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Freedom of Information request - Blue Badge - Hidden disabilities - County (FOI/7981)
Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 26 May 2026
Dear *********
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI/00007981
Thank you for your email of 20th May 2026 where you requested information about Blue Badge - Hidden disabilities. The response to your request is provided below.
In your request you asked:
Please state, for each of the following financial years:
• 2024/25
• 2025/26
1.The total number of Blue Badges issued by the authority.
In 2024/25 Nottinghamshire County Council issued 23,176 Blue Badges. This includes both new applications and reapplications.
In 2025/26 Nottinghamshire County Council issued 24,327 Blue Badges. This includes both new applications and reapplications.
2. The number of Blue Badges issued under "hidden disability”, "non-visible disability”, "non-visible hidden”, or equivalent eligibility criteria.
In 2024/25 Nottinghamshire County Council issued a total of 599 Blue Badges under the ‘Non-Visible (Hidden) Disabilities’ eligibility criteria.
In 2025/26 Nottinghamshire County Council issued a total of 910 Blue Badges under the ‘Non-Visible (Hidden) Disabilities’ eligibility criteria.
3. Of the badges referred to in Question 2, please state how many applications included reference to:
(a) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
(b) Anxiety and/or anxiety disorder
This includes cases where the condition was recorded as either a primary or secondary factor within the application or assessment process.
This information that has been requested is not held. Eligibility for a Blue Badge is assessed based on several factors rather than the presence or absence of any particular diagnosis or condition. Consequently, successful applications and assessments cannot be reported by specific medical conditions such as ADHD or Anxiety, and this breakdown cannot be provided.
Your privacy: we use your personal information such as name and address so that we can comply with our legal obligations to respond to FOI requests. For further details about the use of information about you, please see the information handling privacy notice on our website at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/4323566/informationgovernanceandinformationrightsprivacynotice.pdf.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within 40 working days of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be addressed to: Complaints and Information – Team Manager, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or [email protected].
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, SK9 5AF or https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/foi-and-eir-complaints/.
Yours sincerely
The Complaints and Information Team
Nottinghamshire County Council