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114808

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles are acted on by NHS trusts.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	213509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles, published on 23 August 2014, ask NHS hospitals to publish:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- their parking policy;</p><p> </p><p>- their implementation of the NHS car parking principles;</p><p> </p><p>- financial information relating to their car parking arrangements; and</p><p> </p><p>- summarised complaint information on car parking and actions taken in response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We expect this information to be displayed prominently on trust websites so that patients and the public can hold the NHS locally to account where unfair parking charges and practices remain in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, NHS England will collect information about NHS compliance via the annual Patient Led Assessments of the Care Environment. The results will be published so that patients can identify those trusts who are falling short.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Guidance to support the NHS in delivering the principles is scheduled for publication in March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 213510 question first answered 17/11/2014 11:02:19 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

114811

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to publish guidance on hospital parking charges and the NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	213510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles, published on 23 August 2014, ask NHS hospitals to publish:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- their parking policy;</p><p> </p><p>- their implementation of the NHS car parking principles;</p><p> </p><p>- financial information relating to their car parking arrangements; and</p><p> </p><p>- summarised complaint information on car parking and actions taken in response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We expect this information to be displayed prominently on trust websites so that patients and the public can hold the NHS locally to account where unfair parking charges and practices remain in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, NHS England will collect information about NHS compliance via the annual Patient Led Assessments of the Care Environment. The results will be published so that patients can identify those trusts who are falling short.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Guidance to support the NHS in delivering the principles is scheduled for publication in March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 213509 question first answered 17/11/2014 11:02:20 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

99867

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that hospitals follow the updated guidelines on hospital car parking charges.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	211028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Health published new National Health Service patient, visitor and staff car parking principles on 23 August 2014. These principles, widely welcomed by a range of charities and organisations representing patients’ interests, made it clear that NHS trusts should publish:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- their parking policy;</p><p> </p><p>- their implementation of the NHS car parking principles;</p><p> </p><p>- financial information relating to their car parking arrangements; and</p><p> </p><p>- summarised complaint information on car parking and actions taken in response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In line with our policy of making all key information transparently available to patients, our expectation is that this information will be displayed prominently on trust websites so that patients and the public can hold the NHS locally to account where unfair parking charges and practices remain in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, we will be collecting information about NHS compliance with these principles via the next round of the Patient Led Assessments of the Care Environment data collection and the results will be published so that patients can identify those trusts who are falling short.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 211029 question first answered 27/10/2014 16:57:30 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

99868

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what sanctions he intends to impose against hospitals found not to be complying with the updated guidance on hospital car parking fees.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	211029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Health published new National Health Service patient, visitor and staff car parking principles on 23 August 2014. These principles, widely welcomed by a range of charities and organisations representing patients’ interests, made it clear that NHS trusts should publish:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- their parking policy;</p><p> </p><p>- their implementation of the NHS car parking principles;</p><p> </p><p>- financial information relating to their car parking arrangements; and</p><p> </p><p>- summarised complaint information on car parking and actions taken in response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In line with our policy of making all key information transparently available to patients, our expectation is that this information will be displayed prominently on trust websites so that patients and the public can hold the NHS locally to account where unfair parking charges and practices remain in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, we will be collecting information about NHS compliance with these principles via the next round of the Patient Led Assessments of the Care Environment data collection and the results will be published so that patients can identify those trusts who are falling short.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 211028 question first answered 27/10/2014 16:57:31 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

426325

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of car parking facilities at NHS hospitals; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	14725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>Decisions on hospital car parking, including charging, are taken locally by National Health Service foundation trusts and NHS trusts.</p><br /><p>On 23 August, 2014, the Department published the <em>NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles</em>, which set out a nationally consistent approach for hospitals to take to car parking and concessionary charges. This was updated in October 2015 to make explicit reference to carers as a group who should receive concessions. The principles are available at:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles</a></p><br /><p>To help NHS organisations deliver the above principles the Department published <em>NHS Car Parking Management: Environment and Sustainability (HTM 07-03)</em> on 25 March 2015. This guidance is available at:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-car-parking-management-htm-07-03" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-car-parking-management-htm-07-03</a></p><br /><p>Both documents make it clear that NHS organisations should work with patients, staff, visitors, local authorities and public transport providers when planning their parking provision.</p><br /> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 14726 question first answered 09/11/2015 13:48:54 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

426326

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) affordability for and (b) effect on (i) patients and (ii) carers of hospital car parking; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	14726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>Decisions on hospital car parking, including charging, are taken locally by National Health Service foundation trusts and NHS trusts.</p><br /><p>On 23 August, 2014, the Department published the <em>NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles</em>, which set out a nationally consistent approach for hospitals to take to car parking and concessionary charges. This was updated in October 2015 to make explicit reference to carers as a group who should receive concessions. The principles are available at:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles</a></p><br /><p>To help NHS organisations deliver the above principles the Department published <em>NHS Car Parking Management: Environment and Sustainability (HTM 07-03)</em> on 25 March 2015. This guidance is available at:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-car-parking-management-htm-07-03" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-car-parking-management-htm-07-03</a></p><br /><p>Both documents make it clear that NHS organisations should work with patients, staff, visitors, local authorities and public transport providers when planning their parking provision.</p><br /> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 14725 question first answered 09/11/2015 13:48:54 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

891406

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS Foundation Trusts hospital car parks in England are operated by (a) private parking companies and (b) Foundation Trusts.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	138024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The National Health Service trusts are responsible for the actions of any private contractor they may employ to manage their hospital car parking service.</p><p> </p><p>All the available data on car parking in NHS trusts in England is collected annually through Estates Return Information Collection, published at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/ERIC.asp" target="_blank">http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/ERIC.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment data is published at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/PLACE.asp" target="_blank">http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/PLACE.asp</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 138026 138028 138029 question first answered 02/05/2018 12:59:26 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

891408

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS Foundation Trusts in England operate cashless only hospital car park charging facilities.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	138026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The National Health Service trusts are responsible for the actions of any private contractor they may employ to manage their hospital car parking service.</p><p> </p><p>All the available data on car parking in NHS trusts in England is collected annually through Estates Return Information Collection, published at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/ERIC.asp" target="_blank">http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/ERIC.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment data is published at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/PLACE.asp" target="_blank">http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/PLACE.asp</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 138024 138028 138029 question first answered 02/05/2018 12:59:26 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

891410

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which NHS hospital received the largest income from hospital car parking charges in England in (a) 2014-2015, (b) 2015-2016 and (c) 2016-2017.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	138028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The National Health Service trusts are responsible for the actions of any private contractor they may employ to manage their hospital car parking service.</p><p> </p><p>All the available data on car parking in NHS trusts in England is collected annually through Estates Return Information Collection, published at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/ERIC.asp" target="_blank">http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/ERIC.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment data is published at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/PLACE.asp" target="_blank">http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/PLACE.asp</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 138024 138026 138029 question first answered 02/05/2018 12:59:26 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

891411

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS hospitals in England charge blue badge holders the full rate for parking a car at their car parks.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	138029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The National Health Service trusts are responsible for the actions of any private contractor they may employ to manage their hospital car parking service.</p><p> </p><p>All the available data on car parking in NHS trusts in England is collected annually through Estates Return Information Collection, published at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/ERIC.asp" target="_blank">http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/ERIC.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment data is published at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/PLACE.asp" target="_blank">http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/PLACE.asp</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 138024 138026 138028 question first answered 02/05/2018 12:59:26 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon