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	registered interest
	date	24/06/2020
	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 plans his Department has to continue the hospital parking charge exemption for NHS workers beyond the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	64364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government is considering how long free parking for National Health Service staff will need to continue, recognising that this has only been made possible by external support from local authorities and independent sector providers. The Government’s focus remains on ensuring the commitment of free parking for the groups identified in their announcement of 27 December 2019 is implemented once the pandemic abates.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/07/2020 11:35:17 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 33048 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

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

1145125

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2019
	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 and what proportion of NHS hospital car parks in England are operated by private parking companies.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	287445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The level and appropriateness of car parking charges at National Health Service sites is the responsibility of the local NHS trust. The Department have published the NHS Car Parking Principles which clearly state that concessions should be offered to groups who most need help, such as disabled people including those with blue badges and temporary disabilities.</p><p>Information is not collected on car parking costs, concessionary parking arrangements for blue badge holders or the number of private provider companies that operate NHS hospital car parks in England.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 287451 question first answered 09/09/2019 19:12:25 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1145128

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2019
	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 and what proportion of NHS hospital sites in England are compliant with his Department's guidance entitled, NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	287451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The level and appropriateness of car parking charges at National Health Service sites is the responsibility of the local NHS trust. The Department have published the NHS Car Parking Principles which clearly state that concessions should be offered to groups who most need help, such as disabled people including those with blue badges and temporary disabilities.</p><p>Information is not collected on car parking costs, concessionary parking arrangements for blue badge holders or the number of private provider companies that operate NHS hospital car parks in England.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 287445 question first answered 09/09/2019 19:12:25 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

228163

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	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 information his Department holds on income earned from parking charges in each hospital in Lancashire in (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013 and (d) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
	uin	228114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Data is not collected centrally on income earned from parking charges by the National Health Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 23/03/2015 17:09:41 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

388615

	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, how much each NHS Trust in the North West charges staff to park (a) daily, (b) weekly, (c) monthly, (d) quarterly and (e) yearly; and how much was obtained from staff from such charges in each NHS Trust in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
	uin	6106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Health Service provides data to the Department annually on the average fee charged per hour for staff parking.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The data provided by NHS organisations in the Northern Commissioning Region for the latest available year, 2013-14, is attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All the data provided has been supplied by the NHS and had not been amended centrally. The accuracy and completeness of the information is the responsibility of the providing organisation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/07/2015 14:43:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt attachment 1 file name Average fee per hour- staff parking at NHS organisations.xlsx title NHS organisations staff parking fee per hour 13-14
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

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