Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 6 July (HL1210), how many stations on the rail network in England are currently not accessible for all users; and how many are expected to become accessible for all users in each of the next three years.

The Department continues to improve accessibility through programmes such as the Access for All scheme, including the announcement in January of 31 new projects progressing.

There are just over 2,000 mainline railway stations in England. Of these, 488 stations have no step-free access. 392 stations have partial step free access - this is where step-free access is available to one or more platforms, but not all platforms, or there are restrictions that mean not all journeys through the station are step-free.

Future funding for the Access for All programme will be considered as part of the next Spending Review, which may provide an opportunity for stations to receive accessibility funding.