Blue badge face to face assessment

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Here are the national criteria:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/blue-badge-can-i-get-one/can-i-get-a-blue-badge

You automatically qualify for a Blue Badge if you are aged 3 or over and at least one of the following applies:

• you receive the higher rate of the mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
• you receive a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) because you can’t walk more than 50 metres (a score of 8 points or more under the ‘moving around’ activity of the mobility component)
• you are registered blind (severely sight impaired)
• you receive a War Pensioners’ Mobility Supplement
• you have received a lump sum benefit within tariff levels 1 to 8 of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation) Scheme and have been certified as having a permanent and substantial disability that causes inability to walk or very considerable difficulty in walking
• you receive the mobility component of PIP and have obtained 10 points specifically for descriptor E under the ‘planning and following journeys’ activity, on the grounds that you are unable to undertake any journey because it would cause you overwhelming psychological distress

If you have any score other than 10 points under descriptor E, in the ‘planning and following journeys’ activity of PIP you may still be eligible for a Blue Badge, but you do not automatically qualify. This includes if you have a higher score of 12. You will have to provide evidence to demonstrate your eligibility which will be assessed as part of your application.

The criteria for assessment do not vary by council (that's bus passes) but decisions may vary by assessor as to whether someone falls into one of the categories for qualifying (which include finding walking extremely difficult or impossible difficult due to pain, breathlessness, anxiety; complete lack of safety awareness, a child under 3 needing to be near the car for emergency treatment, having a severe disability in both arms and drive regularly so cannot operate parking machines, etc. - click on the link above to see the full and proper list.)