Blue Badge

1. Please can you provide a copy of the form(s) and criteria used for mobility assessments for a Blue Badge. 

Applications are assessed in accordance with the Blue Badge scheme local authority guidance.

Applications are received via the following link Apply for or renew a Blue Badge as councils do not have their own application forms.

2. I would also like to see a copy of the procedure for evaluation of applications.
(Please do not send me the Blue Badge Scheme for Local Authorities.)

This information can be found at the following links

Blue Badge Admin Process

Blue Badge Flow Chart

3. Do you use an external provider for Independent Mobility Assessments and if so who is this?

External provider – Access Independent.

4. Please can you also tell me for the period of January 2023 to December 2023 and also January 2024 to December 2024.
a. The number of administrative staff.

2.09 FTE Admin, 0.33 Manager.

b. Number of assessors within the team.

We don’t have any “Expert Assessors” within the Blue Badge Team, however our 2 Blue Badge Admin Officers carry out an initial assessment of applications and will make a decision where they are satisfied there is sufficient information and evidence to approve an application

Where they are unable to decide based on submitted evidence the application will be passed to Access Independent for assessment with an expert assessor

c. The numbers of new applications received each year.

d. Renewals that are received each year.

e. The number of applications that are sent for an Independent Mobility Assessment (IMA).

f. The number of appeals.

g. The number of badges issued.