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Blue Badge Scheme

Commons · Question 96623 · Tabled 3 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 16 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of giving local authorities the power to introduce a temporary Blue Badge scheme.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 16 Dec 2025

Currently, local authorities, in their capacity as the traffic authority for their area, are already free to consider setting up locally determined temporary parking concessions that could assist the recovery of residents who have recently undergone major...