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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her department will review wheelchair access legislation to secure wheelchair users an enforceable right to access public transport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her department will review wheelchair access legislation to secure wheelchair users an enforceable right to access public transport.
The Department is committed to a transport network that puts disabled passengers at its heart - removing barriers and promoting opportunity. We want disabled passengers to travel easily, confidently and with dignity and we recognise the importance of people being able to travel with the mobility aids that support their independence.
We recognise, however, that the existing legislative framework can be complex and that there is a need to ensure accessibility legislation is clear, effective and supported by appropriate enforcement mechanisms.
This is why we have commissioned the Law Commission to review transport accessibility legislation with the aim to make it clearer and more effective. The review will assess whether the different mechanisms for enforcing and promoting compliance with the law, are working effectively and are sufficient to cover all transport modes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many fully wheelchair-accessible M4(3)(b) standard (a) social and (b) affordable rented homes have been funded by Homes England in each of the last six years; and what proportion of homes funded that represents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many fully wheelchair-accessible M4(3)(b) standard (a) social and (b) affordable rented homes have been funded by Homes England in each of the last six years; and what proportion of homes funded that represents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will instruct Homes England to require that at least 10 per cent of new social and affordable rent homes funded through the Social Housing Programme should be built to the wheelchair-accessible M4(3)(b) standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will instruct Homes England to require that at least 10 per cent of new social and affordable rent homes funded through the Social Housing Programme should be built to the wheelchair-accessible M4(3)(b) standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data her department holds on the number of disabled people currently on local authority housing lists in England who are waiting for a wheelchair-accessible social rented home to become available for letting.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data her department holds on the number of disabled people currently on local authority housing lists in England who are waiting for a wheelchair-accessible social rented home to become available for letting.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of commissioning wheelchair services to prescribe specific paediatric wheelchairs to uders under 5.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of commissioning wheelchair services to prescribe specific paediatric wheelchairs to uders under 5.
I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 8 July 2026 in response to Question 15027.
The Civil Aviation Bill is going through Parliament. It gives more powers to the Civil Aviation Authority and modernises the UK's aviation regulatory framework
The Civil Aviation Bill is going through Parliament. It gives more powers to the Civil Aviation Authority and modernises the UK's aviation regulatory framework
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure bus operators enforce designated wheelchair spaces on local public transport routes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure bus operators enforce designated wheelchair spaces on local public transport routes.
The Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000 (PSVAR) require buses and coaches designed to carry over twenty-two passengers and used on local and scheduled services to incorporate features to support disabled people to travel safely and in reasonable comfort. This includes provision of a wheelchair space and lift or ramp suitable for a passenger using a standard “reference wheelchair”.
We know that wheelchair users are sometimes unable to board a bus because the statutory wheelchair space is already occupied, and we welcome efforts by operators to relieve pressure on it, including through dedicated announcements and signage, the provision of taxi guarantee schemes, and by incorporating a second wheelchair space into vehicle designs.
Through the Bus Services Act 2025 we are also ensuring that bus drivers have the knowledge and skills to support disabled passengers, by requiring them to complete both disability awareness and assistance training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure local licensing authorities enforce non-discrimination provisions under the Equality Act 2010 where private hire and taxi operators charge additional clamping fees or surcharges to users of wheelchair-accessible vehicles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure local licensing authorities enforce non-discrimination provisions under the Equality Act 2010 where private hire and taxi operators charge additional clamping fees or surcharges to users of wheelchair-accessible vehicles.
The Government is committed to ensuring that disabled people can access taxi and private hire vehicle services without discrimination. Drivers and operators who add fees or surcharges based on disability face prosecution and fines of up to £1,000.
Local licensing authorities are responsible for enforcing these provisions. Departmental best practice guidance makes clear that authorities should thoroughly investigate and prosecute offences where breaches are identified, and that where a complaint about discrimination is received that will not result in a conviction, licensing authorities should consider regulatory sanctions such as license suspension or revocation.
I rise to speak to amendment 32 and new clause 39 tabled in my name, which seek to address the problems facing community equipment and wheelchair services across the country. I declare my interest as chair of the all-party parliamentary groups for wheelchair users and for access to disability equipment....
I rise to speak to amendment 32 and new clause 39 tabled in my name, which seek to address the problems facing community equipment and wheelchair services across the country. I declare my interest as chair of the all-party parliamentary groups for wheelchair users and for access to disability equipment....
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of appointing a senior lead for wheelchair services in (a) his Department and (b) integrated care boards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of appointing a senior lead for wheelchair services in (a) his Department and (b) integrated care boards.
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided to the Hon. Member for Wokingham on 17 February 2026 to Question 111500.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the NHS’s annual budget for Wheelchair Services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the NHS’s annual budget for Wheelchair Services.
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided to the Hon. Member for Wokingham on 17 February 2026 to Question 111500.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of longer, block contracts for providing Wheelchair Services for NHS patients on waiting times for delivering equipment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of longer, block contracts for providing Wheelchair Services for NHS patients on waiting times for delivering equipment.
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided to the Hon. Member for Wokingham on 17 February 2026 to Question 111500.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 15027 on Wheelchairs: Children, what information his Department collects on the amount of under-18 year olds not prescribed a wheelchair or personal wheelchair budget after being seen by wheelchair...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 15027 on Wheelchairs: Children, what information his Department collects on the amount of under-18 year olds not prescribed a wheelchair or personal wheelchair budget after being seen by wheelchair...
