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428936

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2015
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of hospital trusts charging disabled people to park their cars on those people.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL3659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not made any national assessment of the effect of parking charges on specific groups. Decisions on hospital car parking, including charging, are taken locally by National Health Service trusts and foundation 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. Disabled people are explicitly mentioned as a group who should receive free or concessionary parking. The principles are:</p><br /><p>“NHS organisations should work with their patients and staff, local authorities and public transport providers to make sure that users can get to the site (and park if necessary) as safely, conveniently and economically as possible.<sup>1</sup></p><br /><p>Charges should be reasonable for the area.</p><p>Concessions, including free or reduced charges or caps, should be available for the following groups:</p><ul><li>disabled people<sup>2</sup></li><li>frequent outpatient attenders</li><li>visitors with relatives who are gravely ill, or carers<sup>3</sup> of such people</li><li>visitors to relatives who have an extended stay in hospital, or carers<sup>3</sup> of such people</li><li>carers<sup>3</sup> of people in the above groups where appropriate</li><li>staff working shifts that mean public transport cannot be used</li></ul><br /><p>Other concessions, eg for volunteers or staff who car-share, should be considered locally.</p><br /><p>Priority for staff parking should be based on need, eg staff whose daily duties require them to travel by car.<sup>4</sup></p><br /><p>Trusts should consider installing ‘pay on exit’ or similar schemes so that drivers pay only for the time that they have used. Additional charges should only be imposed where reasonable<sup>5 </sup>and should be waived when overstaying is beyond the driver’s control (eg when treatment takes longer than planned, or when staff are required to work beyond their scheduled shift).</p><br /><p>Details of charges, concessions and additional charges should be well publicised including at car park entrances, wherever payment is made and inside the hospital. They should also be included on the hospital website and on patient letters and forms, where appropriate.</p><br /><p>NHS trusts should publish:</p><ul><li>their parking policy</li><li>their implementation of the NHS car parking principles</li><li>financial information relating to their car parking</li><li>summarised complaint information on car parking and actions taken in response</li></ul><br /> Contracted-out car parking<p>NHS organisations are responsible for the actions of private contractors who run car parks on their behalf.</p><p>NHS organisations should act against rogue contractors in line with the relevant codes of practice<sup>6 </sup>where applicable.</p><p>Contracts should not be let on any basis that incentivises additional charges, eg ‘income from parking charge notices only’.”</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 attached.</p><br /><p>Both documents make it clear that National Health Service organisations should work with patients, staff, visitors, local authorities and public transport providers when planning their parking provision.</p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><ol><li>Each site is different and very few will be able to provide spaces for everyone who needs one. Since 2010, national planning policy no longer imposes maximum parking standards on development, and no longer recommends the use of car parking charges as a demand management measure to discourage car use.</li></ol><br /><ol start="2"><li>Consideration should be given to the needs of people with temporary disabilities as well as Blue Badge holders.</li></ol><br /><ol start="3"><li>Carers are those as identified in the following:</li></ol><p>(i) Care Act 2014 section 10(3)</p><p>(ii) Children and Families Act 2014 section 96</p><p>(iii) Children and Families Act 2014 section 97</p><p>(iv) Carers (Recognition and Services) Act 1995</p><br /><ol start="4"><li>Such staff might include nurses or therapists who visit patients at home. Routine travel between hospital sites might more sensibly be managed by providing internal transport.</li></ol><br /><ol start="5"><li>‘Reasonable’ implementation of additional charges practice might include additional charges for people who do not have legitimate reasons for parking (eg commuters), or who persistently flout parking regulations (eg blocking entrances). A period of grace should normally be applied before a parking charge notice is issued.</li></ol><br /><ol start="6"><li>There are two trade associations: the British Parking Association and the Independent Parking Committee. If the car park operator is a member of either, their relevant code applies and an appeals service is available to motorists. NHS organisations should consider imposing a requirement for contractors to be members of such an association.</li></ol><p><strong></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name HL3659 - Car Parking Principles scan.pdf title Car Parking principles 2 file name HTM 07 03 NHS car parking management.pdf title Car Parking management question first answered 23/11/2015 15:09:43 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

