Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on guidance for local authorities to on the administration of the expanded Blue Badge scheme to people who have (a) hidden and (b) non-physical disabilities; and what the timeframe is for the introduction of that expanded scheme.

The guidance to help local authorities implement the expanded scheme is being finalised and will be issued shortly, and the scheme will become operational on 30 August.