How many appeals against unsuccessful applications for blue badges have been lodged with each local authority in each of the last five year…

Answered Asked by Claire Baker Lab Lodged 15 May 2018

The question

To ask the Scottish Government how many appeals against unsuccessful applications for blue badges have been lodged with each local authority in each of the last five years, and how many of these appeals were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful, also given as a percentage.

The answer

Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 May 2018 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

There is no appeal mechanism against unsuccessful applications for blue badges, except in rare cases where a badge is refused on grounds of fraud. No such cases have been handled in the last five years.
Instead, where applicants are concerned there may have been maladministration, they may use the local authority complaints procedure. Information about the number of such cases is not held centrally.
Where applicants disagree with the merits of an eligibility decision, they may request an internal review. An internal review is carried out by someone in a local authority not connected with the original decision.
The information we have on the number of internal reviews is currently being collated and I will write to the member as soon as the information is available and a copy will be placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 59769).

In the Official Report

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