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Full car licence: adults with a disability

59%

Aged 17 and over · England · 2025

Unweighted interview sample: 4,474. Weighted survey estimate.

Full car licence: adults without a disability

78%

Aged 17 and over · England · 2025

Unweighted interview sample: 15,674. Weighted survey estimate.

Local Blue Badge profiles

153

English local authorities · year ending March 2025

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National context, with source definitions.

These figures cover England. They do not measure an individual’s fitness to drive, suitable adaptations, lesson needs or eligibility for funding. The 2025 change to digital travel diaries affects comparisons of trip estimates; interview measures such as licence holding are unaffected by that diary change. Keep the source sample sizes and age bands with each comparison.

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Survey tables were updated 10 September 2026; Blue Badge tables were published 19 March 2026. The survey-year filter does not change the Blue Badge reporting period.

Valid Blue Badges held and population measures: England by region and local authority, 2025 [note 1]

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DIS0105 · source column labels and units
ONS code	Region	Local Authority	Number of valid Blue Badges held at 31 March (thousands) [note 2]	Badge holders as a percentage of the population	Total population (thousands)	Valid Blue Badges held without further assessment (thousands) [note 1] [note 3]	Population eligible for a Blue Badge without further assessment (thousands) [note 4]	Percentage of those eligible for a Blue Badge without further assessment who hold one
E92000001	England	All England	3,065	5.2	58,620	1,198	3,220	37
E12000001	North East	All North East	168	6.1	2,761	75	213	35
E06000047	North East	County Durham	34	6.4	538	17	47	35
E06000005	North East	Darlington	7	6.6	112	2	7	32
E08000037	North East	Gateshead	11	5.5	203	5	15	34
E06000001	North East	Hartlepool	7	7.0	98	4	9	42
E06000002	North East	Middlesbrough	8	5.2	156	4	12	33
E08000021	North East	Newcastle upon Tyne	11	3.5	321	6	20	29
E08000022	North East	North Tyneside	10	4.7	215	5	15	33
E06000057	North East	Northumberland	21	6.3	331	9	22	43
E06000003	North East	Redcar and Cleveland	10	7.2	139	4	11	36
E08000023	North East	South Tyneside	10	6.3	151	5	13	37
E06000004	North East	Stockton-on-Tees	15	7.1	207	5	14	34
E08000024	North East	Sunderland	24	8.3	289	10	27	37
E12000002	North West	All North West	443	5.7	7,737	194	547	35
E06000008	North West	Blackburn with Darwen	8	4.9	163	4	12	34
E06000009	North West	Blackpool	11	7.5	144	5	15	34
E08000001	North West	Bolton	17	5.6	310	7	21	36
E08000002	North West	Bury	13	6.4	199	3	12	23
E06000049	North West	Cheshire East	27	6.3	421	6	19	31
E06000050	North West	Cheshire West and Chester	24	6.3	372	9	23	39
E06000063	North West	Cumberland	22	7.9	280	7	18	37
E06000006	North West	Halton	9	6.8	132	5	12	41
E08000011	North West	Knowsley	10	6.3	163	6	18	35
E10000017	North West	Lancashire	79	6.1	1,295	32	83	38
E08000012	North West	Liverpool	22	4.4	509	14	50	29
E08000003	North West	Manchester	22	3.7	590	13	41	32
E08000004	North West	Oldham	11	4.4	252	6	18	34
E08000005	North West	Rochdale	13	5.4	236	6	17	38
E08000006	North West	Salford	13	4.4	294	7	21	32
E08000014	North West	Sefton	18	6.4	286	8	23	36
E08000013	North West	St. Helens	14	7.6	189	6	17	38
E08000007	North West	Stockport	16	5.2	304	6	17	38
E08000008	North West	Tameside	14	5.7	240	7	18	37
E08000009	North West	Trafford	11	4.4	241	5	12	40
E06000007	North West	Warrington	11	5.2	215	5	13	39
E06000064	North West	Westmorland and Furness	16	6.7	230	4	11	39
E08000010	North West	Wigan	23	6.8	345	10	25	39
E08000015	North West	Wirral	20	6.0	329	11	30	36
E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	All Yorkshire and The Humber	324	5.7	5,673	136	362	38
E08000016	Yorkshire and The Humber	Barnsley	18	7.3	252	9	23	41
E08000032	Yorkshire and The Humber	Bradford	21	3.8	564	12	38	32
E08000033	Yorkshire and The Humber	Calderdale	13	6.3	211	5	13	37
E08000017	Yorkshire and The Humber	Doncaster	21	6.6	320	10	25	39
E06000011	Yorkshire and The Humber	East Riding of Yorkshire	26	7.3	356	9	18	50
E06000010	Yorkshire and The Humber	Kingston upon Hull, City of	15	5.3	275	7	21	34
E08000034	Yorkshire and The Humber	Kirklees	21	4.8	448	11	28	38
E08000035	Yorkshire and The Humber	Leeds	41	4.8	845	16	46	35
E06000012	Yorkshire and The Humber	North East Lincolnshire	10	6.2	160	4	12	34
E06000013	Yorkshire and The Humber	North Lincolnshire	12	7.2	171	4	11	36
E06000065	Yorkshire and The Humber	North Yorkshire	44	6.9	635	11	27	42
E08000018	Yorkshire and The Humber	Rotherham	19	6.8	277	9	24	37
E08000019	Yorkshire and The Humber	Sheffield	29	5.0	582	15	40	39
E08000036	Yorkshire and The Humber	Wakefield	25	6.8	368	10	28	37
E06000014	Yorkshire and The Humber	York	8	3.9	209	3	8	39
E12000004	East Midlands	All East Midlands	304	6.0	5,063	112	304	37
E06000015	East Midlands	Derby	15	5.6	274	6	19	33
E10000007	East Midlands	Derbyshire	64	7.8	822	18	54	33
E06000016	East Midlands	Leicester	18	4.8	388	8	23	35
E10000018	East Midlands	Leicestershire	38	5.1	746	12	33	36
E10000019	East Midlands	Lincolnshire	58	7.3	790	21	52	41
E06000061	East Midlands	North Northamptonshire	23	6.1	374	8	20	39
