Written questions

Public Transport: Disability

Commons · Question 33262 · Tabled 24 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 27 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Peter Fortune

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to encourage bus and train operators to reduce levels of disability hate crime on their services.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 27 Feb 2025

The government believes that everyone should be able to make journeys on public transport services without fearing that they will become a victim of crime. It is especially concerning that people should experience disability hate crime whilst using buses ...