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date	01/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of railway stations have step-free access.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	186946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Around 20% of stations in the UK have step free access to and between every platform, which accounts for approximately 75% of journeys.</p><p>This compares with only 50% of journeys in 2005.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to continuing to invest in the accessibility of the railway and have made an additional £300m available for our Access for All programme during the next five year Control Period (2019-24).</p><p> </p><p>Information on the facilities available at railway stations is collected and held by the Rail Delivery Group, rather than the Department.</p><p> </p><p>Accessibility information about individual stations is published on the National Rail Enquiries website.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/11/2018 11:19:17 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

999567

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date	01/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: North West
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 30 October 2018 to Question 183872 on Bus Services: North West, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the decline in bus journeys in (a) the North West and (b) Merseyside.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	186958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The department has not made an assessment of the reasons for the fall in bus journeys in the North West and Merseyside.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to consider the fall in bus journeys in the context of a broader decline in overall trips. Data from the 2017 National Travel Survey shows that trips have fallen 9% since 2002 in England.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of factors that may explain the fall in bus patronage on local bus services specifically.</p><p> </p><p>These include:</p><ul><li>Congestion</li><li>Levels of car ownership</li><li>Increase in online shopping</li><li>Reductions in local authority supported services</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/11/2018 16:29:08 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle