Blue Badge scheme statistics: 2020
Disabled parking (Blue Badge) scheme statistics including the number of badges held in England as at 31 March 2020.
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Statistics on parking badges for disabled people (‘Blue Badges’) in England. The main Blue Badge statistics are obtained from the Blue Badge Digital Service (BBDS) database.
For badges held as at 31 March 2020:
- 2.44 million were held
- 4.3% of the population held a Blue Badge
For badges issued between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020:
- 966,000 badges were issued
- 39% were issued without further assessment
For prosecutions in the financial year ending 2020, there were:
- 1,429 prosecutions for misuse of Blue Badges
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