432397

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 23 November (HL3659), why no national assessment has been made of the effect of hospital trusts charging disabled people to park their cars, and whether they have made any regional or local assessments about that issue.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL3911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>NHS trusts have the power to charge for car parking under paragraph 20 of Schedule 4 of the National Health Service Act 2006. Foundation Trusts (FTs) have similar general powers under section 43(3) of the NHS Act 2006. Individual NHS organisations decide locally whether or not to institute charges and they also carry out any assessment of the impact of such charges.</p><br /><p>As part of an assessment, trusts consider a range of factors, including the availability of parking spaces, the existence of alternative transport options and the cost of providing car parking. Such matters vary from place to place and therefore cannot be centrally assessed.</p><br /><p>In addition, as public bodies, NHS organisations must ensure they are compliant with the public sector equality duty at Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010. The conduct of equality assessments is a local matter and the outcomes are not collected centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 03/12/2015 16:01:44 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

458097

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2016
	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 many hospitals have revised their policy on car parking since the issue of his Department's updated guidance in October 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	30035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally by the Department.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/03/2016 16:34:41 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

746240

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	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, what recent discussions he has had with NHS trusts on car parking costs in relation to blue badge holders.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	1747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>Decisions on car parking provision and charging are taken locally by each trust.</p><p>The Department published clear guidelines (the car parking principles) for National Health Service 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. Patients, visitors and staff who have problems with car parking should therefore contact the NHS organisation which runs the car park.</p><p>The Department published NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles on 23 August 2014, which were subsequently updated in October 2015:</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>On concessions, the principles make clear that concessions, including free or reduced charges or caps, should be available for the following groups:</p><p>- disabled people, including people with temporary disabilities as well as Blue Badge holders;</p><p>- frequent outpatient attenders;</p><p>- visitors with relatives who are gravely ill, or carers of such people;</p><p>- visitors to relatives who have an extended stay in hospital, or carers of such people;</p><p>- carers of people in the above groups where appropriate; and</p><p>- staff working shifts that mean public transport cannot be used.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 03/07/2017 17:00:48 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

420108

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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, which NHS sites charge for parking and have not introduced concessionary arrangements that are clearly signposted for patients and the public.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	10846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>Results from the 2015 Patient Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE) collection shows that 31% of NHS sites charge for car parking. Of those sites that charge, over 86% currently provide car parking charge concessions.</p><p>The following tables identify the hospital sites that charge, but do not offer concessions, or that offer them but do not prominently display that information.</p><p>It should be noted that the information supplied was collected from NHS organisations and has not been amended centrally.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Of the Hospital sites that charge for car parking, the following do not offer concessions</p><p><strong></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Trust</p></td><td><p>Site</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Bassetlaw Hospital Mental Health Wards</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mersey Care NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Brain Injuries Unit Mossley Hill Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Calderdale Hospital (Dales)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anglian Community Enterprise CIC</p></td><td><p>Clacton Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Cotswold House, Savanake Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex Community NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Crawley Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Department Of Psychiatry</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Dove Ward</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Edgware Community Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Elgar Unit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Gosport War Memorial Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent Community Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Gravesham Community Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West London Mental Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Hammersmith &amp; Fulham Mhu</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Hertfordshire &amp; Essex Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Horsham Hospital - Iris Ward</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Hurstwood Park Neurosciences Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South London And Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Ladywell Unit, Lewisham Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West London Mental Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Lakeside Unit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Malvern Community Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South London And Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Maudsley Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent And Medway NHS And Social Care Partnership Trust</p></td><td><p>Medway, Gillingham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk And Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Mental Health Services - Woodlands</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Norfolk &amp; Norwich University Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester Mental Health And Social Care Trust</p></td><td><p>Park House - North Manchester General Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Paulton Birth Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Pembridge Palliative Care Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Pershore Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Petersfield Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Queen Elizabeth Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Royal Surrey County Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Savernake Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent Community Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Sevenoaks Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West London And St George's Mental Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Springfield University Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>St Anne's Centre &amp; Emi Wards, St. Leonards-On-Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West London Mental Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>St Bernards Wing</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>St Margaret's Hospital, Epping</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet, Enfield And Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>St. Michael's Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Sussex Orthopaedic Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent And Medway NHS And Social Care Partnership Trust</p></td><td><p>Thanet Mental Health Unit, 164 Ramsgate Road, Margate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tees, Esk And Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>The Briary Unit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon Partnership NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>The Cedars (Exeter)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>The Princess Royal Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>The Royal Alexandra Hospital For Sick Children</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>The Royal Sussex County Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>The Sussex Eye Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West London And St George's Mental Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Tolworth Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon Partnership NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Torbay Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Wexham Park Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barts Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Whipps Cross University Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mersey Care NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Windsor Clinic (Aintree University Hospital)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon Partnership NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Wonford House Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Yeatman Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Woodlands, St. Leonards-On-Sea</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The following Hospital sites offer concessions but do not prominently publicise them</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Trust</p></td><td><p>Site</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Amersham Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Basildon And Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Basildon Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Bradford Royal Infirmary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Calderdale Royal Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North West Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Central Middlesex Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Royal Bournemouth And Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Christchurch Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire And Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>City Care Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Clacton &amp; District Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Clifton Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon Health Services NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Croydon University Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Cumberland Infirmary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Darlington Memorial Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North West Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Ealing Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>East Surrey Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Evesham Community Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Freeman Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Friarage Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Frome Birth Centre (Frome Community Hospital)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth Community Healthcare (CIC)</p></td><td><p>Glenbourne</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heart Of England NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Good Hope Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Guy's Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Hammersmith Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Heatherwood Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Hexham General Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex Community NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Horsham Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Huddersfield Royal Infirmary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Intermediate Care Unit, Alexandra Wing, Broadgreen Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Ipswich Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Kidderminster Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>King George Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Kings College Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Louth Community Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Manor Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North West Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Meadow House</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Medway Maritime Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Melbury Lodge</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taunton And Somerset NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Musgrove Park Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk Community Health And Care NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Norwich Community Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Nottingham City Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Oswestry Maternity Unit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Poole Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Princess Royal University Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Queen Elizabeth Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West London And St George's Mental Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Queen Mary's Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Queen Victoria Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Queen's Medical Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Robert Jones &amp; Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Rotherham District General Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Royal Blackburn Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Royal Hallamshire Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Runcie Unit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woking Hospices</p></td><td><p>Sam Beare Hospice</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Skegness Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heart Of England NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Solihull Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Southend Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Bristol NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Southmead Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St George's Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>St Georges At Queen Mary's Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>St Peters</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet, Enfield And Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>St. Ann's Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>St. Luke's Hospital (Rae)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Care And Support Partnership (Seqol)</p></td><td><p>Swindon Intermediate Care Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>The Alexandra Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>The Churchill Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>The Horton Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>The John Radcliffe Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>The Robertson Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Your Healthcare</p></td><td><p>Tolworth Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay And Southern Devon Health And Care NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Totnes Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>University Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>University Hospital Lewisham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>West Cumberland Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weston Area Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Weston General Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Weymouth Community Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Virgin Care Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>Woking Community Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Worcestershire Royal Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Workington Community Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Wycombe Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Yeovil District Hospital</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/10/2015 15:11:26 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

