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Annual Report 1999

Appendix E: Membership of DPTAC Working Groups

ATTSUK/Airports Working Group

Members

Peta Wright
Tina Barbour
Peter Barker
George Blundell-Pound
Simon Buck
Diane Buckman
Mike Burrows
Khumi Burton
Peter Field
James Forster
Barbara Frankl
Alicia Hamilton
Joe Hennessy
Bob Hill
Karen James
Robert Johnstone
Viv Jones
Valerie Lang
Sir Peter Large
Caroline Lynam
Bert Massie
John Maydew
Dave Mercer
Mark Shortman
Jo Spacey
David Summers
Carol Thomas
Richard West

Ex-Officio Member
Jane Wilmot

Chairman
Britannia Airways Ltd
DPTAC
JMC Airlines Ltd
Air 2000 Ltd/BATA
Virgin Holidays Ltd
Air Transport Users Council
DPTAC
British Airways
Manchester Airport
BAA plc
DPTAC
Air UK Ltd
Civil Aviation Authority
Arthritis Care
SAGA Holidays Ltd
DPTAC
DPTAC
Virgin Atlantic
DPTAC
BAe Systems
Airtours International Airways
Civil Aviation Authority
Airtours International Airways
Monarch Airlines
DPTAC
DPTAC
DPTAC
Observer
Keith Jowett
Sue Sharp
Airport Operators Association
DETR Mobility & Inclusion Unit

Bus & Coach Working Group

Members
Tony Kennan
Peter Barker
Ed Bassford
Andrew Braddock
David Finnegan
Rubina Hassanali
Cllr Janet Kirk
Peter Lee
Jenny Meadows
Campbell McKee
Philip Oxley
Dorothy Rhodes
Tony Shaw
Nick Tyler
David Quainton

Ex-Officio Member
Jane Wilmot

Observers
Colin Copelin
Bob Davis
Danny Elford
Donald Macdonald
Alan MacKenzie
Sue Sharp

Chairman
DPTAC
DPTAC
London Transport
Mersey Travel
DPTAC
DPTAC
DPTAC
DPTAC
Mobility Products Association
Cranfield University
DPTAC
DPTAC
Plaxton/Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
DPTAC





Confederation of Passenger Transport
SMMT
DETR VSE
DETR Mobility and Inclusion Unit
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
DETR Mobility & Inclusion Unit

Ferries Working Group

Members

Joe Hennessy
Jean Ashcroft
Peter Barker
Jean Dunlop
Blair Fletcher
Captain Garth Halanen
William Kindness
Peter Lee
Mary Martin
Dorothy Rhodes
Brian Seaman
Richard Willcox

Ex-Officio Member
Jane Wilmot

Observer
Sue Sharp

Chairman
DPTAC
DPTAC
DPTAC
Argyll & Bute Council/ATCO
Stena Ferries Limited
Caledonian Macbrayne
DPTAC
Marine Safety Agency
DPTAC
Holiday Care Service
Dover Harbour Board


DPTAC


DETR Mobility & Inclusion Unit

Personal Mobility Working Group

Members
Grahame Lawson
Jackie Ackland
Jean Ashcroft
Peter Barker
Morigue Cornwell
Ernie Coughlan
Peter Field
Cllr Janet Kirk
Valerie Lang
Sir Peter Large
Jenny Meadows
Dorothy Rhodes
Cath Simpson
Carol Thomas
Nick Tyler

Ex-Officio Member
Jane Wilmot

Observers
Ann Frye
Sue Sharp
Chairman
Office of the Traffic Director for London
DPTAC
DPTAC
Banstead Mobility Centre
Association of Transport Co-ordinating Officers
DPTAC
DPTAC
DPTAC
DPTAC
DPTAC
DPTAC
DPTAC
DPTAC
DPTAC


DPTAC


DETR Mobility & Inclusion Unit
DETR Mobility & Inclusion Unit

Rail Working Group

Members
Bert Massie
Jean Ashcroft
MBE Peter Barker
Andrew Braddock
Peter Field
David Finnegan
Rubina Hassanali
Joe Hennessy
Cllr Janet Kirk
Valerie Lang
Bob Miller
Carol Thomas
Richard West
Jane Wilmot

Observers

Colette Dollin
Simon Joyce
Peter Lepper
Alice Maynard-Lupton
Sue Sharp
Myles Sibley
John Yunnie

Chairman
DPTAC
DPTAC
Transport for London
DPTAC
Passenger Transport Executive Special Needs Topic Group
DPTAC
DPTAC
DPTAC
DPTAC
Rail Passengers Council
DPTAC
DPTAC
DPTAC


Shadow Strategic Rail Authority
Office of the Rail Regulator
Office of the Rail Regulator
Railtrack
DETR Mobility & Inclusion Unit
HM Railway Inspectorate
Association of Train Operating Companies

Taxi Working Group

Members

Members
Jean Ashcroft
Ed Bassford
Kristine Beuret
Vincent Christie
Roger Davies/ Trevor Dobson
Jean Dunlop
Rubina Hassanali
Joe Hennessy
David Hunter
Cllr Janet Kirk
Valerie Lang
Bert Massie
John Usher

Ex-Officio Member
Jane Wilmot

Observers
Denis Conyon
Rupert Cope
Douglas Holliday
Geoff Kaley
Donald Macdonald
John Martin
William McIntosh
Ron Pearson
Bryan Roland
Sue Sharp

Chair
DPTAC
De Mont Fort University
Local Government Association
Association of Transport Co-ordinating Officers
DPTAC
DPTAC
DPTAC
Edinburgh City Council
DPTAC
DPTAC
DPTAC
Passenger Transport Special Needs Topic Group


DPTAC


National Taxi Association
DETR Buses & Taxis
National Association of Taxi & Private Hire Licensing and Enforcement Officers
Computer Cab
DETR Mobility & Inclusion Unit
DOE (Northern Ireland)
Scottish Taxi Federation
TGWU
National Private Hire Association
DETR Mobility & Inclusion Unit

Terms of Reference for the DPTAC Working Groups

Any reference to DPTAC is to the Main Committee

1. 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.

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

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

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

5. 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.

6. 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 11 December 2000

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