Accredited Official Statistics status of Blue Badge statistics
Updated 19 March 2026
Applies to England
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Accredited Official Statistics status
Official statistics are produced to the high professional standards set by the Code of Practice for Statistics. Those that have been assessed by the Office for Statistics Regulation as fully compliant with the Code of Practice for Statistics are designated as Accredited Official Statistics.
Statistics that are not produced by an organisation listed in Section 6 (1) (a) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, or in the Official Statistics Order 2023, fall outside of the Official Statistics process.
This publication contains Accredited Official Statistics and Official Statistics. The type of statistics presented is detailed in Table 1 below.
Table 1: Categories of statistics presented in this publication
| Name of category of statistics | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Badge statistics (national level) | Accredited Official Statistics | These official statistics were independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation in June 2012. They comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics and should be labelled ‘accredited official statistics’. |
| Blue Badge statistics (regional and local authority level, lost and stolen badges) | Official Statistics | These statistics are official statistics. They comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality, and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. |
Accredited Official Statistics are called National Statistics in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. For more details, see the Accredited Official Statistics Policy.