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Buses: Wheelchairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that wheelchair users have reliable access to priority spaces on buses.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
9 Jun 2025
Answer
9 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that wheelchair users have reliable access to priority spaces on buses.

  2. 9 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000 (PSVAR) require buses and coaches designed to carry over twenty-two passengers and used on local and scheduled services to incorporate features to support disabled people to travel safely and in r...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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