My request concerns the ‘Blue Badge’ scheme as run in England, under legislation and guidance from Department for Transport (DfT). See https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/blue-badge-scheme
1. The number of applications made to your organisation for a Blue Badge in the 2018-19 financial year and the number (or proportion if number is unavailable) of these applications that were successful and unsuccessful.
We can confirm the following information for the period 1st April 2018 to 31 March 2019:
Applications received: 16715
Successful: 15848
Unsuccessful: 607
Abandoned: 260
Further, in relation to appeals, we can confirm:
Appeals received 61
Successful: 23
Unsuccessful: 18
Insufficient information to be reviewed as an Appeal: 20
2. The total number of applications made to your organisation for a Blue Badge under the parts of recently-introduced DfT guidance around ‘non-visible’ or ‘hidden’ disabilities such as Autism and Anxiety and the number (or proportion if number is unavailable) of these applications that were successful and unsuccessful.
We can confirm the following information for the period 1st April 2018 to 31 March 2019:
Applications received: 701
Successful: 249
Unsuccessful: 93
Pending Assessment: 44
Applications awaiting further info or abandoned: 315
Further, in relation to appeals, we can confirm:
Appeals received: 14
Successful: 1
Unsuccessful: 9
Pending Assessment: 4