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New fund to help local authorities make improvements that enable more people to choose active travel.

• Updated: 6 February 2023

Findings from an assessment of the prevalence and use of wheeled mobility aids will help form an evidence base for the design of future transport.

• Updated: 29 March 2022

Funding package to roll out a mobility service to help people unable to drive access alternative forms of transport, and to improve accessibility of ferry services.

• Updated: 29 March 2022

New strategy will improve accessibility across all types of travel for people with visible and less visible disabilities.

• Updated: 25 July 2018

Change in regulations means specialist medical equipment can now be carried on mobility scooters.

• Updated: 9 March 2015

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Response to the consultation into possible reforms of the use on the highway of mobility scooters and powered wheelchairs.

• Updated: 1 March 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government