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Data prior to 2008 not available.","Note 45: The automatic category includes badges issued to individuals in receipt of the higher rate mobility component of Disability Living Allowance, certain levels of  Personal Independence Payment, a War Pensioners' Mobility Supplement,  a lump sum (tariffs 1-8) of  blind people. (Not subject to further assessment.)the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, or to blind or registered  blind people. (Not subject to further assessment.)","Note 46: Badges issued in the discretionary category to people with a substantial permanent or temporary disability who are unable or virtually unable to walk or pose a risk to themselvesor others in traffic or who have difficulty using parking meters (Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 as amended). (May be subject to further assessment.)","Note 47: Aberdeenshire introduced an electronic data capture system in 2010; therefore figures may not be comparable with previous years.","Note 48: Glasgow changed data capture process in 2011; therefore figures may not be comparable with previous years.","Note 49: Highland Council, in April 2010, introduced a fee for the first time which may have contributed to the decline in number of badges issued.","Note 50: Orkney introduced an electronic system in 2009; therefore figures may not be comparable with previous years.","Note 51: Scottish Borders data was reviewed in 2012.  Data is not available for previous years and is therefore excluded from the totals.  Scottish Borders is included in the 2012 totals","Note 52: City of Edinburgh Council advised of error in 2013 total.  Revised figure down from 27,309 to17,502","Note 53: The 2020 figures include cancelled and replaced badges as we now have the timestamps for those elements. This takes into account badges that may have been cancelled or replaced after March 2020."]}],"notes":["Council names are matched through explicit reviewed aliases to all 32 official Scottish council codes; no approximate name matching is used.","Blue Badge data counts badges on issue at 31 March 2025, including organisations. It is not annual awards, a count of drivers, or a count of people needing driving lessons.","The Blue Badge worksheet title still says 2023; its column headings, category totals and the accompanying 2025 publication commentary identify the latest figures as 31 March 2025. The original title is preserved.","Taxi and Blue Badge tables are labelled Not Accredited Official Statistics by the source. Taxi licence counts are not necessarily counts of unique drivers; some councils issue combined licences. Unavailable values remain unavailable.","Wheelchair-accessible taxi totals describe licensed vehicles, not their current availability or suitability for a particular wheelchair. Check pickup, dimensions and assistance with the operator.","Scottish Household Survey percentages are weighted national estimates. Sample sizes, small-sample markers, age bands and source notes are retained. Survey groups are not local council estimates or a measure of unmet demand.","Car-access categories One+ and Two+ overlap other categories. Do not add them to the individual zero, one, two and three-or-more groups. Historical Census 2011 tables from the workbook are not presented as Census 2022."]}