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Blue Badge SchemeL Applications

Asked by Mike MartinLiberal DemocratDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 24 March 2025UIN 39319

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) extending and (b) removing the 30-day time limit for completing a blue badge application.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

While there is no time limit for completion of a Blue Badge application in legislation, in order to comply with UK data handling regulations personal data relating to an application on the Blue Badge online application system is deleted after thirty days. In that thirty-day period applicants are able to save and return to their online application.

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