Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 6780

Recreation Spaces: Disability

Tabled: 4 October 2024

Answered: 10 October 2024

Question

Deirdre Costigan

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce design standards that ensure greater accessibility in (a) parks, (b) woodlands and (c) other outdoor spaces for disabled peo

Answer

Mary Creagh

The Public Sector Equality Duty requires public sector organisations to have due regard to the provision of walking and wheeling infrastructure for those who are disabled or have reduced mobility. The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 introduced the ...

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