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The Department of Transport today announced the new membership of the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC).
The announcement follows the statutory review of membership which took place at the end of 1995 and involved extensive consultation with disability and transport interests.
The members of the Committee are as follows:
Jean Ashcroft Arthritis Care.
Peter Barker Joint Mobility Unit, Royal National Institute for the Blind.
Brian Bigwood Conwy County Borough Council and member of the Chartered Institute of Transport.
William Buchanan Disability Adviser to the British Railways Board.
Cliff Dallinger Merseytravel and Passenger Transport Executive Group, Special Needs Topic Group.
David Dunsmuir Disability Scotland.
Claudia Flanders TRIPSCOPE.
Sir John Hannam MP All Party Disablement Group.
Tony Kennan Confederation of Passenger Transport.
Valerie Lang Scope.
Sir Peter Large Joint Committee on Mobility for Disabled People.
Grahame Lawson East Lanarkshire County Council. Member of the Institution of Highways and Transportation.
Bert Massie Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation.
Jenny Meadows Community Transport Association.
David Quainton Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
Dorothy Rhodes Pensioners Voice and Trustee of Age Concern.
Janet Scammell Disabled Drivers Motor Club.
Cath Simpson Glasgow City Council. Co-ordinator for services to blind and visually impaired people and a representative of the Scottish National Federation on the Joint Committee on Mobility for the Blind.
Jane Wilmot Royal National Institute for Deaf People.
Peta Wright BAA Plc.
The new membership brings a combination of experience and expertise in disability and transport which is essential to the Committees work with the Department of Transport in taking forward regulations on accessible transport under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Members will serve on the committee for a period of three years.
Robert Taylor is the Chairman of the Committee and has recently been reappointed for his second term.
NOTES TO EDITORS
1. The legal basis for the Committee is set out in section 125 of the Transport Act 1985. Membership is limited to a maximum of 20 and there is a statutory obligation to ensure that as far as possible at least half the membership comprises disabled people.
The Department of Transport Mobility Unit Zone 1/11 Great Minster House 76 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DR.
