Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 69280

Blue Badge Scheme: Gender

Tabled: 21 July 2025

Answered: 2 September 2025

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the gov.uk Apply for a Blue Badge service asks for user's gender as (a) male, (b) female and (c) identify differently; and if he will ensure the Government Digital Service collects biological se

Answer

Lilian Greenwood

This information is collected as part of the Blue Badge application process to ensure the application is handled sensitively and issue badges under the appropriate gender.The Government Digital Service (GDS) is tasked with transforming the provision of on...

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