| Heading: |
Blue Badge Scheme: Children |
| Question ID: |
1748185 |
| UIN: |
18837 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-09 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5336 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Helen Maguire
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| Asking Member handle: |
helenemaguire
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@helenemaguire
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of revising the eligibility criteria for the Blue Badge scheme to include children under three requiring bulky mobility aids. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-11 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4029 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lilian Greenwood
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| Answering Member handle: |
LilianGreenwood
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@LilianGreenwood
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| Answer text: |
There are already specific criteria in place to assess the need for a Blue Badge for children under three years old who require the use of bulky mobility aids. The Department has no plans to amend the current eligibility criteria. |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |