Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department Inclusive Transport Strategy, published on 25 July 2018, how much funding from the public purse the Government plans to allocate for the implementation of that strategy.

The Inclusive Transport Strategy sets out the Government’s plans for delivering a genuinely inclusive transport network for disabled and older people. Key funding announcements made from the public purse include:

• Up to £300m to extend the Access for All programme to make railway stations in Great Britain more accessible;

• £2 million to install Changing Places toilets at motorway service stations in England, supporting disabled people to travel easily and comfortably on the road network;

• The provision of further support for the rollout of audio-visual announcements across the bus sector through the launch of a new £2m fund to help smaller bus operators comply with planned Accessible Information Regulations and so ensure that passengers across Great Britain will know where and when to alight;

• A £2 million passenger awareness campaign to increase disability awareness and reduce hate crime on the network; and

• Continued funding for Mobility Centres which offer clinical expertise and professional high quality information, advice and assessment to people who need to gain or retain independence through mobility.

This funding is in addition to the activities which will be funded directly by transport operators as part of their delivery of the Inclusive Transport Strategy.