Blue Badge scheme

What evidence you'll need if you are automatically eligible

If you are automatically eligible for a Blue Badge, you need to provide proof of the benefits you get.

Severely sight impaired (registered blind)

You will need to provide:

  • a Certificate of Vision Impairment (CVI), signed by a Consultant Ophthalmologist which states that you are severely sight impaired (blind)

Disability Living Allowance (DLA)

You will need to provide either:

  • an award notice letter from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) which is less than 12 months old
  • an annual uprating letter which says you get DLA

If you have lost your award notice letter or your uprating letter, you can ask for a current award notice from the Disability Service Centre

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) - moving around descriptor

You will need to show that in the mobility component, you get at least 8 points or more for the moving around part.

You will need to provide:

  • your PIP decision letter from DWP which shows:
    • you get PIP (front page)
    • the assessment scores (second to last page)
    • the mobility scores (last page)

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) - planning and following a journey descriptor E

You will need to show that in the mobility component, you get exactly 10 points in Descriptor E for 'planning and following journeys' because any journey would cause overwhelming psychological distress.

Please note - a higher score of 12 points in descriptor F does not meet the automatically eligible criteria.

You will need to provide:

  • your PIP decision letter from DWP which shows:
    • you get PIP (front page)
    • the assessment scores (second to last page)
    • the mobility scores (last page)

If you have lost your PIP decision letter, you can request a new letter from the DWP (Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm): 

  • Telephone: 0800 121 4433
  • Textphone: 0800 121 4493

Read more about Personal Independence Payment

War Pensioner's Mobility Supplement (WPMS)

You will need to provide:

  • your official letter from Veterans UK which shows you get the grant

If you have lost this letter, contact Veterans UK:

Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme

You will need to provide:

  • your official letter from Veterans UK

If you have lost this letter, contact Veterans UK:

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