Izzy, you are OK
Just looked at a note I wrote last summer.
Sorry about the formatting.
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Blue Badge – different countries in UK
Blue Badge eligibility in red
Note both Wales and Scotland include the 'planing and following journeys' part of PIP whereas England does not
N Ireland appears to be in a 'watch this space ' situation
Scotland -badges issued by LA
Independence Payment (PIP) that indicates that they either cannot stand or can
stand but walk no more than 50 metres (8 points or more); or
• you meet the 'Planning and Following Journeys' descriptor for the Mobility
Component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) that indicates that they
can't follow the route of a familiar journey without another person, an assistance
dog or an orientation aid (12 points);
http://www.bluebadgescotland.org/fi...INAL - Can I Get A Blue Badge - June 2014.pdf
Wales - badges issued by ???
you have an award letter from DWP showing you receive Personal Independent
Payment at enhanced rate for planning of a journey or standard rate for moving
around
http://wales.gov.uk/docs/det/publications/140806-blue-badge-eligibility-criteria-en.pdf
N .Ireland - badges issued by gov. dept.
DLA not yet replaced by PIP
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a new benefit designed to help people with disabilities live more independently and to support those in greatest need. Subject to the Welfare Reform Bill for Northern Ireland becoming law, PIP will replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for eligible people of working age (16 to 64 years old).
http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/personal-independence-payment-pip
you receive the higher rate of the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance
http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/the-blue-badge-parking-scheme
England – badges issued by gov. dept.
b) receives a Personal Independence Payment for being unable
to walk further than 50 metres (a score of 8 points or more
under the ‘moving around’ activity of the mobility component);
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploa...t_data/file/197719/can-i-get-a-blue-badge.pdf
DLA, PIP,and AA – summary as I see it.
PIP has replaced DLA, both only awarded for people aged 16 to 64
Those over 64 have to apply for AA.
If a person in receipt of DLA or PIP reaches 64they continue to receive itas long as they still meet the criteria for PIP
DLA had a mobility requirement, this gave Blue Badge eligibility.
AA has no such requirement and as such can only only provide supplementary evidence for a discretionary Blue Badge .
PIP split the mobility requirement into two parts, 'planning and following journeys' and 'moving around'
I'm sure that all the consultation documents that I read in 2011 recommended that either of these parts was sufficient eligibility for a Blue Badge, this is around the time that Sarah Phillips wrote her advice. In true Government style any links I kept now land on a page saying ' not available, search on Gov.uk