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date	06/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Hospitals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether public transport providers are taking steps to ensure that patients and staff can get to NHS hospital sites in England as safely, conveniently and economically as possible.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	131118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The bus market in England outside London is deregulated and decisions regarding service provision are primarily a matter for bus operators, although local authorities do support socially necessary routes that are not commercially viable.</p><p> </p><p>The Bus Services Act 2017 provides the tools local authorities need to improve local bus services. We are working with local authorities to determine which of the powers provided are best able to support bus networks in their areas.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 14/03/2018 17:10:57 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

852652

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Hospitals
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 accessibility by public transport of hospitals outside London.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	130648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 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> </p><p>More generally, the Government is committed to making the transport system 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> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 09/03/2018 08:48:51 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

852653

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Hospitals
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 accessibility by public transport of hospitals in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	130649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 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> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 09/03/2018 08:55:03 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon