Disabled Person’s
National Concession
Application Form
Please complete your details, indicate your disability and provide your GP’s name and
address in the spaces provided. Attach a recent colour passport style and quality photograph
(35mm x 45mm) to the area provided. Please remember to sign and date the application. The
provision of your National Insurance Number or Telephone Number is not mandatory but would be helpful.
We will only contact you by phone if we have a question relating to your application or your NoWcard.
We will not disclose your telephone number to anyone else.
Gender
Male Female
Title
Miss/Ms/Mrs/Mr/Other
First Name
PEEL OFF TO
Surname
EXPOSE
ADHESIVE AND
Address
ATTACH
PHOTOGRAPH
HERE
Town
Postcode
Date of Birth
D
D
M
M
Y
Y
Y
Y
Tel. No.
(The authority you pay council tax to.)
NI Number
Local Authority
Eligibility
I am blind or partial y sighted
I have a disability, or have suffered an injury, which
has substantial and long-term adverse effect on
I am profoundly or severely deaf
my ability to walk
I am without speech
I have been refused grant of a licence to drive a
motor vehicle under Part III of the Road Traffic Act
I have a learning disability that is state of arrested
1988, or would be refused pursuant to section 92
development of mind which includes significant
of the Act (physical fitness), otherwise than on the
impairment of intel igence and social functioning
ground of persistence misuse of drugs or alcohol
Please give details below:
I do not have arms or have long-term loss of
the use of both arms
GP Name and Address:
Declaration: I certify that the address above is my sole or principal residence and I am entitled to the concession for which I
am applying on the basis of the disability shown. I agree to an examination of any council records in processing this application
and understand that my General Practioner may be contracted should the need arise. In the event that my application is found
to be fraudulent I may be liable for repayment of any benefit received.
All information on this form will only be used for the purpose of administration of the
NoWcard National Concession project.
The data controller is your Local Authority.
I would like to receive more information related to public transport.
Signature:
Date:
Office use only
Checked by LA (Initials):
114288
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National Concession
Disabled Person’s Application Form
Use this form to apply for a Disabled Persons National Concession Bus Pass. Fill in the the form on
the other side and take it, together with suitable proof of eligibility under at least one of the categories
listed, to your local council office. You must also have a recent colour passport style photograph.
Remember to print your name on the back of the photograph before sticking it on the form. We need
this, in the unlikely event that the photograph gets detached from the form.
About NoWcard
NoWcard is a partnership between Cumbria and Lancashire County Councils and Blackburn with
Darwen and Blackpool Borough Councils, aimed at improving the delivery of local council services,
initially for public transport.
Further Help and Information
If you need additional help or information with your application please contact your local authority
directly or call NoWcard Help desk - 0845 058 1096
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Examples of evidence that will be accepted in support of your
travel pass application:
Your district council will carry out assessment of eligibility, please telephone 0845 058 1096
for details of your nearest district office.
If you wish to tick the box, which starts with “I am blind or partially sighted” you will need:
A copy of the ‘BD8’ or ‘CVI’ certification form issued to you by the hospital, or your registration card
issued by your Social Care Team are adequate.
If you have lost your copy of the ‘BD8’ or ‘CVI’ form, you may be able to get a copy from your
appropriate Social Care Team (formally Social Services) or from the hospital, which issued it in the
first place.
Evidence of your registration as a Blind or Partially Signted person would be equally acceptable.
If you wish to tick the box, which starts with “I am profoundly or severely deaf” you will need:
A brief letter confirming your condition from a specialist agency or charity providing services for deaf
people would be adequate, or
Confirmation in writing from your Social Care Team that you are included on their Deaf Register, or
A letter from an audiology specialist confirming that hearing loss has been recorded at 70 dBHL or
worse, or
Confirmation in writing from your General Practitioner that you have a severe or profound hearing
difficulty.
If you wish to tick the box, which starts with “I am without speech” you will need:
A brief letter confirming your condition from a specialist agency or charity providing relevant services,
often the same organisations who provide services for deaf people would be adequate, or
Confirmation from a General Practitioner that you would be unable to make clear basic spoken
requests - in any spoken language - such as asking for a particular fare or checking bus routes with
the driver.
An inability to speak English or speech, which is excessively slow or distorted due to a heavy
accent or a severe stammer would not qualify.
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If you wish to tick the box, which starts with “I have a learning disability” you will need:
Confirmation in writing from your Social Care Team that you are included on their database as a
person who receives - or who has in the past received - services for those with a learning disability,
for example you may be attending a Day Centre for persons with a Learning Disability, or
Confirmation in writing from the local Health Authority or your General Practitioner that you are
included on their database as a person who receives - or who has in the past received - services
for those with a learning disability, or
If you have recently moved to the NoWcard area, confirmation in writing from your previous local
Health Authority or General Practitioner or Social Care Team that you are included on their database
as a person who has in the past received services for those with a learning disability, or
A letter from your General Practitioner, confirming that your learning disability can be defined
as being sufficiently severe as to warrant access to services for people with a learning disability
provided by the above agencies should you wish to apply to them.
If you wish to tick the box, which starts with “I am without the use of both arms” you will need:
You could pysically, through accident, injury, deformity or other reason, be without both arms. If this
is the case no further supporting evidence will be required, or
You could have lost the long-term use of both arms. In this case confirmation in writing from your
General Practitioner would be necessary.
If you wish to tick the box, which starts with “I have a disability, or suffered an injury” this is
often termed as a long-term mobility problem. In such a case you will need:
Documentary evidence that you are currently in receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) mobility
component at the Higher Rate would be sufficient evidence. Confirmation that you receive the War
Pensioners mobility supplement would be equally acceptable, or
A letter from you General Practitioner confirming that your condition has a substantial and
long-term adverse effect on your ability to walk would be accepted as confirmation of your
condition.
Your mobility condition may be sufficiently severe as to cancel the need for supporting documentary
evidence.
If you wish to tick the box, which starts with “I would be refused grant of a licence” you will need:
A letter from the DVLA refusing to accept your application for a driving licence because you are not
deemed by them to be physically fit to drive, or
Confirmation from your General Practitioner that you suffer from epilepsy, that you have had an
attack during the past year and that one or more of your attack(s) have occurred other than when
you were asleep, or
Confirmation from your General Practitioner that you are liable to sudden attack of giddiness or
fainting, other than insulin dependent diabetics where disabling hypoglycaemia is considered to be
controllable, or
Confirmation from your General Practitioner, or the local Health Authority, or your local Social Care
Team, that you have a severe mental disorder and are under long-term medication sufficiently
strong as to make you a source of danger to the public if you were to drive.
NOTE - Anyone who has been refused a driving licence through a persistent misuse of
drugs or alcohol does not qualify for a travel pass.
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Document Outline
- 114288 LanCC Form 4pp.p0001.pdf
- 114288 LanCC Form 4pp.p0002.pdf
- 114288 LanCC Form 4pp.p0003.pdf
- 114288 LanCC Form 4pp.p0004.pdf