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388269

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to introduce a statutory maximum penalty which can be levied on people who incur penalty charges for hospital car parking; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	5774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department of Communities and Local Government published a discussion paper and call for evidence on <em>Parking reform: tackling unfair practices</em> on the 28 March 2015. We are currently considering the responses, which cover the issue of NHS Car Parks. We intend to publish a summary of responses as soon as possible.<br><br></p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health published in August 2014 the ‘NHS Patient, Visitor and Staff Car Parking Principles’. These set out what patients, the public and the Government can expect the NHS to deliver in respect of hospital car parking and are a baseline against which the public can locally hold the NHS to account for unfair charges or practices.</p><p> </p><p>The car parking principles can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 13/07/2015 14:32:39 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

388632

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2015
	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 he has made of the effect of hospital car parking charges on (a) pensioners, (b) carers, (c) people with long-term conditions and (d) people on low incomes; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	6202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not made any national assessment of the effect of hospital car parking charges on specific groups. Decisions on hospital car parking, including charging, are taken locally by National Health Service foundation trusts and NHS trusts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><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. This includes guidance on the provision of concessionary parking. The principles are available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><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><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><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><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><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><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><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><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/07/2015 15:04:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

759721

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	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, how much was raised by hospital parking charges in (a) Warrington, (b) the North West and (c) England in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	10124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Data is not collected centrally on income earned from parking charges by the National Health Service.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 09/10/2017 14:35:53 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

839144

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	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 much each NHS Trust in the North-West accrued from parking charges in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what proportion of each NHS Trust's income that figure represents.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	127703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service trusts make decisions locally about the provision of car parking to patients, visitors and staff. The Department published clear guidelines (car parking principles) for NHS organisations that they are expected to follow. Hospitals should put concessions in place for those who most need help including disabled people, carers and staff who work shifts. The NHS itself is responsible for ensuring that charges are fairly applied.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 20/02/2018 11:57:00 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

847714

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2018 to Question 127703, what information his Department holds on the level of hospital car parking charges and on what basis he decides whether the NHS has carried out its duty to ensure that charges are applied fairly.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	129390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>National Health Service car parking data including level of hospital car parking charges at NHS trusts is collected annually through Estates Return Information Collection.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data for 2016-17 confirms the national average fee charges per hour for patients and visitors are £1.32 and £0.19 for staff.</p><p> </p><p>NHS organisations are responsible locally for their own policy on car parking, taking into account operational circumstances and community interests.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles (first published in August 2014 and then updated in October 2015), set out a nationally consistent approach to determining car parking policies, making clear the rules which NHS trusts should follow when making decisions about car parking. However, the provision of parking spaces and the level of any charges that are made to use them are matters for individual NHS trusts.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 28/02/2018 13:25:19 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones