Annual Report 2000

Appendix F: Membership and terms of reference of DPTAC working groups as at 1 January 2001

Aviation Working Group

Members
Peta Wright - Chairman
Peter Barker - DPTAC
Carol Thomas - DPTAC
Peter Field - DPTAC
Richard West - DPTAC
Valerie Lang - DPTAC
Bert Massie - DPTAC
Sir Peter Large - DPTAC
James Forster - British Airways
Barbara Frankl - Manchester Airport
Alicia Hamilton - BAA plc
Tina Barbour - Britannia Airways Ltd
Viv Jones - SAGA Holidays Ltd
David Summers - Monarch Airlines
Simon Buck - Air 2000 Ltd
Karen James - Civil Aviation Authority
Mark Shortman - Civil Aviation Authority
Bob Hill - Air UK Ltd
Diane Buckman - Virgin Holidays Ltd
John Maydew - BAE Systems
Khumi Burton - Air Transport Users Council
Caroline Lynham - Virgin Atlantic
Jo Spacey - Airtours International Airways
Dave Mercer - Airtours International Airways
Mike Burrows
Robert - Johnstone Arthritis Care
George Blundell-Pound - JMC Airlines Ltd

Ex-Officio Member
Jane Wilmot DPTAC

Observers
Keith Jowett - Airport Operators Association
Sue Sharp - DETR Mobility & Inclusion Unit

Built Environment Working Group

Members
Peter Barker - Chairman
Jean Ashcroft - DPTAC
Peter Field - DPTAC
Sir Peter Large - DPTAC
Grahame Lawson - DPTAC
Cath Simpson - DPTAC
Gordon Allan - RICS
Tony Aston - Joint Committee on Mobility of Blind and Partially Sighted People
David Bonnett - David Bonnett Architects
Keith Bright - University of Reading
Michael Finn - Fox Management Consultants
Julie Fleck - Royal Town Planning Institute
Russel Gilchrist - Richard Rogers Partnership
Chris Harrowell - AMEY Property Service
John Knight - Leonard Cheshire
Bridget Sawyers - Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
Dr Ian Selby - British Council of Offices
Darryl Smith - Access Association / Bradford City Council

Ex-Officio Member
Jane Wilmot - DPTAC

Observers
Ann Frye - DETR Mobility & Inclusion Unit
Paul Everall - DETR Building Regulations Division
Steve Marshall-Camm - DETR Planning Directorate
David Petheric - DETR Building Regulations Division
Roy Window - DETR Building Regulations Division
Sue Sharp - DETR Mobility & Inclusion Unit
Andrew Shipley - Disability Rights Commission

Paper Only Members
Bill Dow - NI Construction Service
Gail Dyson - DETR Countryside Legislation
Peter Faherty - DETR Housing Care & Support Branch
June Hanley - Health & Safety Executive
Andrew Hannan - DETR Land & Property Division
Andrew Lang - Scottish Executive Development Department
Francois Samuel - National Assembly for Wales
Bert Massie - Disability Rights Commission

Bus & Coach Working Group

Members
Tony Kennan - Chairman
Peter Barker - DPTAC
Ed Bassford - DPTAC
Rubina Hassanali - DPTAC
Cllr Janet Kirk - DPTAC
Peter Lee - DPTAC
Jenny Meadows - DPTAC
Dorothy Rhodes - DPTAC
Nick Tyler - DPTAC
Philip Oxley - Cranfield University
Andrew Braddock - Transport for London
David Finnegan - Mersey Travel
Campbell McKee - Mobility Products Association
David Quainton - Plaxton/Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
Tony Shaw

Ex-Officio Member
Jane Wilmot - DPTAC

Observers
Colin Copelin - Confederation of Passenger Transport
Bob Davis - SMMT
Donald Macdonald - DETR Mobility & Inclusion Unit
Alan MacKenzie - Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
Sue Sharp - DETR Mobility & Inclusion Unit

Ferries Working Group

Members
Joe Hennessy - Chairman
Jean Ashcroft - DPTAC
Peter Barker - DPTAC
Jean Dunlop - DPTAC
Peter Lee - DPTAC
Dorothy Rhodes - DPTAC
Blair Fletcher - Argyll & Bute Council/ATCO
Captain Garth Halanen - Stena Ferries Limited
William Kindness - Caledonian Macbrayne
Mary Martin - Marine Safety Agency
Brian Seaman - Holiday Care Service
Richard Willcox - Dover Harbour Board

