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1700607

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the number of parking spaces designated for disabled people at NHS hospitals.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	21492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>Disabled blue badge holders are entitled to free hospital car parking in line with the Government’s commitment to provide free hospital car parking for those with the greatest need. Disabled patients and visitors receive free parking for the duration of their attendance at, or visit to, the hospital. Disabled employees receive free parking while at the hospital, for purposes relating to their employment.</p><p>National Health Service organisations decide locally on the provision and type of car parking spaces, in line with the policy set out by the Department, which is available at the following link:</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 Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 17/04/2024 13:32:18 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1684110

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2024
	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 her planned timetable is to ensure free NHS car parking for those with greatest need.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	10818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>Free National Health Service carparking for those with the greatest need has already been delivered. The Government committed in 2019 to provide free hospital car parking for in-need groups, including disabled people, parents of children staying overnight, frequent outpatient attenders and NHS staff working overnight. As of October 2022, all trusts that charge for car parking have fully implemented this commitment. This is the first time that free hospital car parking in England has been made available to those who need it the most.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 30/01/2024 16:12:38 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1672822

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2023
	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 steps her Department is taking to help ensure that NHS hospital car parking charges are proportionate.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	3598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 answer text <p>The NHS Car Parking Guidance is clear that charges, where they exist, should be reasonable for the area.</p><p>The Government has delivered on its commitment to ensure that free car parking is provided for those with greatest need. To begin with, the guidance includes disabled people who are holders of a valid Blue Badge attending hospital as a patient or visitor or otherwise employed by the hospital trust. Disabled patients and visitors receive free parking for the duration of their attendance at, or visit to, the hospital. Disabled employees receive free parking while at the hospital for purposes relating to their employment.</p><p>It also includes frequent outpatient attenders where parking will be provided free to all outpatients who attend hospital for an appointment at least three times within a month and for an overall period of at least three months. A ‘month’ is defined as a period of 30 days.</p><p>Additionally, it encompasses the parents of sick children staying overnight. The parent of a child in hospital overnight is a parent or guardian of a child or young person, under 18 years old, who is admitted as an inpatient at hospital overnight. They receive free parking between the hours of 7.30pm and 8.00am while visiting the child. This would apply to a maximum of two vehicles.</p><p>Lastly, the policy also caters for staff working night shifts who are members of staff with a shift starting after 7.30pm and ending before 8.00am. They receive free parking for the duration of their shift.</p><p>All National Health Service trusts that charge for hospital car parking have implemented this policy.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 05/12/2023 16:53:49 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1641128

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing hospital car parking charges for all NHS employees employed in front-line patient care.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	187066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>National Health Service staff working overnight already benefit from free hospital car parking as part of the Government's manifesto commitment to provide free parking for in-need groups. There are no plans to extend that to NHS staff parking at other times. During the COVID-19 pandemic we provided free hospital car parking for all NHS staff, however there was significantly less pressure on limited carparking capacity during that time.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/06/2023 11:00:15 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1589055

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2023
	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, if he will make an assessment of the potential financial impact of hospital parking charges on patients who frequently attend hospital appointments.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	152287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to make an assessment. Through the Government’s manifesto commitment, all trusts that charge for hospital car parking now provide free parking to in-need groups, which include National Health Service staff working overnight, frequent outpatient attenders, disabled people and parents of children staying overnight in hospital.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 152288 question first answered 02/03/2023 16:52:36 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1589056

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2023
	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, if he will make an assessment of the potential financial impact of hospital parking charges on NHS staff.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	152288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to make an assessment. Through the Government’s manifesto commitment, all trusts that charge for hospital car parking now provide free parking to in-need groups, which include National Health Service staff working overnight, frequent outpatient attenders, disabled people and parents of children staying overnight in hospital.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 152287 question first answered 02/03/2023 16:52:36 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1472919

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2022
	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, if his Department will permanently exempt NHS staff from hospital car parking charges.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	23714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>We have no plans to do so. Free parking in hospital car parks for all National Health Service staff was temporarily introduced for the duration of the pandemic and this measure ended from 31 March 2022.  However, free hospital car parking continues to be available for those in greatest need in 98% of NHS trusts which charge for car parking, including disabled people or blue badge holders; those attending frequent outpatient appointments; parents of sick children staying overnight; and staff working nightshifts.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 30/06/2022 12:16:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1465484

