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Blue Badge Scheme: Reciprocal Arrangements

Commons · Question 107535 · Tabled 21 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 3 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

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

Answer

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds, 3 Feb 2026

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...