Question follow-through · 23203
Public Transport: Wheelchairs
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure the adequacy of the number of wheelchair spaces on (a) buses and (b) other public transport.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 10 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 15 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure the adequacy of the number of wheelchair spaces on (a) buses and (b) other public transport.
14 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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15 Jan 2025
Answer published
99% of buses providing local services comply with accessibility regulations that cover the design of vehicles and incorporate a designated space to accommodate at least one wheelchair user. We recognise that in some circumstances such provision may be ina...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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