Bus Services: Disability

(asked on 9th May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2018 to Questions 135948 and 135949 on Bus Services: Disability, whether the Government’s recently developed best practice guidance, as referenced on page 45 of his Department's Accessibility Action Plan Consultation document, published in August 2017, has been circulated to bus operators.


Answered by
Nusrat Ghani Portrait
Nusrat Ghani
Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
This question was answered on 17th May 2018

Effective disability awareness and equality training can help provide transport staff with the knowledge and skills to give every passenger the assistance they require, contributing towards our desired outcome of a transport system which works for everyone.

We have worked with our contractor Mott MacDonald, and with bus companies and disabled people to develop best practice guidance on delivering disability awareness training. To update the document in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the use of wheelchair spaces on buses, we are now seeking advice from industry representatives on its finalisation and dissemination. We intend to publish the guidance later in 2018.

Reticulating Splines