E06000018	East Midlands	Nottingham	12	3.5	331	7	26	29
E10000024	East Midlands	Nottinghamshire	53	6.2	857	23	56	41
E06000017	East Midlands	Rutland	2	5.3	41	1	1	44
E06000062	East Midlands	West Northamptonshire	21	4.8	440	7	19	39
E12000005	West Midlands	All West Midlands	361	5.8	6,187	143	385	37
E08000025	West Midlands	Birmingham	54	4.5	1,184	26	84	31
E08000026	West Midlands	Coventry	16	4.4	369	7	22	33
E08000027	West Midlands	Dudley	22	6.5	332	9	22	40
E06000019	West Midlands	Herefordshire, County of	10	5.4	191	4	10	42
E08000028	West Midlands	Sandwell	18	5.2	354	8	26	31
E06000051	West Midlands	Shropshire	17	5.2	332	7	17	38
E08000029	West Midlands	Solihull	14	6.4	221	5	12	42
E10000028	West Midlands	Staffordshire	74	8.2	907	20	52	39
E06000021	West Midlands	Stoke-on-Trent	16	6.0	270	9	22	40
E06000020	West Midlands	Telford and Wrekin	12	6.3	196	6	14	42
E08000030	West Midlands	Walsall	17	5.9	296	9	22	40
E10000031	West Midlands	Warwickshire	34	5.4	632	12	30	40
E08000031	West Midlands	Wolverhampton	13	4.6	281	7	20	38
E10000034	West Midlands	Worcestershire	43	7.0	621	14	32	42
E12000006	East of England	All East of England	338	5.1	6,576	117	304	39
E06000055	East of England	Bedford	9	4.7	195	3	9	36
E10000003	East of England	Cambridgeshire	38	5.4	710	11	29	37
E06000056	East of England	Central Bedfordshire	15	4.6	316	5	11	40
E10000012	East of England	Essex	76	4.8	1,563	29	73	40
E10000015	East of England	Hertfordshire	78	6.3	1,236	18	48	37
E06000032	East of England	Luton	9	3.7	239	4	12	36
E10000020	East of England	Norfolk	39	4.1	940	20	52	38
E06000031	East of England	Peterborough	11	4.8	224	5	13	34
E06000033	East of England	Southend-on-Sea	9	4.8	185	4	10	40
E10000029	East of England	Suffolk	46	5.8	786	15	38	40
E06000034	East of England	Thurrock	10	5.6	181	5	8	55
E12000007	London	All London	322	3.5	9,090	154	406	38
E09000002	London	Barking and Dagenham	10	4.4	233	6	12	49
E09000003	London	Barnet	17	4.1	405	7	16	42
E09000004	London	Bexley	11	4.2	256	5	11	41
E09000005	London	Brent	14	4.0	353	7	17	40
E09000006	London	Bromley	13	3.7	335	5	13	36
E09000007	London	Camden	8	3.7	217	4	12	35
E09000001	London	City of London	[low]	1.0	15	[low]	[low]	32
E09000008	London	Croydon	15	3.8	409	7	19	36
E09000009	London	Ealing	14	3.7	386	6	15	41
E09000010	London	Enfield	15	4.7	327	8	18	43
E09000011	London	Greenwich	9	3.0	300	5	15	32
E09000012	London	Hackney	9	3.3	267	6	15	43
E09000013	London	Hammersmith and Fulham	5	2.6	189	3	9	32
E09000014	London	Haringey	11	4.0	264	6	15	41
E09000015	London	Harrow	10	3.8	271	4	10	42
E09000016	London	Havering	12	4.5	276	5	12	44
E09000017	London	Hillingdon	15	4.5	329	5	13	37
E09000018	London	Hounslow	9	2.9	299	5	13	37
E09000019	London	Islington	9	4.1	223	6	14	40
E09000020	London	Kensington and Chelsea	3	2.1	145	2	6	27
E09000021	London	Kingston upon Thames	5	3.1	173	2	5	37
E09000022	London	Lambeth	8	2.4	317	5	15	33
E09000023	London	Lewisham	8	2.6	301	5	15	32
E09000024	London	Merton	6	2.8	219	2	7	34
E09000025	London	Newham	12	3.2	375	7	17	40
E09000026	London	Redbridge	16	4.9	321	6	13	44
E09000027	London	Richmond upon Thames	6	3.2	197	2	5	35
E09000028	London	Southwark	9	2.9	315	5	15	34
E09000029	London	Sutton	8	4.0	215	3	9	40
E09000030	London	Tower Hamlets	8	2.5	332	5	15	35
E09000031	London	Waltham Forest	12	4.1	280	5	13	40
E09000032	London	Wandsworth	8	2.4	338	3	11	30
E09000033	London	Westminster	6	2.9	210	4	11	34
E12000008	South East	All South East	457	4.7	9,643	154	406	38
E06000036	South East	Bracknell Forest	5	3.9	131	2	4	41
E06000043	South East	Brighton and Hove	13	4.5	284	5	16	35
E06000060	South East	Buckinghamshire	27	4.7	579	7	18	38
E10000011	South East	East Sussex	29	5.1	561	11	31	37
E10000014	South East	Hampshire	68	4.7	1,447	22	58	38
E06000046	South East	Isle of Wight	10	7.2	142	4	10	43
E10000016	South East	Kent	92	5.6	1,639	35	87	41
E06000035	South East	Medway	16	5.5	293	6	16	40
E06000042	South East	Milton Keynes	14	4.6	306	5	14	39
E10000025	South East	Oxfordshire	28	3.7	763	8	24	35
E06000044	South East	Portsmouth	8	3.8	214	4	11	33
E06000038	South East	Reading	6	3.3	183	2	7	31
E06000039	South East	Slough	5	3.2	167	2	6	38
E06000045	South East	Southampton	11	4.1	259	5	14	33
E10000030	South East	Surrey	51	4.1	1,249	14	38	35
E06000037	South East	West Berkshire	7	4.5	165	2	6	36
E10000032	South East	West Sussex	48	5.3	915	15	39	38
E06000040	South East	Windsor and Maidenhead	9	5.8	159	2	4	40
E06000041	South East	Wokingham	8	4.3	187	2	5	38
E12000009	South West	All South West	347	5.9	5,890	113	293	39
E06000022	South West	Bath and North East Somerset	10	4.8	200	3	8	35
E06000058	South West	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	23	5.6	409	7	20	33
E06000023	South West	Bristol, City of	22	4.4	494	9	25	34
E06000052	South West	Cornwall	37	6.4	583	14	35	40
E10000008	South West	Devon	53	6.3	842	17	41	42
E06000059	South West	Dorset	31	8.0	390	8	19	43
E10000013	South West	Gloucestershire	35	5.2	669	10	29	35
E06000053	South West	Isles of Scilly	[low]	1.7	2	[low]	[low]	25
E06000024	South West	North Somerset	12	5.5	225	5	11	40
E06000026	South West	Plymouth	14	5.1	272	8	20	40
E06000066	South West	Somerset	39	6.7	588	12	27	44
E06000025	South West	South Gloucestershire	17	5.5	306	5	13	38
E06000030	South West	Swindon	16	6.6	244	4	11	38
E06000027	South West	Torbay	10	7.0	140	4	11	38
E06000054	South West	Wiltshire	28	5.4	524	8	21	36

