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Bus Services: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure bus travel is accessible for people with disabilities.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
12 Dec 2024
Target answer date
16 Dec 2024
Answer
17 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure bus travel is accessible for people with disabilities.

  2. 16 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The government wants everyone to have access to public transport and is committed to improving services so they are more inclusive and enable disabled people to travel safely, confidently and with dignity. On October 1st, the first phase of the Public S...

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