Bus Services: Disability

(asked on 30th October 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government plans to bring forward secondary legislation to require bus operators to provide accessible information to passengers in (a) audible and (b) visible formats on bus services in England, Scotland and Wales, as set out in section 17 of the Bus Services Act 2017.


Answered by
Rachel Maclean Portrait
Rachel Maclean
This question was answered on 9th November 2020

We want disabled people to travel independently and with confidence. It is important to have enough information when travelling on buses for that to become the reality.

In 2018 we consulted on Accessible Information Regulations with plans to require the provision of accessible on-board information on local bus services throughout Great Britain.

We continue to consider the implementation options informed by the feedback received and will publish the response in due course.

In the meantime, we are supporting smaller operators to provide audible and visual information with £2 million of targeted funding.

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