Please can you provide answers to the following.
1. How many blue badge applications in total did you receive in:
1a. 2020 (1st Jan – 31st Dec)?
10,769.
1b. 2021 (1st Jan – 31st Dec)?
18,329.
1c. 2022 (1st Jan – 31st Dec)?
21,784.
2. Of those applications, how many were approved for a blue badge?
2a. Number of approvals from applications 1a.
8,939.
2b. Number of approvals from applications 1b.
12,181.
2c. Number of approvals from applications 1c.
16,680.
3. How many blue badge applications did you receive and consider under the new non-visible, ‘hidden’ disabilities criteria introduced on 30 August 2019 link: People with hidden disabilities can access Blue Badges in:
3a. 2020 (1st Jan – 31st Dec)?
522.
3b. 2021 (1st Jan – 31st Dec)?
636.
3c. 2022 (1st Jan – 31st Dec)?
1,028.
4. Of those applications, how many were approved for a blue badge?
4a. Number of approvals from applications 3a.
298.
4b. Number of approvals from applications 3b.
367.
4c. Number of approvals from applications 3c.
616.