Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to support and encourage the installation of more audio-visual real time information on busses and trains for visually-impaired and hard of hearing passengers in East Yorkshire.

We have required buses funded through the government’s Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme to provide audible and visible information as standard.

We also plan to require the provision of audible and visible information on local bus and coach services across Great Britain, and intend to introduce the Accessible Information Regulations shortly.

We have also allocated £3.55m to the Real Time Information Group, who will be supporting small operators with the upfront costs of the planned Regulations.

As of 1 January 2022, all passenger rolling stock are compliant with accessibility standards, including requirements for dynamic audible and visible information.