§ Mr.Coombsasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the organisations whose views were sought on the most recent changes in the rules governing the issue of parking badges for disabled drivers.
§ Mrs.ChalkerThe organisations were:
- Association of County Councils.
- Association of District Councils.
- Association of Metropolitan Authorities.
- London Boroughs Associations.
- Convention of Scottish Local Authorities.
- Association of Chief Police Officers.
- Association of Chief Police Officers (Scotland).
- Joint Committee on Mobility for the Disabled.
- Joint Committee on Mobility of Blind and Partially Sighted People.
- Scottish Council on Disability.
- Wales Council for the Disabled.
- Chest, Heart and Stroke Association.
§ Mr.Coombsasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the number of appeals to each local authority against refusal of an application for a disabled parking badge, since the introduction of the new rules.
§ Mrs.ChalkerI regret that this information is not held centrally.
§ Mr.Coombsasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list, by local authority, the numbers of refusals of a disabled parking badge which have been referred to him.
§ Mrs.ChalkerSince the new regulations came into effect on 16 March 1983, the list is as follows:
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County Councils Refusals referred Avon 8 Berkshire 2 Cambridgeshire 1 Cheshire 15 Cleveland 2
County Councils Refusals referred Cornwall 2 Devon 7 Dorset 1 East Sussex 13 Essex 6 Gloucestershire 11 Hampshire 8 Hertfordshire 1 Humberside 3 Isle of Wight 1 Kent 13 Lancashire 3 Leicestershire 1 Lincolnshire 16 Norfolk 1 Northamptonshire 1 Northumberland 1 North Yorkshire 1 Oxfordshire 6 Staffordshire 5 Suffolk 1 Surrey 1 West Sussex 10 Wiltshire 7 148
Metropolitan District Councils Refusals referred Bury 1 Doncaster 2 Kirklees 1 Leeds 1 Newcastle upon Tyne 1 Oldham 2 Rochdale 1 Sandwell 1 South Tyneside 1 Stockport 2 Wakefield 1 Wirral 2 Wolverhampton 2 18
London Borough Councils Refusals referred Barnet 1 Bexley 1 Bromley 1 camden 1 Harrow 1 Havering 2 Hillingdon 1 Hounslow 2 Kingston upon Thames 2 Newham 1 Richmond upon Thames 2 Tower Hamlets 1 Sutton 2 18 Total number of refusals referred to the Secretary of State for Transport: 184.