Submitted on Tuesday 23rd August 2022
Rejected on Thursday 25th August 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Make public venues provide adequate seating in general areas
Make public venues provide adequate seating in general areas for those who are disabled or have mobility issues but to not require a wheelchair. Taking into example the O2 at Greenwich. This venue has no seating provided for those who have mobility issues between the car parking area and entrance.
We as a society are continually talking about inclusivity & yet venues and indeed parks etc have limited seating for those who are infirm or have mobility issues. Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) gives disabled people a right of access to goods, facilities, services and premises. But with no adequate seating in general areas this is doing exactly that. Seating should be provided every 50 meters for those who have mobility issues.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.
The Equality Act 2010 creates a legal duty for organisations providing goods, facilities or services to the public or a section of the public to consider making adjustments to remove barriers to disabled people, and if those adjustments are reasonable for that organisation to make, then it must make them.
Decisions about making adjustments, including providing additional seating at venues, are a matter for individual organisations, not the UK Government or Parliament.
You can find out more about reasonable adjustments for disabled people here: www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/multipage-guide/using-service-reasonable-adjustments-disabled-people
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