PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Blue Badge Scheme: Terminal Illnesses (6 March 2023)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to ensure indefinite disabled person’s parking badge entitlements are awarded to people with progressive conditions, including Parkinson’s disease.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

Applications to the Blue Badge scheme are based on the need of the applicant to park closer to their destination rather than on the condition itself. The legislation allows for badges to be issued with a three-year validity period, giving local authorities the opportunity to reassess badge-holders to ensure that they continue to meet the eligibility criteria and will still benefit from a badge.

Day to day administration is the responsibility of individual local authorities who must determine and implement assessment procedures which they believe are in accordance with the governing legislation.

Answered by:
Mr Richard Holden (Conservative)
9 March 2023