Blue badges held by disabled people in England 2009-2017, by type

This bar chart illustrates how many valid Blue Badges were held in England from 2009 to 2017, by category. In 2014, over a thousand disabled parking permits were held by individuals who were automatically awarded a Blue Badge and required no reassessment of entitlement in the future. In 2017, there were 23 organisations that held valid Blue Badges. This is the smallest number in the recorded period.