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Eligibility and assessment

You may be eligible for a disabled person's freedom pass if you meet one of the criteria below. 

Evidence must be dated within the last 12 months or your current award letter. 

  • Registered blind or partially sighted - confirmed by Certificate of Vision Impairment (CVI) form or LBTH registration letter

  • Profoundly or severely deaf - 71 dB HL (decibels) or more in both ears, confirmed by audiogram.

  • Without speech - confirmed by speech and language assessment report (specialist) 

  • Without arms or have long term loss of the use of both arms - confirmed by specialist.

  • Personal Independence Payments (PIP) - the applicant must receive either: 

    • 8 points or more for the “moving around” activity under the Mobility component or 

    • 8 points or more for “communicating” activity under the daily living component. 

  • Disability Living Allowance (DLA) – the applicant must receive higher rate of the mobility component. 

You may also qualify for a freedom pass with further assessment if you: 

  • Have a disability or have suffered an injury, which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to walk - must provide evidence from a specialist within 12 months. An assessment may be required. 

  • Have a learning disability that is a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind which includes significant impairment of intelligence and social functioning - evidence from educational health and care plan (EHCP) or Tower Hamlets community learning disability team (full report must be sent). An assessment may be required. 

  • If you applied for the grant of a licence to drive a motor vehicle under Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1988, would have their application refused pursuant to section 92 of the Act (physical fitness) otherwise than on the ground of persistent misuse of drugs or alcohol - confirmed by DVLA. An assessment may be required. 

Assessments for Disabled Persons Freedom Pass

If your application relates to the further assessment route, you will be required to attend an in-person assessment.

You will be placed on the waiting list for an assessment to be carried out by our independent expert assessor, who will arrange an appointment for you. Due to the high volume of applications being submitted, the current waiting time for assessments is within 12 weeks.

Once the assessment has been completed, the mobility support team will review the expert assessors report and provide a decision on the application submitted. 

To be eligible for a disabled persons freedom pass you must score 24 points or more in total on the assessment.