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1125493

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their Bus Services Act 2017: bus open data consultation response, published in January, why the provision of accessibility information “would be too great an implementation burden for bus operators”; and what assessment they have made of the impact of the lack of such information on those with disabilities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Holmes of Richmond
	uin	HL15588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport consulted with bus operators, passengers and their representative groups to explore the technical feasibility of requiring operators and/or local transport authorities to provide accessibility data for both vehicles and stops. We came to the conclusion that the industry is not yet ready to meet this challenge and therefore have chosen to focus on only legally requiring the core data types for the Bus Open Data Digital Service.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst we do consider accessibility information to be of great importance for public transport users, many operators would need to upgrade their systems in order to openly publish accessibility information, and many operators are not currently in a position to do so.</p><p> </p><p>However, we are working with the industry to support the voluntary and open publication of accessibility information and at a later stage in the programme, after the core requirements have been successfully delivered, return to this important data type and consider whether it would be feasible to legally require the industry to openly publish accessibility information about vehicles.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 22/05/2019 14:20:17 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4294 label Biography information for Lord Holmes of Richmond

1455928

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on the provision of audio and visual equipment on all buses.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	150221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2022 answer text <p>The Bus Services Act 2017 amended the Equality Act 2010 to include powers to require the provision of audible and visible information onboard local services in Great Britain. In the 2021 National Bus Strategy, we affirmed our commitment to mandating such provision, and we intend to lay Regulations later this year. In the meantime, we welcome the efforts of operators introducing audible and visible information in anticipation of the new requirement, with 49% of local buses now incorporating it.</p><p>To support small operators to comply with the Regulations, the government has allocated £3.5 million to the Real Time Information Group (RTIG) to distribute to those operators that most need it.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 20/04/2022 10:02:23 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1359104

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals for the introduction of audio visual access to buses to improve bus services following the Bus Services Act 2017.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	56141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government collects annual survey data from a sample of bus operators and based on this data, we estimate that 39% of the local bus fleet in Great Britain provided audio-visual information in 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials have regular discussions with bus operators and their representatives on a range of issues, including the impact of new regulations on existing accessible information provision.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the National Bus Strategy for England, subject to final analysis, we will make Accessible Information Regulations by Summer 2022, ensuring passengers can board any bus with confidence and that they will know when to alight when their destination is reached.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also pledged to provide £3.5 million of funding to support smaller bus operators to provide accessible information onboard their services, ensuring passengers benefit from it as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 57155 57156 57157 question first answered 25/10/2021 16:47:38 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1360124

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) bus companies have introduced audio visual equipment on their buses and (b) buses out of the total fleet have introduced audio visual equipment in each company.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	57155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government collects annual survey data from a sample of bus operators and based on this data, we estimate that 39% of the local bus fleet in Great Britain provided audio-visual information in 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials have regular discussions with bus operators and their representatives on a range of issues, including the impact of new regulations on existing accessible information provision.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the National Bus Strategy for England, subject to final analysis, we will make Accessible Information Regulations by Summer 2022, ensuring passengers can board any bus with confidence and that they will know when to alight when their destination is reached.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also pledged to provide £3.5 million of funding to support smaller bus operators to provide accessible information onboard their services, ensuring passengers benefit from it as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 56141 57156 57157 question first answered 25/10/2021 16:47:38 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1360125

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with bus companies on concerns regarding the fitting audio visual equipment on buses ahead of regulations being agreed.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	57156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government collects annual survey data from a sample of bus operators and based on this data, we estimate that 39% of the local bus fleet in Great Britain provided audio-visual information in 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials have regular discussions with bus operators and their representatives on a range of issues, including the impact of new regulations on existing accessible information provision.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the National Bus Strategy for England, subject to final analysis, we will make Accessible Information Regulations by Summer 2022, ensuring passengers can board any bus with confidence and that they will know when to alight when their destination is reached.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also pledged to provide £3.5 million of funding to support smaller bus operators to provide accessible information onboard their services, ensuring passengers benefit from it as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 56141 57155 57157 question first answered 25/10/2021 16:47:38 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1360126

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide funding to bus companies to assist with the costs of fitting audio and visual equipment on buses to assist with access requirements of sensory impaired passengers.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	57157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government collects annual survey data from a sample of bus operators and based on this data, we estimate that 39% of the local bus fleet in Great Britain provided audio-visual information in 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials have regular discussions with bus operators and their representatives on a range of issues, including the impact of new regulations on existing accessible information provision.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the National Bus Strategy for England, subject to final analysis, we will make Accessible Information Regulations by Summer 2022, ensuring passengers can board any bus with confidence and that they will know when to alight when their destination is reached.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also pledged to provide £3.5 million of funding to support smaller bus operators to provide accessible information onboard their services, ensuring passengers benefit from it as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 56141 57155 57156 question first answered 25/10/2021 16:47:38 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1384640

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with bus service operators regarding the wheelchair accessibility of fleet vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	uin	86619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>Ministers engage regularly with bus industry representatives on a range of issues. Currently, 99% of local buses<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> comply with the Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000 (PSVAR), which require the provision of a wheelchair space and ramp or lift.</p><p><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> Source: Annual Bus Statistics 2019, referenced in the National Disability Strategy</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 13/12/2021 13:21:15 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1418208

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to (a) publish the response to the 2018 consultation on the requirement for audio visual announcements to be mandatory on buses and (b) publish and lay the associated regulations; and what his planned timetable is for those regulations coming into force.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	114799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The government remains committed to ensuring that disabled passengers using local bus services in Great Britain have the information they need to travel safely and with confidence, to know both where they are and where they are going, and to remove any fear that a journey will take them anywhere other than the place they want to go.</p><p>We plan to publish the response to the accessible information consultation and lay the Accessible Information Regulations later this year. Subject to Parliamentary approval, these Regulations would commence in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 08/02/2022 17:29:46 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1146844

	registered interest
	date	27/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to introduce a requirement for buses to have audio visual (a) next stop and (b) final destination announcements.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	291597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>In Summer 2018 the Government consulted publicly on plans to use powers in the Bus Services Act 2017 to make Regulations requiring the provision of audible and visible information on-board local bus services across Great Britain. We continue to analyse responses to the consultation and will announce our next steps regarding Regulations and publication of guidance later in the year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also plans to provide £2m to help smaller bus companies to provide information on-board their services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 07/10/2019 13:53:38 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1171472

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with the (a) Scottish and (b) Welsh Governments on section 17 of the Bus Services Act 2017; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
	tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
	uin	4364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2020 answer text <p>Section 17 of the Bus Services Act 2017 provides powers for the secretary of state to require the provision of audible and visible information on board local bus services throughout Great Britain. In exercising their powers the Secretary of State must consult with both Scottish and Welsh Ministers.</p><p> </p><p>Officials engaged with their Scottish and Welsh counterparts during the development of the policy proposals put to consultation in summer 2018, and both devolved administrations were invited to respond formally. We will continue to engage with the devolved administrations in finalising the policy and bringing forward Regulations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 24/01/2020 12:40:25 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands