transport: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department provides to make public transport more accessible for those suffering from (a) visual and (b) audio impairment.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	179945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring disabled passengers, including people who are visually or hearing impaired can use public transport easily, confidently, and without additional cost.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided £75m to Network Rail to install tactile paving on all remaining railway station platforms by 2025, and on 30 March we laid the draft Public Service Vehicles (Accessible Information) Regulations in Parliament, which if agreed, will require the provision of audible and visible information on local bus and coach services across Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>We have also allocated £4.65m to the Real Time Information Group, who will be supporting small operators with the upfront costs of complying with the planned Accessible Information Regulations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 18/04/2023 14:26:53 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1584548

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Public Transport: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Inclusive Transport Strategy, published on 25 July 2018, what recent progress his Department has made on helping to ensure equal access for people with disabilities on public transport.
	tabling member constituency	Bosworth
	tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
	uin	140353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>Good progress has been made on the Inclusive Transport Strategy (ITS), and the majority of commitments have now been completed.</p><p>In the last year, the Department has delivered a number of commitments from the ITS, including:</p><ul><li>consulting on best practice guidance for taxi and private hire vehicle licensing and proposing updated guidance on disability awareness training;</li><li>working with the aviation sector, consumer and disability groups to develop and publish the Aviation Passenger Charter, providing a single point of information for consumers on their rights and responsibilities;</li><li>delivering a further round of our “It’s Everyone’s Journey” campaign, aiming to raise public awareness of the needs of disabled passengers when travelling.</li></ul><p>We are committed to delivering the remaining ITS commitments. In January 2022, the Department published a baseline evaluation report, which provides a detailed picture of disabled people’s experience using the transport network as we work towards full implementation of the ITS. This will be used as a baseline for future evaluation, including the annual scorecard of disabled people’s experiences using the transport network. The next scorecard is due to be published this spring, and a final evaluation report will be published in 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 14/02/2023 09:51:45 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1467622

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Public Transport: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure all public transport providers fulfil their duty under the Equality Act 2010 to be disability accessible.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
	uin	13243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The government’s vision is for disabled people to have the same access to transport as everyone else so they can travel confidently and easily.</p><p>Most transport operators have a duty under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments to enable disabled people to access their services, and enforcement of this is a matter for the Courts.</p><p>Accessibility requirements and enforcement mechanisms vary by transport mode. Where government has responsibility for enforcement, it works proactively to identify and eliminate non-compliance. Where local authorities and/or regulators are responsible for enforcement, the government seeks to raise their awareness of the importance of accessibility, for example by publishing best practice guidance.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 09/06/2022 10:04:10 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1441521

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Public Transport: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the 9.30am start time for free public transport on disabled people's abilities to commute to their place of work or education; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of removing that restriction.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	140513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>Under the terms of The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme a holder of a concessionary bus pass is able to travel between 09.30am and 11.00pm on weekdays and all day at weekends and on Bank Holidays.</p><p>The primary aim of the scheme is to ensure that no eligible disabled or older person in England is prevented from bus travel by cost alone. The provision of a free bus pass aims to provide these groups with greater freedom and independence in accessing a range of basic necessities.</p><p>Local authorities in England have the power to offer additional local concessions, such as extending the hours of the concession, and around three quarters of authorities already do so.</p><p>This area is kept under review. The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme costs around £1 billion annually so any changes, such as extending the concession to include morning peak travel times, would need to be carefully considered for their impact on the scheme’s financial sustainability. At present, there are no plans to extend the travel times for the concession given the current pressures on public finances.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 22/03/2022 10:08:11 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1419149

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Public Transport: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support disabled passengers on public transport.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	117112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring disabled passengers have the same access to transport as everyone else. We are working to deliver accessibility improvements across all modes of transport, as set out in the 2018 Inclusive Transport Strategy, 2021 National Disability Strategy and the 2021 Williams-Shapps Rail Review.</p><p>Recent initiatives include:</p><ul><li>Launching the rail Passenger Assist App</li><li>Revising guidance documents on tactile paving and inclusive mobility</li><li>Providing funding for a range of initiatives such as Changing Places Toilets and improving accessibility at lifeline ports</li><li>Partnering with disability charity Scope to develop a Disabled Passenger Charter for buses, coaches, rail, taxis and private hire vehicles.</li></ul><p>We also ran the #World of Difference element of the ‘Its Everyone’s Journey’ public awareness campaign to support disabled passengers using public transport, including those with non-visible conditions. We also continue to engage with key stakeholders through the Inclusive Transport Stakeholder Group, the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee and Disability Ambassadors for Transport.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 07/02/2022 12:38:28 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1417338

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Public Transport: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support disabled passengers on public transport.
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
	uin	113315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring disabled passengers have the same access to transport as everyone else. We are working to deliver accessibility improvements across all modes of transport, as set out in the 2018 Inclusive Transport Strategy, 2021 National Disability Strategy and the 2021 Williams-Shapps Rail Review.</p><p> </p><p>Recent initiatives include:</p><ul><li>Launching the rail Passenger Assist app</li><li>Revising guidance documents on tactile paving and inclusive mobility</li><li>Providing funding for a range of initiatives such as Changing Places Toilets and improving accessibility at lifeline ports</li><li>Partnering with disability charity Scope to develop a Disabled Passenger Charter for buses, coaches, rail, taxis and private hire vehicles.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We also ran the #World of Difference element of the ‘Its Everyone’s Journey’ public awareness campaign to support disabled passengers using public transport, including those with non-visible conditions. We also continue to engage with key stakeholders through the Inclusive Transport Stakeholder Group, the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee and Disability Ambassadors for Transport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 01/02/2022 17:02:44 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1357596

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Public Transport: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that disabled passengers are aware of their rights on public transport.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	53308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring disabled passengers are aware of their rights when using public transport. Our Inclusive Transport Strategy commits us to ensuring all operators across all modes of public transport provide information on passenger rights. Good progress has been made but we know there is still more we and the transport sector can do.</p><p> </p><p>For the aviation sector, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) provides information on the rights for disabled passengers and those with reduced mobility on their website and has worked with airports and airlines to improve the accessibility contents on their websites.</p><p> </p><p>As part of train operating company (TOC) licences we require each TOC to have an Accessible Travel Policy (ATP) setting out the level of services and facilities disabled passengers can expect, how to get staff assistance and how to get help if things go wrong.</p><p> </p><p>For Maritime, passengers must be informed of their rights when making a booking and these passenger rights details must be provided on posters displayed at ports and on board vessels.</p><p> </p><p>Our National Bus Strategy requires local authorities to produce Bus Service Improvement Plans which must include Passenger Charters providing information on what passengers can expect when using their services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 18/10/2021 14:40:21 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney