Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of levels of support for a default pavement parking ban among disabled people.

The Department has consulted on options to help local authorities outside London tackle pavement parking, including a default ban. Views were expressed on a wide range of related issues, including public transport. The Department will publish a formal response when final decisions have been taken. The Department has not had recent discussions with Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council or Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, but the consultation was open to all local authorities.