Recommendations & Conclusions
5 items
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Recommendation
1st Report – Access denied: rights vers…
Accepted in Part
The Government should publish within 12 months a new Inclusive Transport Strategy. This strategy must have a stretching ambition, but one underpinned by metrics, actions, costings and milestones which clearly map out a practical pathway to deliver on that ambition. It must be cross-modal and closely linked to the Government’s …
Government response. The government accepts the need for an improved strategic approach to accessibility but will incorporate it within its forthcoming Integrated Transport Strategy (INTS) rather than publishing a separate Inclusive Transport Strategy, ensuring it has a clear action plan, milestones, and …
Department for Transport
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Recommendation
1st Report – Access denied: rights vers…
Accepted in Part
As part of a new Inclusive Transport Strategy, the Government must set out concrete timescales for achieving independent accessibility across the rail network, and commit to setting out within 12 months a road map for how to meet those timescales. This road map must inform the rolling stock, station and …
Government response. The government will publish an Accessibility Roadmap later this year, outlining measures and initiatives to be undertaken before Great British Railways is established, but it does not explicitly commit to setting concrete timescales for achieving full independent accessibility across the …
Department for Transport
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Recommendation
1st Report – Access denied: rights vers…
Accepted in Part
Station accessibility audit information must be published in full within two months of this report to permit independent scrutiny of progress, the resources required and any decisions made to rule out works at particular locations. In its Inclusive Transport Strategy, the Department should commit to compiling and publishing in open …
Government response. The government states that rail station accessibility audit data is already available on the Rail Data Marketplace. For bus and rail accessibility assets, the Department is undertaking discovery work to capture this data within NaPTAN for future journey planning tools.
Department for Transport
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Recommendation
1st Report – Access denied: rights vers…
Accepted in Part
The Department should share with this Committee a work plan mapping out DPTAC’s involvement in upcoming policy decisions, and publish quarterly reports detailing the impact that DPTAC has had on the Department’s decision-making. (Recommendation, Paragraph 77)
Government response. The government states that DPTAC's publishing decisions are for DPTAC itself, but notes that DPTAC has agreed to enhance its public reporting by publishing regular work programme updates and meeting minutes at least quarterly.
Department for Transport
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Recommendation
1st Report – Access denied: rights vers…
Accepted in Part
It is not sufficient for training to be delivered on disability awareness, accessibility and preventing discrimination: the training must be of a guaranteed minimum standard and proven to be effective in improving outcomes. The Department for Transport should, with the active 76 participation of disabled people, establish an expert unit …
Government response. The government agrees there is merit in reviewing, benchmarking, and standardising training packages across transport modes. It will work with DPTAC and disabled persons organisations to assess how this can be undertaken timely to support new statutory training requirements, though …
Department for Transport