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date	24/02/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2021 to Question 148875, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure that no community loses its connectivity.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	158165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring all communities continue to have suitable access to the rail network. Officials constantly monitor the situation and are looking at ways to ensure connectivity is maintained by working with existing franchises and Open Access Operators to provide appropriate levels of services. In recent months this approach has seen various Train Operating Companies augment their services to ensure continued access to the local community when some Open Access Operators were in periods of hibernation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 02/03/2021 15:37:42 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

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date	27/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Visual Impairment
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 that non-electronic copies of train timetables are available for people who have visual impairments or who cannot easily access timetables online.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	158165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>This Government is determined to ensure that disabled people have the same access to transport as everyone else, and that they are able to travel easily and with confidence.</p><p> </p><p>Stations must display relevant information on information displays. In addition, through their Franchise Agreements train companies are required to make timetable information available and free of charge in booklets or similar format at staffed stations.</p><p> </p><p>Disabled People’s Protection Policies, required as a condition of a train operator’s licence, require train companies to demonstrate that the varied needs of different disabled passengers are taken into account when considering how information is communicated. All information about train services on display at stations must be made available through appropriate telephone help lines and staffed information points.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/07/2018 11:11:24 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman