Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 30341

Blue Badge Scheme

Tabled: 10 February 2025
Answered: 13 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Sojan Joseph

LabourAshford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing blue badge holders to temporarily use an expired badge while its renewal is being processed.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
The Department has no plans to allow the temporary use of an expired Blue Badge. It is an offence to use an expired badge which should be returned to the issuing local authority. Allowing the use of expired badges would undermine the effective enforcement...

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