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Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions officials and Ministers in his Department have had with disability or transport groups on bus driver awareness training and EU Regulation 181/2011 since 9 January 2014.


Answered by
Stephen Hammond Portrait
Stephen Hammond
This question was answered on 13th May 2014

On 18th March 2014 my noble Friend, the Minister of State for Transport, Baroness Kramer, met representatives from ‘Transport for All' to discuss a range of bus accessibility issues, including disability awareness training and EU Regulation 181/2011. Furthermore, on 27th March 2014, Baroness Kramer attended the launch of the new RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People) ‘We're on Board' bus charter and gave a speech highlighting the importance of disability awareness training to an audience including disability campaigners.

On 24 February 2014, as part of the Department's review of the derogation applied under EU Regulation 181/2011 exempting bus and coach drivers from undertaking mandatory disability awareness training, Baroness Kramer wrote to a number of disabled transport stakeholders and charities with an interest in disability awareness training, requesting information on the structure and effectiveness of disability awareness training courses currently offered around the country. Responses have been received from organisations including Guide Dogs for the Blind, RNIB and the muscular dystrophy ‘Trailblazers' campaign.

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