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2022
	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 assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the reintroduction of hospital car parking charges on NHS staff who have no other means of getting to work; and if he will take steps to permanently exempt hospital car parking charges for NHS staff.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	8135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2022 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. Free parking in hospital car parks for National Health Service staff was temporarily introduced for the duration the pandemic. This measure ended from 1 April 2022. However, 97% of NHS trusts which charge for car parking have implemented free parking for those in greatest need, including NHS staff working overnight.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 27/05/2022 09:10:04 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1461513

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2022
	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 the Answer of 21 April 2022 to Question 153690, on Southampton Hospital: Parking, what guidance is in place on the provision of free hospital car parking for people with long-term conditions like cystic fibrosis who are frequently attending appointments or receiving ongoing care from hospitals, such as Southampton General.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	25
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2022 answer text <p>NHS car parking guidance 2022 for NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts’ provides guidance on the provision of free hospital car parking for in-need groups. This defines these groups, which includes frequent outpatient attenders. While the definition of ‘frequent outpatient attenders’ is not determined by a particular illness or condition, patients who attend hospital for an appointment at least three times within a month and for an overall period of at least three months will be eligible for free hospital car parking. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p> </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>More than 97% of National Health Service trusts which charge for car parking have implemented free parking for those with greatest need.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/05/2022 08:33:37 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1364945

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2021
	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 steps he is taking to reduce car parking fees to visitors who need to attend hospital regularly.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	67159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>While the National Health Service does not provide free hospital car parking to frequent visitors, outpatients who attend hospital at least three times within a month for an overall period of at least three months are eligible for free hospital parking. A month is defined as a period of 30 days.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/11/2021 17:24:39 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1347313

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2021
	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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of permanently exempting NHS staff from parking charges.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	33993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. On 25 March 2020, the Government committed to provide free hospital car parking for National Health Service staff for the duration of the pandemic. Trusts continue to be funded to deliver this commitment.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/07/2021 16:36:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 15672 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1344247

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the covid-19 Parking Pass to healthcare support staff.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	uin	28318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to PQ16235 on 21 June 2021.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 14/07/2021 14:47:35 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1310314

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2021
	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 13 April 2021 to Question 176020 on Hospitals: Parking, at what stage in the Government's roadmap for the easing of covid-19 restrictions he plans to reintroduce car parking charges for NHS staff working at NHS hospitals in England.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	183273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>Any such assessment of the reintroduction of car parking charges will be made once the pandemic abates. The Government has also committed that staff working night shifts will no longer have to pay for car parking from April 2021.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 183274 183275 question first answered 26/04/2021 15:04:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 98710 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1310315

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2021
	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 13 April 2021 to Question 176020 on Hospitals: Parking, how much notice in days he plans to provide to NHS staff working at NHS hospitals in England prior to the reintroduction those car parking charges.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	183274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>Any such assessment of the reintroduction of car parking charges will be made once the pandemic abates. The Government has also committed that staff working night shifts will no longer have to pay for car parking from April 2021.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 183273 183275 question first answered 26/04/2021 15:04:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 98711 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1310316

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2021
	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 13 April 2021 to Question 176020 on Hospitals: Parking, what criteria will inform his decision to reintroduce car parking charges for NHS staff working at NHS hospitals in England as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	183275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>Any such assessment of the reintroduction of car parking charges will be made once the pandemic abates. The Government has also committed that staff working night shifts will no longer have to pay for car parking from April 2021.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 183273 183274 question first answered 26/04/2021 15:04:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 98712 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1306467

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2021
	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 reintroduce parking charges for NHS staff working at NHS hospitals in England following the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	176020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>Hospital car parks are free for National Health Service staff for this pandemic and this remains the Government’s position.</p><p>From its introduction in March 2020 and until October 2020, any loss of income was covered by the COVID-19 reimbursement provided to trusts. Since October 2020, funding for the delivery of free staff parking has been included as part of trusts’ overall system allocation.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/04/2021 08:59:33 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1305348

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2021
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that NHS key workers are exempt from hospital car parking charges during the COVID-19 pandemic.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	uin	HL14490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2021 answer text <p>Free car parking for National Health Service staff was announced on 25 March 2020 for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. This remains the Government’s position and funding has been provided to trusts to support this commitment.</p><p>Since October 2020, additional funding for the delivery of free staff parking is included as part of trusts’ overall systems allocation. The system funding allocation guidance provided to trusts sets out that money for free staff car parking is provided. A copy of <em>Guidance on finance and contracting arrangements for H1 2021/22</em> is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 12/04/2021 11:34:55 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell attachment 1 file name B0468-h1-21-22-guidance-on-finance-and-contracts-arrangements.pdf title Guidance on finance and contracting arrangements
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1277731