The information requested is not held centrally.
Since July 2015, NHS England has collected quarterly data from clinical commissioning groups, now integrated care boards (ICBs), on wheelchair provision, including waiting times, to enable targeted action if improvement is required. NHS England’s wheelchair data collection reports on the proportion of adults and children whose episode of care was closed in the reporting period and prescribed equipment was delivered within 18 weeks or less.
NHS England is supporting ICBs to reduce regional variation in the quality and provision of NHS wheelchairs, and to reduce delays in people receiving timely intervention and wheelchair equipment. This includes publishing a Wheelchair Quality Framework on 9 April 2025, which sets out quality standards and statutory requirements for ICBs, such as offering personal wheelchair budgets. The framework is available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/wheelchair-quality-framework/
That this House congratulates pupils at Ysgol Llanfawr in Ynys Môn for reaching the top of a national leaderboard celebrating children who are making strides to walk or wheel to school; notes that WOW, the walk to school challenge from charity Living Streets Cymru, sees pupils record how they get to school using the interactive WOW travel tracker, a comprehensive method of gaining valuable insights into school travel habits; further notes that the tracker helps boost pupils’ engagement in the overall challenge and helps increase active travel rates at schools by awarding those who walk, wheel, cycle, scoot or Park and Stride with a monthly WOW badge; highlights that 95% of journeys recorded by pupils at Ysgol Llanfawr during the month of June were active travel journeys; and commends pupils at the school as well as the 200 primary schools in Wales currently participating in the challenge for showing how small actions lead to big impacts such as easing congestion, improving air quality, and creating cleaner, healthier streets.
That this House congratulates pupils at Ysgol Llanfawr in Ynys Môn for reaching the top of a national leaderboard celebrating children who are making strides to walk or wheel to school; notes that WOW, the walk to school challenge from charity Living Streets Cymru, sees pupils record how they get...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Whizz Kidz Youth Board's report entitled Mobility Matters: A Youth Perspective on NHS Wheelchair Services, published on 26 June 2026, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of arrangements for commissioning paediatric wheelchair services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Whizz Kidz Youth Board's report entitled Mobility Matters: A Youth Perspective on NHS Wheelchair Services, published on 26 June 2026, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of arrangements for commissioning paediatric wheelchair services.
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchair services, based on the needs of their local population. This includes wheelchairs for adults and children. NHS England supports ICBs to commission effective, efficient, and personalised wheelchair services and to reduce delays in people receiving timely intervention and wheelchair equipment.
This includes publishing a Wheelchair Quality Framework on 9 April 2025, which sets out quality standards and statutory requirements for ICBs. The framework is available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/wheelchair-quality-framework/
NHS England’s wheelchair data collection reports on the proportion of adults and children whose episode of care was closed in the reporting period and prescribed equipment was delivered within 18 weeks or less. In Quarter four, 2025/26, the proportion of patients whose episode of care was closed in the reporting period and whose prescribed wheelchair was delivered within 18 weeks or less was: 79.1% for children, up from 79% since Quarter three; and 81.5% for adults, down from 83.1% since Quarter three.
The Medium-Term Planning Framework sets a requirement for all providers and ICBs to actively manage long waits for community health services, reducing the proportion of all waits over 18 weeks. This will be monitored via the National Health Service’s usual regional and national assurance processes. The Community Health Services Situation Report will be used to monitor ICB performance against waiting time targets in 2026/27. These targets will guide systems to reduce the longest waits.
We expect ICBs to follow guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). In 2022 NICE published the guidance Disabled children and young people up to 25 with severe complex needs: integrated service delivery and organisation across health, social care and education, which is available at the following link:
Lords committee stage first day. Clauses 1 and 2 agreed to. Schedule 1 agreed to. Clause 3 agreed to.
Lords committee stage first day. Clauses 1 and 2 agreed to. Schedule 1 agreed to. Clause 3 agreed to.
Moved by
Lord Moylan
1: Before Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Purpose
(1) The purpose of this Act is to—
(a) promote the international competitiveness of the United Kingdom aviation sector;
(b) support economic growth in that sector;
(c) protect the rights and interests of consumers of air transport and airport services.
(2) The Secretary of...
Moved by
Lord Moylan
1: Before Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Purpose
(1) The purpose of this Act is to—
(a) promote the international competitiveness of the United Kingdom aviation sector;
(b) support economic growth in that sector;
(c) protect the rights and interests of consumers of air transport and airport services.
(2) The Secretary of...
My Lords, this Bill represents and achieves an astonishing transfer of power away from Parliament and away from the scrutiny that your Lordships and Members of the other place have customarily brought to regulation and legislation pertaining to the field of civil aviation. Some of this is a necessary transfer...
My Lords, this Bill represents and achieves an astonishing transfer of power away from Parliament and away from the scrutiny that your Lordships and Members of the other place have customarily brought to regulation and legislation pertaining to the field of civil aviation. Some of this is a necessary transfer...
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 113. It has been on a bit of a circuitous tour of groupings, but I am pleased to say that it is back in group 1. I declare my membership of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. I am vice-president, and I apologise...
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 113. It has been on a bit of a circuitous tour of groupings, but I am pleased to say that it is back in group 1. I declare my membership of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. I am vice-president, and I apologise...