Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on providing a further round of accessibility funding for (a) lifts and (b) other accessibility devices at mainline railway stations; and if he will make a statement.

The Access for All programme has delivered accessible step-free routes at over 150 stations since 2006, with smaller scale access improvements at more than 1,500 stations. To build on this success, we made a further £160m available to extend the programme, providing step-free routes at a further 68 stations. This is in addition to access improvements delivered as part of other major projects, such as Crossrail which will deliver step-free routes at another 40 stations. No decision has been made on the overall rail funding package, including funding for accessibility improvements, for Control Period 6 (2019-2024).