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2021
	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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of suspending hospital car parking enforcement at hospitals distributing the coronavirus vaccine.
	tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
	tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
	uin	138997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>Car parking regulations are enforced at National Health Services sites where they are distributing the COVID-19 vaccine and elsewhere to ensure parking remains safe and available for all users. Suspending such enforcement would have a detrimental effect on car parking users and their access to such facilities. However, NHS organisations will consider the appropriateness of taking action, for example issuing Parking Charge Notices, with regard to the local circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 26/01/2021 15:44:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 76246 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1257097

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2020
	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 estimate his Department has made of the average annual cost to the public purse of managing NHS hospital car parking.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	123524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text <p>Data on the total pay and non-pay cost of car parking services, including leases, staffing, maintenance and external contracts is collected annually from the National Health Service through the Estates Return Information Collection. The method for collecting this data has changed and an average cannot be calculated. However, for 2018-19, the latest available period, the total annual cost to the NHS of car parking services was £71,170,922.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/12/2020 12:25:59 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1241258

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2020
	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 enforcement powers he has to require hospital trusts to make disabled parking bays free.
	tabling member constituency	Ashford
	tabling member printed	Damian Green
	uin	100272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>These new requirements are being mandated through the NHS Standard Contract, to make car parking more consistent across England. The 2020/21 contract asked the National Health Service in England to do all it can to implement them from April 2020, and requires it to do so from January 2021.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/10/2020 08:38:06 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

1240836

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2020
	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 progress the Government has made on abolishing hospital car parking charges for disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
	uin	99786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ending unfair hospital car parking charges by making parking free for those in greatest need, including disabled people, with rollout having commenced in some trusts from April and in others on a rolling basis throughout the course of this year, subject to the constraints imposed by the pandemic.</p><p>These new requirements are being mandated through the NHS Standard Contract, to make car parking more consistent across England. The 2020/21 contract asked the National Health Service in England to do all it can to implement them from April 2020 and requires it to do so from January 2021.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/10/2020 16:24:37 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 54628 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1240867

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2020
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2020 to Question 91129, whether he plans to maintain free on-street car parking for hospital workers after the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	99710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>The COVID-19 parking pass entitles on-duty National Health Service staff members, health or social care workers, or NHS Volunteer Responders, to free parking in local authority-owned off-street car parks and on-street bays in England.</p><p>We are grateful to councils for continuing with this offer and have no plans to remove the guidance.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/10/2020 09:31:11 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 53749 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1235070

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2020
	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 the planned timescale is for ending free parking for NHS workers.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	91129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister said in his oral contribution of 8 July (<em>Official Report, column 966</em>), hospital car parks are free for National Health Service staff for this pandemic – they are free now – and we are going to get on with our commitment to make them free for patients who need them as well. This remains the Government’s position.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/09/2020 13:24:15 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 48808 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1225591

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2020
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2020 to Question 64364 on NHS: Parking, what assessment he has made of the potential financial effect on NHS staff of the removal of the hospital parking charge exemption.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	75335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my Rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 8 July, Official Report, column 966.</p><p>No assessment of the financial effect of ending free parking for NHS staff has been made.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 18/08/2020 21:10:58 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 40384 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1217573

	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

1187220

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	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 steps he is taking to ensure NHS staff are exempt from hospital car parking charges.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	33547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>Officials are working closely with the National Health Service and the independent sector to ensure that all NHS staff are exempt from hospital car parking charges during the COVID – 19 pandemic.</p><p>On 25 March Health the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced that hospitals will provide free car parking for our NHS staff who are going above and beyond every day in hospitals across England. On the same day, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government announced that local councils will offer free on-street and off-street car parking in local authority car parks to all NHS staff members, health or social care workers, and NHS Volunteer Responders during the COVID-19 emergency response.</p><p>When the pandemic begins to abate, the NHS will move from providing free parking to all its staff, to the Government’s commitment to offering free hospital car parking to key patient groups and NHS staff in certain circumstances. Our plans include:</p><p>free parking for certain groups of people, following the Government’s commitment that disabled people, frequent outpatient attenders, parents of sick children staying overnight and staff working night shifts will no longer have to pay; and consideration of parking capacity across the country and how improved technology can reduce the administrative burden on hospitals.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/04/2020 14:15:18 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1182226

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2020
	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, whether plans for the introduction of free parking at hospitals in England for certain patient groups will include all hospital visits for people aged 25 and under with cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	24315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government plans to offer free hospital car parking to disabled people, frequent outpatient attenders, parents of sick children staying overnight and staff working night shifts.</p><p>The Department is developing its proposals for implementing these commitments working closely with the National Health Service. This includes work to ensure that NHS organisations are supported to implement the required changes effectively.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 24316 24317 24318 24319 24320 question first answered 10/03/2020 15:02:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1182227

