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Transport accessibility and mobility

Blue badges, mobility scooters and wheelchairs, accessible public transport, taxi and private hire cars.

Services

  1. Apply for or renew a Blue Badge

    Apply for or renew a Blue Badge, amend or cancel a saved application, track your application

  2. Apply for an older person's bus pass

    Some older people can get free travel on local buses - contact your council to check your eligibility and apply for a bus pass

  3. Blue Badge scheme: information from your council

    Blue Badge parking permits let disabled drivers and passengers park nearer to where they're going - find out more about Blue Badges from your council

  4. Get a Blue Badge

    Check you're eligible for a Blue Badge, apply and find out where you can park.

  5. Apply for a disabled person's bus pass

    Contact your local council to find out who issues disabled bus passes in your area as part of the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme

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Guidance and regulation

  1. Qualifying for a Blue Badge
    • Guidance
    • Department for Transport
  2. The Blue Badge scheme: rights and responsibilities in England
    • Guidance
    • Department for Transport
  3. Using tactile paving surfaces
    • Guidance
    • Department for Transport
  4. Making transport accessible for passengers and pedestrians
    • Guidance
    • Department for Transport
  5. Running a Blue Badge parking scheme
    • Guidance
    • Department for Transport
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News and communications

Written statement

EU Transport Council 11 December 2018

Department for Transport

  1. New partnership with Muscular Dystrophy UK to improve journeys for disabled road users
    • Department for Transport
    • News story
  2. People with hidden disabilities to benefit from Blue Badges
    • Department for Transport and Department for Work and Pensions
    • News story
  3. Next steps towards a fully inclusive transport network
    • Department for Transport and Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
    • News story
  4. Government puts disabled passengers first by backing innovative projects to improve train journeys
    • Department for Transport
    • News story
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Research and statistics

  1. Transport and disability (TSGB12)
    • Department for Transport
    • Statistical data set
  2. Blue badge scheme statistics: 2018
    • Department for Transport
    • National statistics
  3. Blue badge scheme statistics: data tables (DIS)
    • Department for Transport
    • Statistical data set
  4. Disabled Person’s Railcard and assisted journeys data: 2018 to 2019 (P1 to P4)
    • Office of Rail and Road
    • Official statistics
  5. Taxis, private hire vehicles and their drivers (TAXI)
    • Department for Transport
    • Statistical data set
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. RVAR exemption: door closure warning times for London underground trains
    • Department for Transport
    • Closed consultation
    • Date closed 11 October 2018
  2. Blue Badge (disabled parking) scheme eligibility review
    • Department for Transport
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 18 March 2018
  3. Draft transport accessibility action plan
    • Department for Transport and Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 22 November 2017
  4. Inclusive Transport Strategy
    • Department for Transport
    • Policy paper
  5. Blue Badge (disabled parking) scheme eligibility consultation: summary of responses and outcome
    • Department for Transport
    • Policy paper
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Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Accessible journey planning data
    • Department for Transport
    • Transparency
  2. Households with good transport access to key services or work
    • Department for Transport
    • Transparency
  3. Blue badge scheme contract
    • Department for Transport
    • Foi release
  4. Grant funding paid to mobility centres
    • Department for Transport
    • Foi release
  5. Appeals by bus companies about free bus travel reimbursements
    • Department for Transport
    • Transparency
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