§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what books of reference are used by his Department to guide those planning and designing new buildings, and major adaptations to existing buildings, on the needs of the visually handicapped, the hearing-impaired and the mentally handicapped.
§ Sir George YoungThe Property Services Agency has a package of design features—issued to its staff in the form of a technical instruction—for the provision of facilities for disabled people in the Government buildings for which PSA is responsible.
This is currently being revised to take account of the new status conferred on the British Standard by the Disabled Persons Act 1981 and includes references to other guidance documents where appropriate.