Parking for disabled people

Can you help me, I would like to get more signatures for a petition I started on change.org.
Since the scrapping of the tax disc on cars councils and hospitals have no way of knowing who is exempt from paying vehicle tax and is therefore eligible for free parking. I raised this as a problem for disabled people with my MP before car tax discs disappeared but to no avail.
What is happening now is councils are saying that road tax exempt disabled drivers must pay for an annual parking pass as they are unable to check the tax status of a vehicle. This pass would only cover one unitary council so if, like I do a disabled person lives in a conurbation covering several councils they may need to buy a pass for each council depending on their needs.
The link for the petition is;
I hope you can help?
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Regards. . . .
Dear Mr Butcher
Thank you for your email of 8 September to Chris Grayling MP, about parking
concessions for disabled people. I should explain that due to the large volume of mail Mr Grayling receives he is unable to respond personally. Correspondence is therefore forwarded to the Department or Agency with responsibility for the subject of concern.
It may be helpful if I explain that the objective of displaying a tax disc was to show
that vehicle excise duty had been paid and not to facilitate parking arrangements.
Prior to the tax disc being abolished, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) enhanced its online Vehicle Enquiry Service (VES) to include the tax class of all vehicles. This allowed anyone, including local authorities and car park operators to identify vehicles that qualified for certain parking concessions based on the disabled tax class.
A number of customers with vehicles taxed in the disabled tax class contacted the
DVLA with concerns that this information allowed anyone to make a link between the disabled tax class and the receipt of certain benefits. As a result of this, references to the tax class of vehicles were removed from the VES. However, vehicle keepers can still access information on the tax class of their vehicle if they provide the reference number from their V5C Registration Certificate. This ensures that only those with the right to access the information are able to do so.
I can assure you that the DVLA has listened to the feedback from a range of
stakeholders and customers affected by the change. DVLA have concluded that we cannot find a solution that meets the needs of this diverse group.
I understand that some local authorities are compiling a database of vehicles in their vicinity that are entitled to free parking. However, I should confirm that establishing entitlement to parking concessions remains a matter for the relevant local authorities and is not a responsibility of the DVI_A.
I hope this is helpful.
Yours sincerely,
This letter negates the DVLA responsibility passing the buck completely to the local authorities and health authorities similar to your thoughts Mawgwr.
I thought this petition would quickly gain support but I am up against people with comments like 'I don't see why disabled people should park for free' and 'A lot of people using badges appear to be using other peoples badges from the way they walk'
Indeed in Tesco's just yesterday I asked a couple returning to their car if they realised they were parking in a disabled bay. They got very aggressive and threatened me asking if I was a policeman and said they had a blue badge and I didn't realise what problems they had. The male was raising his fist at me despite me walking with 2 walking sticks.
Don't get me wrong, I hate violence, but I know how to & will defend myself, where I can!
Regards. . . .