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<p> </p><p>In March 2013, the Department for Transport applied a number of time-limited
exemptions available within EU Regulation 181/2011 (concerning the rights of passengers
in bus and coach transport) including one from the requirement for drivers to undertake
mandatory disability awareness training.</p><p> </p><p>Before taking this decision,
the Department requested information from the Confederation of Passenger Transport
(trade association for the bus and coach industry) on the percentage of bus and coach
drivers that had completed some form of disability awareness training. The information
provided suggested that this figure was approximately 75% in March 2013.</p><p>On
24 February 2014, my noble Friend, the Minister of State for Transport, Baroness Kramer
wrote again to the Confederation for Passenger Transport, seeking an update on the
percentage of drivers that have completed disability awareness training. This updated
information is being used to inform the Department's current review of the disability
awareness training exemption and will be made available shortly when the Department
announces the outcome of this review.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the review, Ministers
will consider what the appropriate future monitoring arrangements should be.</p>
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