Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 76373

Pedestrian Areas: Visual Impairment

Tabled: 10 September 2025
Answered: 18 September 2025

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress her Department has made on improving the (a) safety and (b) accessibility of streets for blind and partially sighted pedestrians.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
Local authorities have a legal responsibility to manage their roads and public spaces in a way that meets the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) under the Equality Act 2010. It is for them to ensure that their streets are designed and maintained in a way ...

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