780499

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2017
	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, what penalties are imposed on NHS hospitals which fail to follow his Department's guidance on charging staff, patients and visitors to park their vehicles in NHS car parks.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	110284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>Penalties are not imposed on National Health Service trusts in relation to car parking charges and actions.</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.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 02/11/2017 15:40:58 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

780533

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2017
	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, what information his Department holds on how many and which NHS hospitals have failed to follow its guidance on charging staff, patients and visitors to park their vehicles in NHS car parks.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	110292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The information on how many and which National Health Service hospitals failed to follow its guidance on charging staff, patients and visitors is not collected.</p><p> </p><p>NHS 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.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 02/11/2017 15:42:16 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

780535

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2017
	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, what his Department's guidance to NHS hospitals is on charging staff, patients and visitors to park their vehicles in NHS car parks.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	110291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>National Health Service organisations are responsible locally for their own policy on car parking, taking into account operational circumstances and community interests.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published clear guidelines (car parking principles) for NHS organisations that they are expected to follow. They 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> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 02/11/2017 15:39:22 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

416154

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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, if he will make it his policy to set conditions for the financing of (a) NHS trusts and (b) NHS Foundations Trusts to ensure that these bodies implement the NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>National Health Service organisations have the freedom to make decisions on their car parking to reflect their local situation and needs. The car parking principles provide clear direction and leadership but a central interference in these freedoms would not help NHS trusts and could result in unwarranted interference in how their clinical services are locally managed and delivered.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The powers available to the Secretary of State for Health under Section 42 of the NHS Act 2006 to provide funding to NHS organisations in distress are not appropriate for car parking. There are no other levers or other conditions available for the financing of NHS organisations to implement the NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/09/2015 16:21:03 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416600

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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 steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS organisations implement guidance that car parking concessions should be available to (a) visitors with relatives who are gravely ill and (b) visitors to relatives who have an extended stay in hospital.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department published National Health Service patient, visitor and staff car parking principles on 23 August 2014. These principles made it clear that NHS trusts should provide concessions for several groups including visitors with relatives who are gravely ill and visitors to relatives who have an extended stay in hospital. They make 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 including information on concessions 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>The Health and Social Care Information Centre collects information annually via the Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE) on behalf of the Department on NHS compliance with these principles, including the provision of concessions. The published results provide assurance to patients and the public that NHS organisations are complying with the Principles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To help NHS organisations deliver the above principles the Department published NHS Car Parking Management: Environment and Sustainability (HTM 07-03) on 25 March 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/09/2015 14:52:12 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake