Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 17 September 2024.
Rebecca Long-Bailey
Independent, Salford
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps is to promote (a) wider and (b) more accessible footpath access in (i) parks and (ii) other public spaces.
Mary Creagh
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Local authorities already consider the needs of those with mobility problems when managing the public rights of way network for the area they are responsible for. They are required to produce rights of way improvement plans which must set out how the public rights of way network will provide a better experience for users including those with mobility problems.
The King Charles III England Coast Path and the new Coast to Coast National Trail will be made as accessible as possible where it is feasible to do so.
Yes4 people think so
No4 people think not
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