Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the availability of websites which provide information about accessible journeys for disabled passengers after the closure of Transport Direct.

National accessible journey planning is the one core piece of Transport Direct functionality that was not previously available elsewhere. However, several transport information providers have developed equivalent services.

Traveline South, East & Midlands commissioned a national accessible journey planning capability that launched at the end of September. This uses the same data and functionality as Transport Direct, and has been tested and found to give comparable journey plans. Transport for London and Traveline.info plan to offer nationwide accessible planning functionality later in the year.