HC Deb 30 January 1985 vol 72 c199W
Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what advice is given to electoral registration officers on the availability of grants for the provision of ramps to polling stations; and what publicity is given to the existence of such a scheme.

Mr. Mellor

Acting returning officers were advised in 1981 and again in 1983 that HM Treasury would be prepared to meet half the cost of purchasing a portable ramp for the disabled at a polling station if the local authority responsible for the conduct of local elections at that station was prepared to meet the other half. The Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation was informed of the existence of this scheme in 1981.