To ask the Minister for Communities whether she will ensure that the Disability Strategy includes agreed standards that must be adopted and implemented across all Departments, such as all disabled parking bays must comply with Disabled Parking Accreditation standards as designed by Disabled Motoring UK and managed by the British Parking Association.

Work on a new Disability Strategy is ongoing. A Cross-departmental Working Group has been convened to consider and agree the actions that departments will take forward as part of the Strategy’s action plan. The Department for Infrastructure is represented on this Group.

The Cross-departmental Working Group will work to ensure that actions are resourced, measureable and targeted at the areas of greatest need identified by the Disability Strategy Co-design Group. The Co-design Group is made up of representatives from the disability sector, including those with lived experience of access issues.

Any actions requiring cross-departmental agreement will be considered as the work of the Disability Strategy Cross-departmental Working Group progresses.