Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support disabled passengers on public transport.

The Department is committed to ensuring disabled passengers have the same access to transport as everyone else. We are working to deliver accessibility improvements across all modes of transport, as set out in the 2018 Inclusive Transport Strategy, 2021 National Disability Strategy and the 2021 Williams-Shapps Rail Review.

Recent initiatives include:

• Launching the rail Passenger Assist App
• Revising guidance documents on tactile paving and inclusive mobility
• Providing funding for a range of initiatives such as Changing Places Toilets and improving accessibility at lifeline ports
• Partnering with disability charity Scope to develop a Disabled Passenger Charter for buses, coaches, rail, taxis and private hire vehicles.

We also ran the #World of Difference element of the ‘Its Everyone’s Journey’ public awareness campaign to support disabled passengers using public transport, including those with non-visible conditions. We also continue to engage with key stakeholders through the Inclusive Transport Stakeholder Group, the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee and Disability Ambassadors for Transport.