Kirklees Passport

About the Kirklees Passport

What a Kirklees Passport is

The Kirklees Passport is a council-run discount scheme which is administered by Kirklees Culture and Leisure Services. It incorporates discounts from other services, thus making it a corporate scheme.

Who can get a Kirklees Passport

Residents of Kirklees who receive or who are directly dependent on someone who receives certain benefits.
Residents of Kirklees who are registered blind, or partially sighted, or deaf, or who are named on the wheelchair users' database.
Residents of Kirklees, aged 16 and over, who are full-time students.

Types of Kirklees Passport

There are two types of Kirklees Passport - Priority and Access.

Who can get a Priority Passport

The Priority Passport is available to Kirklees residents who receive or who are directly dependent on someone who receives one or more of the following:

Job Seeker's allowance (income based)
Guaranteed Pension Credit (not Savings Credit)
Income Support
Housing benefit
Council Tax benefit
Employment & Support allowance (income related)
Working Tax Credit with Child Tax Credit (about your Tax credit)
Working Tax Credit which includes a disability element (about your Tax credit)
Child Tax Credit Only (about your Tax credit)

About your Tax Credit: Your Tax Credit award must be based on annual income which entitle you to full NHS exemption. The qualifying amount for the 2009-10 tax year is £16,190. If you are reading this after 6 April 2011 please phone us for details.

Who can get an Access Passport

The Access Passport is available to Kirklees residents who receive one or more of the following.

Please note that only some of these categories allow for dependents.

Jobseekers Allowance (contribution-based)
National Insurance Credits (you must be signing-on at the Jobcentre as registered unemployed)
Carers Allowance
Incapacity Benefit (not Statutory Sick Pay)
Employment & Support Allowance (contribution based)
Industrial Injuries Benefit
Disability Living Allowance
Severe Disablement Benefit
Attendance Allowance
Registered disabled or deaf or blind or partially sighted
Blue Badge Holder
Registered wheelchair user
Full time student aged 16 or over
Working Tax Credit with Child Tax Credit (total annual income for 2009-10 tax year over £16,190)
Working Tax Credit only (regardless of total annual income)

Applying for a Kirklees Passport

Cost of a Kirklees Passport

The Priority Passport costs £2.00 for an adult and £1.00 for a child.
The Access Passport costs £3.00 for an adult and £1.50 for a child.

What to show when you apply

You will need to show up-to-date proof that you receive benefit or that you are directly dependent on your spouse, partner or parent's benefit.
You will need to provide a passport-sized photo. You can no longer have your photograph taken at a passport issuing centre.
If you want the additional free parking disc you need to show that you are the registered keeper of the vehicle, therefore please show your vehicle registration document.

Where you can get a Kirklees Passport from

Library and Information Centres open at various times throughout the week. Please check opening hours before you visit.

Other Library and Information Centres may also issue the Kirklees Passport. Please contact your local Library and Information Centre or contact us to see if they do.

Extra help for the disabled

If you have either a Priority or Access Passport and you either:

receive the high or mid care component of Disability Living Allowance
receive Attendance Allowance
are registered blind

you can ask for a +1 sticker to be placed on you passport. This will enable someone to accompany you, free of charge, to certain arts events, concerts and sporting activities.