Ex-Officio Member
Jane Wilmot - DPTAC

Observer
Sue Sharp - DETR Mobility & Inclusion Unit

Personal Mobility Working Group

Members
Grahame Lawson - Chairman
Jean Ashcroft - DPTAC
Peter Barker - DPTAC
Peter Field - DPTAC
Cllr Janet Kirk - DPTAC
Valerie Lang - DPTAC
Sir Peter Large - DPTAC
Jenny Meadows - DPTAC
Dorothy Rhodes - DPTAC
Cath Simpson - DPTAC
Carol Thomas - DPTAC
Nick Tyler - DPTAC
Jackie Ackland - Transport for London
Morigue Cornwell - Banstead Mobility Centre
Ernie Coughlan - Association of Transport Co-ordinating Officers

Ex-Officio Member
Jane Wilmot - DPTAC

Observers
Ann Frye - DETR Mobility & Inclusion Unit
Sue Sharp - DETR Mobility & Inclusion Unit
Papers also to:
Bert Massie - Disability Rights Commission
Peter Morgan - GMPTE
Paul Everall - DETR Building Regulations Division

Rail Working Group

Members
Bert Massie - Chairman
Jean Ashcroft - DPTAC
Peter Barker - DPTAC
Peter Field - DPTAC
Rubina Hassanali - DPTAC
Joe Hennessy - DPTAC
Cllr Janet Kirk - DPTAC
Valerie Lang - DPTAC
Richard West - DPTAC
Jane Wilmot - DPTAC
Carol Thomas - DPTAC
Andrew Braddock - Transport for London
Bob Miller - Rail Passengers Council
David Finnegan - Passenger Transport Executive Special Needs Topic Group

Observers
Myles Sibley - HM Railway Inspectorate
Colette Dollin - Shadow Strategic Rail Authority
Alice Maynard - Railtrack
Simon Joyce - Office of the Rail Regulator
Peter Lepper - Office of the Rail Regulator
Sue Sharp - DETR Mobility & Inclusion Unit
John Yunnie - Association of Train Operating Companies

Taxi Working Group

Members
Jean Ashcroft - Chairman
Ed Bassford - DPTAC
Rubina Hassanali - DPTAC
Joe Hennessy - DPTAC
Jean Dunlop - DPTAC
Cllr Janet Kirk - DPTAC
Valerie Lang - DPTAC
Bert Massie - DPTAC
Kristine Beuret - De Montfort University
Vincent Christie - Local Government Association
David Hunter - Edinburgh City Council
John Usher - Passenger Transport Special Needs Topic Group
Roger Davies
Trevor Dobson - Association of Transport Co-ordinating Officers

Ex-Officio Member
Jane Wilmot - DPTAC

Observers
Denis Conyon - National Taxi Association
Rupert Cope - DETR Buses & Taxis
William McIntosh - Scottish Taxi Federation
Geoff Kaley - Computer Cab
Donald Macdonald - DETR Mobility & Inclusion Unit
Sue Sharp - DETR Mobility & Inclusion Unit
John Martin - DOE (Northern Ireland)
Ron Pearson - TGWU
Bryan Roland - National Private Hire Association
Douglas Holliday - National Association of Taxi & Private Hire Licensing and Enforcement Officers

London Task Group

Members
Valerie Lang - Chairman
Peter Barker - DPTAC
Sir Peter Large - DPTAC
Bert Massie - DPTAC
Nick Tyler - DPTAC
Richard West - DPTAC
Jane Wilmot - DPTAC

Observers
Pam Moffat - London Mobiltiy Advisory Panel
Ron Brewer - London Transport Users Committtee

Model Terms of Reference for the DPTAC Working Groups

1. Any reference to DPTAC is to the Main Committee.

2. The membership of the Working Groups will be agreed with the Chairman of the Group and the Chairman of DPTAC. Membership will be limited to no more than twenty members.

3. The membership of the Group will include representatives from disability interests, organisations involved in public transport and other appropriate interests.

4. The Group will normally meet at least four times a year.

5. The Chairman of the Group will generally be a full time member of DPTAC and will report on the Group's work to DPTAC.

6. The Group will:

(a) consider issues affecting elderly and disabled people travelling on all modes of transport.

(b) consider requests from DETR and other Government Departments to DPTAC for guidance/ advice on policy issues and make recommendations to DPTAC on those issues.

(c) undertake such work as they, in consultation with DPTAC, consider necessary to progress the interests of disabled people in relation to transport.

(d) raise issues, through DPTAC, for consideration by the DETR.

(e) draw up guidance and codes of practice, as necessary, for clearance by DPTAC for publication as formal DPTAC advice.

(f) provide advice to DPTAC, on consultation papers from Government and other organisations.

7. All papers submitted to the Group will be confidential to its members and details discussed within the Group should not be discussed with third parties, without prior agreement of the Secretariat.

Published 20 July 2001

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