Question follow-through · 107535

Blue Badge Scheme: Reciprocal Arrangements

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 104268 on Blue Badge Scheme: EU Countries, if he will hold discussions with his EU counterparts at the next UK–EU summit on EU recognition of the UK-issued B

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 21 Jan 2026
Target answer date: 26 Jan 2026
Answer: 3 Feb 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

21 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 104268 on Blue Badge Scheme: EU Countries, if he will hold discussions with his EU counterparts at the next UK–EU summit on EU recognition of the UK-issued B
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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3 Feb 2026
Answer published
The majority of EU Member States already recognise Blue Badges. In 2025, the UK agreed further mutual recognition with France and agreed in the 2025 strategic bilateral framework with Spain to work to sign an arrangement to ensure mutual recognition of pa...

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