{"value":{"id":658596,"askingMemberId":4076,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2016-12-14T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2016-12-19T00:00:00","uin":"57599","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effect on elderly people of the 400 metre accessibility standard used by Transport for West Midlands.","answeringBodyId":27,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Transport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":3926,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2016-12-19T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Whenever infrastructure at railway at railway station is installed, replaced or renewed it must meet the EU and UK accessibility standards published in “Design Standards for Accessible Railway Stations”, which state that accessible routes to be “as short as possible”. These standards are enforced by the Office of Rail and Roads.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Public Transport: Older People","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/658596","method":"GET"}]}