The Secretary of State should immediately give regulators an explicit mandate, backed by the necessary resources, to be far more proactive within the scope of their current powers in identifying and enforcing against breaches of accessibility law and regulations by operators. The Department 79 should set annual reporting requirements for regulators to publish updates on the number of breaches of accessibility laws, regulations and guidance that they have a) identified, b) addressed through in...

The Secretary of State should immediately give regulators an explicit mandate, backed by the necessary resources, to be far more proactive within the scope of their current powers in identifying and enforcing against breaches of accessibility law and regulations by operators. The Department 79 should set annual reporting requirements for regulators to publish updates on the number of breaches of accessibility laws, regulations and guidance that they have a) identified, b) addressed through informal action and c) taken formal enforcement action against. This transparency would enable the public to gauge the success of a new stance of proactive Type: conclusion | Number: 28 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 31. The Department agrees that there should be no ambiguity about the importance of all relevant parties fulfilling their duties on accessibility. The Department sets the policy framework for transport accessibility, which regulators enforce. As the inquiry ident