Examples of evidence of disability that will be accepted
in support of your bus pass application:
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' 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 local Social Care team (formerly Social
Services) or from the hospital, which issued it in the first place.
Evidence of your registration as a Blind or Partially Sighted person would
be equally acceptable.
If you wish to tick the box, which says “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 Social Services 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 says “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.
If you wish to tick the box, which says “I have a learning
disability” you will need:
Confirmation in writing from Social Services 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 data base 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 Lancashire or Cumbria, confirmation in
writing from your previous local Health Authority or General Practitioner or
Social Services authority 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 says “I am without the use of
both arms” you will need: You could physically, 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 Disabled 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 your 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, or
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 “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
attacks 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 Services office, 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 bus
pass.