Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage community transport (a) providers and (b) users to respond to his Department’s consultation on the use of section 19 and section 22 permits for road passenger transport in Great Britain.

The consultation document was sent out to the Community Transport Association, wider community transport stakeholders and local authorities on the day of the launch notifying them of the publication. Officials in the Department are also working closely with relevant interested stakeholders, including the Community Transport Association and local authorities, on a series of regional events during the consultation period.