Question follow-through · 18417
Blue Badge Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing statutory guidance to local authorities that anyone with a chronic and progressive condition should not be reassessed for a Blue Badge.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 13 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing statutory guidance to local authorities that anyone with a chronic and progressive condition should not be reassessed for a Blue Badge.
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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16 Jul 2026
Answer published
Whilst there is no provision in legislation to publish statutory guidance on assessment of progressive and chronic conditions, the Blue Badge Digital Service provides local authorities with the option to mark cases as ‘not needing an evidence review’. Thi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Electric Bicycles
16 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has taken steps to assess and act upon the recommendations in the June 2026 report from the APPG for Cycling and Walking, on illegal e-bikes, in particular around police and local authori