§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on those sections of his White Paper on transport dealing with the needs of disabled people, particularly the references to concessionary fares and their problems of disabled people in pedestrian schemes.
§ Mr. HoramParagraph 109 of the White Paper on transport policy (Cmnd. 6836) announced the Government's intention to permit local authorities to work towards more equitable and consistent arrangements in respect of their concessionary fares schemes for elderly, blind and disabled people. The Department will be issuing further advice to local authorities if after full consultations with all the interested parties we consider this to be necessary. The Department will also, as promised in chapter 4 of the White Paper, be publishing early advice to local authorities about planning to help pedestrians; this will include guidance on the special problems faced by the disabled.