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1170641

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2020
	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, what steps he is taking to increase the statutory minimum number of seats for disabled people required on public bus transport.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
	uin	3289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000 (PSVAR) require vehicles subject to them to incorporate at least four priority seats for disabled passengers, as well as a designated wheelchair space. Such facilities are now provided on 98% of buses across Great Britain, and are helping to make journeys easier for millions of people.</p><p> </p><p>However, we know that the needs of disabled people and the nature of public transport evolves over time. The previous Government committed in its Inclusive Transport Strategy to review the efficacy of PSVAR. Its timing is driven by the need to reflect on the effectiveness of the Regulations in facilitating access to coaches, the last of which only became subject to the Regulations on the 1<sup>st</sup> January 2020, and to be informed by a planned cross-modal review of the reference wheelchair standard, which is yet to begin. Amongst other issues it will consider the extent to which existing requirements on the provision of priority seating and wheelchair spaces are sufficient to meet current and future demand.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 20/01/2020 14:42:43 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1247255

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2020
	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, for what reasons the Government has not brought forward secondary legislation to require bus operators to provide accessible information to passengers in (a) audible and (b) visible formats on bus services in England, Scotland and Wales, as set out in section 17 of the Bus Services Act 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	109412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>We want disabled people to travel independently and with confidence. It is important to have enough information when travelling on buses for that to become the reality.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018 we consulted on Accessible Information Regulations with plans to require the provision of accessible on-board information on local bus services throughout Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to consider the implementation options informed by the feedback received and will publish the response in due course.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, we are supporting smaller operators to provide audible and visual information with £2 million of targeted funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 109413 question first answered 09/11/2020 12:53:36 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1247256

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2020
	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, when the Government plans to bring forward secondary legislation to require bus operators to provide accessible information to passengers in (a) audible and (b) visible formats on bus services in England, Scotland and Wales, as set out in section 17 of the Bus Services Act 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	109413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>We want disabled people to travel independently and with confidence. It is important to have enough information when travelling on buses for that to become the reality.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018 we consulted on Accessible Information Regulations with plans to require the provision of accessible on-board information on local bus services throughout Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to consider the implementation options informed by the feedback received and will publish the response in due course.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, we are supporting smaller operators to provide audible and visual information with £2 million of targeted funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 109412 question first answered 09/11/2020 12:53:36 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1274844

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2021
	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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the eligibility of the disabled person's bus pass to cover peak services.
	tabling member constituency	Canterbury
	tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
	uin	134528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 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> </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 time travel, would need to be carefully considered for their impact on the scheme’s financial sustainability.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities in England have the power to offer additional local concessions, such as extending the hours of the concession, and three quarters of authorities already do so.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 13/01/2021 14:54:46 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1485348

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2022
	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 introduction of audio-visual announcements on bus services in (a) Derbyshire and (b) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	28886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>We remain committed to making Accessible Information Regulations to require operators of local services in Great Britain to provide onboard audible and visible next stop and route and direction information to support disabled passengers.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to lay Accessible Information Regulations by the end of 2022 and to publish guidance for operators to support them to comply.</p><p> </p><p>These Regulations will apply across Great Britain, including in Derbyshire. Bus policy in Northern Ireland is generally a devolved matter.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, Derbyshire County Council has been allocated indicative funding of up to £47 million to deliver on their Bus Service Improvement Plan. This will be based on their submission and implementation of an Enhanced Partnership that delivers a package of improvements to bus services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 06/07/2022 09:07:37 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1132062

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	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 his Department plans to respond to the consultation which closed in September 2018 in relation to a requirement for all buses to have audiovisual next stop and final destination announcements as enabled by the Bus Services Act 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	264303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government understands the importance of accessible on-board information in helping bus passengers to travel with confidence, and in Summer 2018 published a consultation on proposals to require its provision on local bus services throughout Great Britain. This follows the Government’s commitment, set out in the Inclusive Transport Strategy, to invest £2 million towards ensuring that audio visual equipment is installed on buses.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to analyse responses to the consultation and expect to announce our next steps regarding the making of Regulations and publication of guidance later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/06/2019 10:48:25 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1143311

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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, what steps his Department has taken to meet the Inclusive Transport Strategy target to develop a monitoring and enforcement framework for mandatory bus driver disability awareness training by spring 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
	uin	284737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport publishes annual bus statistics which include an assessment of the proportion of operators requiring relevant staff to undertake disability awareness training consistent with relevant legislation. The most recent release indicated that 98% of staff worked for bus operators that mandated this training. The Department continues to engage with industry and regulators to ensure a proportionate approach to enforcement is followed.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 09/09/2019 12:31:15 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1129648

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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, whether the Government has set a deadline by which every bus nationally will have audio-visual next stop and final destination announcements.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	260080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government understands the importance of accessible on-board information in helping bus passengers to travel with confidence. Consequently, in Summer 2018, the Government published a public consultation on proposals to require its provision on local bus services throughout Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to analyse responses to the consultation and expect to announce our next steps regarding the making of Regulations and publication of guidance later in the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 10/06/2019 11:19:38 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1581773

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2023
	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 is taking steps to increase the provision of audio-visual announcements on local bus services for blind and partially sighted people.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	135389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>We plan to require the provision of audible and visible information on local bus and coach services across Great Britain and intend to introduce the Accessible Information Regulations shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 03/02/2023 11:35:06 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1128615

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government plans to respond to the Bus Services Act 2017: accessible information consultation.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
	uin	257804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government understands the importance of accessible on-board information in helping bus passengers to travel with confidence, and in Summer 2018 published a public consultation on proposals to require its provision on local bus services throughout Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to analyse responses to the consultation and expect to announce our next steps regarding the making of Regulations and publication of guidance later in the year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 05/06/2019 11:33:33 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield