Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Oral Answers to Questions

Sarah Olney Excerpts
Thursday 24th June 2021

(2 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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The Secretary of State was asked—
Sarah Olney Portrait Sarah Olney (Richmond Park) (LD)
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If he will take steps to install full tactile paving installation across the entire rail network.

Sarah Olney Portrait Sarah Olney
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Network Rail is still working to a timetable of installing tactile paving at all train platforms by 2029, some eight years away. Given that 35% of platforms are seriously dangerous for blind and partially sighted people, will the Minister commit to ensuring that every station has the basic safety measure of tactile paving in place by 2025?

Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait Chris Heaton-Harris
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I very much hope so. I have asked Network Rail to develop a programme to install platform edge tactile strips on every platform in Great Britain as soon as possible; I have yet to receive that programme. I will make a further announcement in the very short term.