Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 39739

Blue Badge Scheme

Tabled: 19 March 2025
Answered: 27 March 2025

Question

Tristan Osborne

LabourChatham and Aylesford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Blue Badge scheme to include statutory requirement to expand the offer on a shorter fixed-term basis to people with temporary mobility prob

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
The Blue Badge scheme is primarily about helping people with a long-term disability, that affects their capacity to access the goods and services they need to use. Anyone may be entitled to a badge if they meet the eligibility criteria. The Department has...

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