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Blue Badge Scheme

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 5 March 2026UIN 116580

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Blue Badges are currently issued and valid, broken down by local authority.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

As of March 2024, there were 2,837,000 valid Blue Badges in circulation across England. Information regarding breakdown by local authority can be found on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/blue-badge-scheme-statistics-data-tables-dis.

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