Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many blue badge permits were approved by local authorities in each of the last five years.

The estimated number of Blue Badges issued each year is shown in the table below.

Blue Badges issued, England, 2011/12-2015/16

1. Count of Blue Badges issued in the year ending 31^st March
2. Source: DfT Blue Badge Survey
3. Source: Blue Badge Improvement Service (BBIS) data

These results are published in table DIS0111, available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/572875/dis0111.ods