Petition · past parliament

Enforce disabled access in the UK rather than ignoring the issue

Closed 164 signatures

What the petition asks

Too many businesses in the UK do not have disabled access or even staff that are trained about the equality act and making reasonable adjustments.

Its time the UK took action to make disabled access mandatory in all businesses and for those who fail to be fined by their local authority.
Too many businesses in the UK do not have disabled access or even staff that are trained about the equality act and making reasonable
adjustments for disabled people to have equal access to their services.

Its time councils had the power to issue fines, warnings and even court action against businesses that fail to comply with disability access law. Too little is being done to enforce this and a good number of disabled people do not have the energy to take these issues through court.



Timeline

16 Sep 2016 Petition opened for signatures
16 Mar 2017 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 164
Status Closed
Opened 16 Sep 2016
Closed 16 Mar 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.