Blue Badge Information - Find a freedom of information request

Request

Information requested

1. How many Blue Badges do you currently have on issue?

2. How many Blue Badge applications did you receive in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021?

3. How many badges did you issue in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021?

4. How many badges are currently issued to people who qualify because of hidden disabilities?

5. Which department enforces the Blue Badge Scheme?

6. How many reports of Blue Badge misuse did you receive in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021?

7. How many officers (full or part-time) are allocated to investigating Blue Badge misuse?

8. How many people were prosecuted for Blue Badge abuse in 2021?

9. What were the total fines issued by the Court for Blue Badge misuse in 2021?

10. What were the total costs awarded by the Court for Blue Badge misuse in 2021?

11. When was the last time that Blue Badge parking provision was reviewed?

12. What action was taken following this review? Were numbers of disabled bays increased, decreased or no action taken?

13. When did you last increase the number of Blue Badge parking spaces?

Decision

1. 43,655.

2. 2018 = 16,020.

2019 = 17,873.

2020 = 18,614.

2021 = 18,714.

3. 2018 = 15,305.

2019 = 17,518.

2020 = 15,471.

2021 = 17,676.

4. 1,038.

5. Place Directorate plus anyone outside of Lincolnshire County Council who provides car parking facilities, such as District Councils.

6. 2018 = 29.

2019 = 27.

2020 = 19.

2021 = 29.

7. There is no dedicated resource.

8. None.

9. Nil.

10. Nil.

11. It hasn’t been reviewed in a general sense. Lincolnshire County Council considers requests for disabled parking bays across the county as and when they arise.

12. No review has taken place.

13. Lincolnshire County Council not aware that it has introduced any new disabled parking bays in the last three years, and prior to that did not have accurate records of its TRO schemes.

Reference number
3292593
Date request received
1 February 2022
Date of decision
22 February 2022