Written question asked by Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 7 December 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 December 2006. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Monday, 18 December 2006 on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Disabled Access Taxis
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has made of the likely financial impact of the implementation of taxi accessibility regulations under part 5 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, on the taxi trade; and whom his Department has consulted on the implementation of the regulations.
- Answer
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An informal consultation on taxi accessibility regulations under part 5 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 took place with the trade and disability groups in 1997. The accompanying draft regulatory impact assessment is available on the Department’s website. Further work is being done at present to inform the development of policy and costs for accessible taxis to bring this up to date.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 454 c1444W;454 c1446W; 108689
- Session
- 2006-07
- Subjects
- Disability Taxis
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