Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 64902

Pedestrian Areas: Parking and Visual Impairment

Tabled: 3 July 2025
Answered: 11 July 2025

Question

Liz Jarvis

Liberal DemocratEastleigh

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to (a) reduce pavement parking and (b) encourage the removal of obstacles for pedestrians with visual impairments.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
The Government fully understands the serious problems that vehicles parked on the pavement, and other obstacles on the pavement, can cause for pedestrians, especially people with mobility or sight impairments and those with prams or pushchairs. The Depart...

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