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Commons · Question 15434 · Tabled 2 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 7 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Jerome Mayhew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many members of the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee who contributed to its submissions on floating bus stops dated (a) 24 October 2025 and (b) 2 December 2025 were blind or partially sighted.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 7 Jul 2026

We cannot provide details of individual impairments. Under the Transport Act 1985, so far as reasonably practicable, at least 50 per cent of DPTAC’s membership should be made up of people who identify as disabled, making sure that lived experience informs...