Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 16054

APS Accessibility Advisory Panel

Tabled: 6 July 2026
Answered: 13 July 2026

Question

Jerome Mayhew

ConservativeBroadland and Fakenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the written statement of 23 April 2026, to Question HCWS1537, on Automated Passenger Services, whether the APS Accessibility Advisory Panel will be a new Arm’s Length Body.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Automated Passenger Services Accessibility Advisory Panel (APS AAP) is not an Arm's Length Body. It is a non-statutory panel of independent experts. The Disabled Person’s Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC), the longstanding independent expert commit...

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