Railways: Disability

(asked on 17th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published on 28 July 2021 and his Department's invitation to submit innovative project ideas to improve communication for disabled passengers and others with reduced mobility on rail services across Great Britain, (a) whether the contracts were awarded as planned by July 2021, (b) how many contracts were awarded and (c) to whom they were awarded.


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Wendy Morton
This question was answered on 21st January 2022

Four projects aimed at making the railway easier to use for people with disabilities were awarded funding through the First of a Kind 2021 rail innovation competition. The contracts were awarded to Mission Room Ltd, GoMedia Services Ltd (two projects) and Transreport Ltd, working in partnership with other bodies. Each project commenced as scheduled on 1 July 2021, though contracts for the two projects led by GoMedia were finalised in August and October due to delays in completing pre-contract checks. The projects are all still in progress and are scheduled to complete by the end of March 2022.

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