The interim report was published of an investigation into the health inequalities experienced by people with mental health problems and people with learning disabilities.
Source: Equal Treatment: Closing the Gap, Disability Rights Commission (08457 622633)
Links: Report | DRC press release | Community Care report
Date: 2005-Nov
A report said that disabled people could face discrimination at every turn when booking holidays abroad.
Source: Wish You Were Here: Disabled people s holiday experiences, Leonard Cheshire (020 7802 8204)
Links: Report (pdf)
Date: 2005-Sep
The government responded to a report by a committee of MPs on transport access by disabled people.
Source: The Government's Response to the Transport Committee's Report on Disabled People's Access to Transport: A year's worth of improvements?, Cm 6558, Department for Transport, TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Response (pdf) | MPs report
Date: 2005-Jul
The Northern Ireland Executive published a strategy designed to improve access to the transport system for older people and people with disabilities.
Source: Accessible Transport Strategy for Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Executive (028 9052 0500)
Links: Strategy (pdf) | NIE press release
Date: 2005-Apr
A report by a committee of MPs said that steady, but slow, progress was being made to improve disabled people's access to transport.
Source: Disabled People's Access to Transport: A year's worth of improvements?, Third Report (Session 2004-05), HC 93, House of Commons Transport Select Committee, TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Report
Date: 2005-Mar