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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

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

416602

	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 plans his Department has to review NHS organisations' responses to the Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment and whether (a) they provide car parking charge concessions in accordance with the NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles and (b) information about the concessionary scheme is prominently publicised.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The National Health Service patient, visitor and staff car parking principles, published on 23 August 2014, ask NHS hospitals to publish:</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>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>Results from the 2015 Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (someished car parking princioplesll NHS organisations to take steps to ensurePLACE) collection show that over 75% of sites that charge for car parking currently operate a concessions scheme and display it prominently. We are disappointed that this means a number of hospital boards have not yet decided to follow the best practice set out in the principles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To check compliance with the principles, the same PLACE questions will be asked in 2016 and we expect to see an improvement in the results.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/09/2015 14:45:23 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

816888

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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 staff employed at (a) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, (b) University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay, (c) Blackpool Teaching Hospitals are (i) being pursued for parking fines by their employers and (ii) are subject to deductions from wages or other actions by bailiffs to recoup such fines and other costs.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	121315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>This data 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.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles on 23 August 2014, these were subsequently updated in October 2015 and are available 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 North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 15/01/2018 15:49:19 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

782794

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	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 many hospitals in England charge blue badge holders to park.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	111102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>National Health Service car parking data is collected annually and published at:</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>The 2016-17 Estates Return Information Collection figures show that out of 1,043 hospital sites that have designated disabled parking, 132 have indicated that they charge for disabled parking (which includes disabled people, people with temporary disabilities as well as Blue Badge holders).</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on car parking provision and charging are taken locally by each trust.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published clear guidelines (the 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. Patients, visitors and staff who have problems with car parking should therefore contact the NHS organisation that runs the car park.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 08/11/2017 10:41:30 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

79247

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	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 estimate he has made of the average amount a full-time NHS worker spends on car parking on NHS sites each year.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	206831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Estimates of the average amount a full time National Health Service worker spends on car parking on NHS sites each year are not made centrally. NHS organisations make decisions on the provision and charging for car parking locally for patients, visitors and staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 03/09/2014 13:58:10 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

822859

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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 hospital trusts in England have considered installing a pay on exit or similar scheme since the publication of his Department's guidance on NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles, last updated on 29 October 2015; and how many hospital trusts (a) are planning to install such a scheme in 2018 and (b) have decided against installing such a scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	122542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>This data is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service organisations are responsible locally for their own policy on internal travel arrangements and 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 for patients, staff, contractors, and other visitors to the site 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 grouped question UIN 122543 122544 122545 122546 question first answered 23/01/2018 14:45:09 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

822860

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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, with reference to his Department's guidance on NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles, last updated on 29 October 2015, how many NHS trusts, NHS hospitals or establishments providing NHS healthcare in England have imposed a requirement for parking contractors to be members of a parking trade association, such as the British Parking Association and the Independent Parking Committee, since the initial publication of that guidance on 23 August 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	122543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>This data is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service organisations are responsible locally for their own policy on internal travel arrangements and 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 for patients, staff, contractors, and other visitors to the site 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 grouped question UIN 122542 122544 122545 122546 question first answered 23/01/2018 14:45:09 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

822861

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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, with reference to his Department's guidance on NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles, last updated on 29 October 2015, how many NHS hospitals in England prioritise parking for staff whose daily duties require them to travel by car.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	122544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>This data is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service organisations are responsible locally for their own policy on internal travel arrangements and 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 for patients, staff, contractors, and other visitors to the site 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 grouped question UIN 122542 122543 122545 122546 question first answered 23/01/2018 14:45:09 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon