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Blue Badge Scheme: Fraud

Commons · Question 479 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 18 May 2026

Question

Asked by Navendu Mishra

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the number of fraudulent Blue Badges in circulation in (a) Stockport constituency, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) England.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 18 May 2026

The department does not collect data on the number of fraudulent Blue Badges in circulation. Local authorities are responsible for the enforcement of the scheme in their area and have been given powers to crack down on fraud and misuse, helping to protec...