Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 69560

Blue Badge Scheme: Patients

Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending eligibility for Blue Badges to include voluntary patient transport providers.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
It is preferable for disabled individuals to hold their own Blue Badge, allowing them to use it in any vehicle they travel in, whether as a driver or a passenger. However, an organisational Blue Badge may be issued to an organisation for use in vehicles t...

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