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Table DIS0105

Department for Transport statistics

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Note number Note text

1 Badges held data is as at 31 March 2025. Population figures relate to mid-point of previous calendar year, or the Census day in years where a Census took place.

2 Includes Blue Badges held by both individuals and organisations.

3 Disabled people who meet certain criteria are eligible for a Blue Badge without any further assessment (please see the Blue Badge Statistics Quality Report in the cover sheet tab for further details).

4 Population eligible for a Blue Badge without further assessment based on latest available data from various sources each year. For more information on criteria and data sources please see the Blue Badge Statistics Quality Report.

Valid Blue Badges held and population measures: England by region and local authority, 2025

This table contains data on the total number of valid badges and the number of badges held without further assessment in each local authority in England, and how this compares to the number of people who are eligible for a Blue Badge without further assessment and the population as a whole. The number of people eligible without further assessment is based on data from a range of sources relating to the eligibility criteria for Blue Badges. More details on these eligibility criteria can be found using the link in the Further Information section below.

Source

Blue Badge Digital Service (BBDS), Department for Work and Pensions, Ministry of Defence, NHS Digital, Office for National Statistics population estimates or Census

Date of publication

Last updated: 19 March 2026

Next update: Winter 2026 to 2027

Further information

Blue Badge Statistics

Blue Badge Statistics Quality Report

Blue Badge Eligibility Criteria

Contact details

Telephone: 020 7082 6602

Email:localtransport.statistics@dft.gov.uk

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