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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-03-01more like thismore than 2018-03-01
answering body
Department for Transport more like this
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport remove filter
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Public Transport: Hospitals more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the accessibility by public transport of hospitals in rural areas. more like this
tabling member constituency Harlow more like this
tabling member printed
Robert Halfon more like this
uin 130649 remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-03-09more like thismore than 2018-03-09
answer text <p>The Bus Services Act 2017 will enable local authorities to take steps to improve service and grow passenger numbers. This could include introducing multi operator tickets, improved vehicle standards and better connections between transport modes, employment and housing. In terms of access to hospitals via public transport, the most recent statistics show that around 94% of the population of England can reach a large hospital within an hour by public transport or walking in urban areas. In rural areas this falls to around 59% of the population.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>More generally the Government is committed to making the transport system, in urban and rural areas, accessible to all users irrespective of the reason for or destination of the journey. The draft Accessibility Action Plan, published for consultation last year, set out a number of steps we will be taking across transport modes.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Wealden more like this
answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-03-09T08:55:03.893Zmore like thismore than 2018-03-09T08:55:03.893Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani more like this
tabling member
3985
label Biography information for Robert Halfon more like this