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2020
	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, whether the introduction of free parking at hospitals in England for certain patient groups will include hospital appointments for people with long term side effects of having had cancer as a child or young person and who may never be discharged.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	24316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government plans to offer free hospital car parking to disabled people, frequent outpatient attenders, parents of sick children staying overnight and staff working night shifts.</p><p>The Department is developing its proposals for implementing these commitments working closely with the National Health Service. This includes work to ensure that NHS organisations are supported to implement the required changes effectively.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 24315 24317 24318 24319 24320 question first answered 10/03/2020 15:02:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1182229

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2020
	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 steps the Government will take to ensure compliance with guidance on free parking at hospitals in England for certain patient groups.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	24317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government plans to offer free hospital car parking to disabled people, frequent outpatient attenders, parents of sick children staying overnight and staff working night shifts.</p><p>The Department is developing its proposals for implementing these commitments working closely with the National Health Service. This includes work to ensure that NHS organisations are supported to implement the required changes effectively.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 24315 24316 24318 24319 24320 question first answered 10/03/2020 15:02:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1182230

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2020
	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 support hospitals will receive in ensuring that hospital car parking is free for identified groups.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	24318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government plans to offer free hospital car parking to disabled people, frequent outpatient attenders, parents of sick children staying overnight and staff working night shifts.</p><p>The Department is developing its proposals for implementing these commitments working closely with the National Health Service. This includes work to ensure that NHS organisations are supported to implement the required changes effectively.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 24315 24316 24317 24319 24320 question first answered 10/03/2020 15:02:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1182232

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2020
	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, with reference to the announcement on 27 December 2019 on the introduction of free parking at hospitals in England for certain patient groups, what the definition of long-term conditions will be; and whether that definition will include serious and life-threatening conditions for which the outcome is highly uncertain.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	24319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government plans to offer free hospital car parking to disabled people, frequent outpatient attenders, parents of sick children staying overnight and staff working night shifts.</p><p>The Department is developing its proposals for implementing these commitments working closely with the National Health Service. This includes work to ensure that NHS organisations are supported to implement the required changes effectively.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 24315 24316 24317 24318 24320 question first answered 10/03/2020 15:02:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1182233

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2020
	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, whether the introduction of free parking at hospitals in England for certain patient groups will include parents and carers of children and young people with serious and complex health conditions who are attending hospital on an unplanned basis.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	24320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government plans to offer free hospital car parking to disabled people, frequent outpatient attenders, parents of sick children staying overnight and staff working night shifts.</p><p>The Department is developing its proposals for implementing these commitments working closely with the National Health Service. This includes work to ensure that NHS organisations are supported to implement the required changes effectively.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 24315 24316 24317 24318 24319 question first answered 10/03/2020 15:02:46 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1171875

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	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 the timetable is for his Department's consultation on eligibility criteria for free hospital parking.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	5395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department is working with the National Health Service to introduce changes to NHS hospital car parking in England from April 2020.</p><p>This will include free parking for frequent outpatient attenders.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 5396 question first answered 27/01/2020 13:28:50 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1171876

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	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 he has to exempt people undergoing chemotherapy from hospital parking charges.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	5396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department is working with the National Health Service to introduce changes to NHS hospital car parking in England from April 2020.</p><p>This will include free parking for frequent outpatient attenders.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 5395 question first answered 27/01/2020 13:28:50 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1166872

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2019
	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, whether he plans to bring forward proposals requiring all NHS trusts and foundation trusts to abolish all charges for disabled car parking at NHS hospitals in England.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	6239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 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> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 31/10/2019 17:08:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

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

1133291

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	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, whether he has made an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse of abolishing parking fees for staff at NHS hospitals.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	266788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The level and appropriateness of car parking charges at National Health Service sites for staff is the responsibility of the local NHS trust. We have published the NHS Car Parking Principles which clearly state that concessions should be offered to groups who most need help, such as staff who cannot travel by public transport due to their shift pattern.</p><p>However, given it is the responsibility of the local NHS trust, the Department has no jurisdiction to reduce or eliminate hospital car parking charges for nurses, doctors and essential healthcare workers.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 27/06/2019 13:07:16 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1128045

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	If she will hold discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on the abolition of hospital car parking charges in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	910963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>The matter of hospital car parking is devolved in Northern Ireland and it would not be appropriate for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to intervene.</p><p><br>In the absence of devolved government it remains for NI Permanent Secretaries to take the decisions they believe necessary in line with the guidance the Secretary of State set out last November, to keep the country running.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 22/05/2019 14:00:54 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1082169

