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1540884

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date	08/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Blue Badge Scheme: Spain
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 28 October (HL2803), whether mutual recognition of disabled persons’ Blue Badges is a matter for individual Spanish local authorities.
tabling member printed	Lord Bowness
uin	HL3270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>It is for individual EU Member States to decide if they will recognise a Disabled Parking Card issued in another country. Mutual recognition of parking cards across countries is discretionary and not legally binding. In Spain, local authorities are responsible for parking card verification, therefore recognition of foreign issued parking cards is at their discretion. Recognition of the UK Blue Badge in Spain was discussed as part of wider negotiations on driving licence exchange with Spain, but this has not proved to be a workable approach. UK Government advice to disabled travellers has always been to check locally in the area of travel before parking.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL3271 question first answered 15/11/2022 11:55:36 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3496 label Biography information for Lord Bowness

1540885

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Blue Badge Scheme: Spain
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 18 July (HL1671), what consideration they have given to alternative solutions if a scheme of mutual recognition for the disabled persons blue parking badges with the government of Spain cannot be negotiated.
tabling member printed	Lord Bowness
uin	HL3271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>It is for individual EU Member States to decide if they will recognise a Disabled Parking Card issued in another country. Mutual recognition of parking cards across countries is discretionary and not legally binding. In Spain, local authorities are responsible for parking card verification, therefore recognition of foreign issued parking cards is at their discretion. Recognition of the UK Blue Badge in Spain was discussed as part of wider negotiations on driving licence exchange with Spain, but this has not proved to be a workable approach. UK Government advice to disabled travellers has always been to check locally in the area of travel before parking.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL3270 question first answered 15/11/2022 11:55:36 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3496 label Biography information for Lord Bowness