§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make additional financial resources available for the provision of road crossing facilities for(a) the visually disabled and (b) other disabled; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BaldryResources for revenue spending by local authorities on the provision of road crossing facilities for the disabled are included within their standard spending assessment for highway maintenance. Provisional decisions on the highway maintenance standard spending assessment for 1995–96 will be announced shortly after the Budget as part of the proposed local authority finance settlement.
492WLocal authorities may also include the provision of such facilities within their annual transport policy programmes which receive funding from the Department of Transport.
The provision of road crossing facilities for the disabled is at the discretion of individual local authorities, which are best placed to decide on the level of provision taking account of local circumstances and their own spending priorities.