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	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, what consultation his Department has undertaken on the level and appropriateness of parking fines on issued in NHS hospital car parks.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
	uin	228785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not consulted on the appropriateness of parking fines issued in National Health Service hospital car parks.</p><p> </p><p>The level and appropriateness of car parking charges at NHS sites is the responsibility of the local NHS trust. As set out in the NHS Car Parking Principles we have always made clear that staff, patients and their families should not have to deal with the stress of complex and unfair charges. These were based on discussions with interested parties including NHS trusts and patients’ organisations.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 11/03/2019 17:14:53 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

1082369

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	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, what plans he has to reduce or eliminate hospital car parking charges for nurses, doctors and essential healthcare workers.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
	uin	228543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The level and appropriateness of car parking charges at National Health Service sites is the responsibility of the local NHS trust. We have published the NHS Car Parking Principles which clearly state that concessions should be offered to groups who most need help, such as staff who cannot travel by public transport due to their shift pattern.</p><p> </p><p>However, given it is the responsibility of the local NHS trust, the Department has no jurisdiction to reduce or eliminate hospital car parking charges for nurses, doctors and essential healthcare workers.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 11/03/2019 17:11:49 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

935012

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2018
	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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the feasibility of abolishing hospital parking charges in the last three months; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	161148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department keeps the issue of car parking charges under review following its 2015 guidance on National Health Service patient, visitor and staff car parking which is available at the following link:</p><p> </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>Income generated from parking charges is used to pay the costs of providing the parking e.g. maintenance, security and lighting, and avoid funds being taken from budgets for healthcare services. If any excess is generated, it is used to fund clinical services.</p><p> </p><p>NHS trusts make decisions locally about the provision of car parking to patients, visitors and staff, and are provided guidance by the Department in published car parking principles. The principles provide a sufficient mandate for trusts to take a responsible approach to charging, including recommendations to charge on exit and providing reduced costs.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 161149 question first answered 12/07/2018 13:47:04 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

935013

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2018
	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 the proceeds from hospital car parking charges are used.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	161149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department keeps the issue of car parking charges under review following its 2015 guidance on National Health Service patient, visitor and staff car parking which is available at the following link:</p><p> </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>Income generated from parking charges is used to pay the costs of providing the parking e.g. maintenance, security and lighting, and avoid funds being taken from budgets for healthcare services. If any excess is generated, it is used to fund clinical services.</p><p> </p><p>NHS trusts make decisions locally about the provision of car parking to patients, visitors and staff, and are provided guidance by the Department in published car parking principles. The principles provide a sufficient mandate for trusts to take a responsible approach to charging, including recommendations to charge on exit and providing reduced costs.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 161148 question first answered 12/07/2018 13:47:03 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

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

891407

	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 Trust hospital car parks in England use pay on exit facilities.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	138025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>The data is not collected in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>The Patient Led Assessment of the Care Environment (PLACE) system assesses the quality of the patient environment. It is a voluntary self-assessment which takes place annually, and applies to hospitals, hospices, and day treatment centres providing National Health Service-funded care. PLACE includes questions on car parking relating to the charging, concessions, and payment methods.</p><p> </p><p>The 2017 PLACE data shows:</p><p> </p><p>Total number of sites with payment on exit facilities (respondents) = 244</p><p>Number responded yes: 144 = 59%</p><p>Number responded no: 100 = 41%</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Total number of trusts with payment on exit facilities (respondents) = 118</p><p>Number responded yes: 94 = 80%</p><p>Number responded no: 24 = 20%</p><p> </p><p>The total number of organisations (including NHS Trusts) that responded was 279, providing assessment of 1,230 sites. All PLACE data is published at:</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 question first answered 03/05/2018 14:56:48 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

891409

	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 parking spaces there are in NHS Foundation Trust hospital parking facilities in England.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	138027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>National Health Service car parking data is collected annually through Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC). The latest ERIC data for 2016-17 shows that there are 282,940 parking spaces available at foundation trusts.</p><p> </p><p>All ERIC data for all trusts in England is 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> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 02/05/2018 13:02:51 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

891412

	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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2018 to Question 131749 on Hospitals: Parking, when his Department last reviewed its 2015 guidance on NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	138030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department keeps its 2015 guidance on National Health Service patient, visitor and staff car parking under review.</p><p> </p><p>NHS organisations have the autonomy to make decisions locally on the provision of charges and how car parking is managed for patients, visitors and staff, taking account of their local circumstances.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 02/05/2018 13:04:03 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon