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857659

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Churches: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what funding is available for church infrastructure projects.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	904239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Church Commissioners provide financial and administrative support to cathedrals and dioceses. It is up to each self-governing church or cathedral to raise funds for development projects, and the National Church Institutions provide advice and support.</p><p>The changing priorities and declining budget of the Heritage Lottery Fund is a matter of concern, as this is where much fundraising money comes from; officers at national level continue to work with the Heritage Lottery Fund on the specific issues churches face. The HLF is currently reviewing its strategic priorities and I would encourage all Hon. members to consider sending in a response, making the importance of churches as community assets clear.</p><p>The Church of England has been in discussions with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and HM Treasury about the current underspend of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, realocating the underspend would enable the Church to deliver a number of the recommendations in the Taylor Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 08/03/2018 14:53:55 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

852651

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2018
	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 information his Department holds on the number of NHS hospitals in England which prioritise parking for staff whose daily duties require them to travel by car.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	130647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service car parking data including the number of NHS hospitals that charge for disabled car parking is collected annually through Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC).</p><p> </p><p>All ERIC data 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><p> </p><p>The 2016-17 figures show that out of 1,043 hospital sites that have designated disabled parking, 132 charge for disabled parking which includes disabled people, people with temporary disabilities as well as Blue Badge holders.</p><p> </p><p>The provision of parking spaces and the level of any charges that are made to use them are matters for individual NHS trusts. NHS organisations must have the autonomy to make decisions that best suit their local circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Details of charges, concessions and additional charges should be well publicised including at car park entrances, wherever payment is made and inside the hospital. They should also be included on the hospital website and on patient letters and forms, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published clear guidelines (the car parking principles) for National Health Service organisations that they are expected to follow. The guidelines are 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>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> </p><p>The NHS trust remains responsible for the actions of any private contractor they may employ to manage their hospital car parking service.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 130646 130650 130651 130652 130653 question first answered 08/03/2018 15:37:56 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

852654

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2018
	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 information his Department holds on the number of NHS hospitals in England which manage their own parking facilities.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	130650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service car parking data including the number of NHS hospitals that charge for disabled car parking is collected annually through Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC).</p><p> </p><p>All ERIC data 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><p> </p><p>The 2016-17 figures show that out of 1,043 hospital sites that have designated disabled parking, 132 charge for disabled parking which includes disabled people, people with temporary disabilities as well as Blue Badge holders.</p><p> </p><p>The provision of parking spaces and the level of any charges that are made to use them are matters for individual NHS trusts. NHS organisations must have the autonomy to make decisions that best suit their local circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Details of charges, concessions and additional charges should be well publicised including at car park entrances, wherever payment is made and inside the hospital. They should also be included on the hospital website and on patient letters and forms, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published clear guidelines (the car parking principles) for National Health Service organisations that they are expected to follow. The guidelines are 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>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> </p><p>The NHS trust remains responsible for the actions of any private contractor they may employ to manage their hospital car parking service.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 130646 130647 130651 130652 130653 question first answered 08/03/2018 15:37:56 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

852655

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2018
	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 information his Department holds on the number of NHS hospitals in England which have outsourced the management of their parking facilities to a private company.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	130651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service car parking data including the number of NHS hospitals that charge for disabled car parking is collected annually through Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC).</p><p> </p><p>All ERIC data 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><p> </p><p>The 2016-17 figures show that out of 1,043 hospital sites that have designated disabled parking, 132 charge for disabled parking which includes disabled people, people with temporary disabilities as well as Blue Badge holders.</p><p> </p><p>The provision of parking spaces and the level of any charges that are made to use them are matters for individual NHS trusts. NHS organisations must have the autonomy to make decisions that best suit their local circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Details of charges, concessions and additional charges should be well publicised including at car park entrances, wherever payment is made and inside the hospital. They should also be included on the hospital website and on patient letters and forms, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published clear guidelines (the car parking principles) for National Health Service organisations that they are expected to follow. The guidelines are 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>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> </p><p>The NHS trust remains responsible for the actions of any private contractor they may employ to manage their hospital car parking service.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 130646 130647 130650 130652 130653 question first answered 08/03/2018 15:37:56 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

852650

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2018
	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 information his Department holds on the number of NHS hospitals in England which have introduced free parking or concessionary rates for staff who car-share since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	130646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service car parking data including the number of NHS hospitals that charge for disabled car parking is collected annually through Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC).</p><p> </p><p>All ERIC data 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><p> </p><p>The 2016-17 figures show that out of 1,043 hospital sites that have designated disabled parking, 132 charge for disabled parking which includes disabled people, people with temporary disabilities as well as Blue Badge holders.</p><p> </p><p>The provision of parking spaces and the level of any charges that are made to use them are matters for individual NHS trusts. NHS organisations must have the autonomy to make decisions that best suit their local circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Details of charges, concessions and additional charges should be well publicised including at car park entrances, wherever payment is made and inside the hospital. They should also be included on the hospital website and on patient letters and forms, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published clear guidelines (the car parking principles) for National Health Service organisations that they are expected to follow. The guidelines are 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>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> </p><p>The NHS trust remains responsible for the actions of any private contractor they may employ to manage their hospital car parking service.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 130647 130650 130651 130652 130653 question first answered 08/03/2018 15:37:56 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

852657

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2018
	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 information his Department holds on the number of NHS hospitals in England which have entered into a Private Finance Initiative associated with their parking facilities since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	130653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service car parking data including the number of NHS hospitals that charge for disabled car parking is collected annually through Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC).</p><p> </p><p>All ERIC data 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><p> </p><p>The 2016-17 figures show that out of 1,043 hospital sites that have designated disabled parking, 132 charge for disabled parking which includes disabled people, people with temporary disabilities as well as Blue Badge holders.</p><p> </p><p>The provision of parking spaces and the level of any charges that are made to use them are matters for individual NHS trusts. NHS organisations must have the autonomy to make decisions that best suit their local circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Details of charges, concessions and additional charges should be well publicised including at car park entrances, wherever payment is made and inside the hospital. They should also be included on the hospital website and on patient letters and forms, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published clear guidelines (the car parking principles) for National Health Service organisations that they are expected to follow. The guidelines are 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>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> </p><p>The NHS trust remains responsible for the actions of any private contractor they may employ to manage their hospital car parking service.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 130646 130647 130650 130651 130652 question first answered 08/03/2018 15:37:57 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

852656

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2018
	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 information his Department holds on the number of NHS hospitals in England which have a Private Finance Initiative contract associated with their parking facilities.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	130652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service car parking data including the number of NHS hospitals that charge for disabled car parking is collected annually through Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC).</p><p> </p><p>All ERIC data 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><p> </p><p>The 2016-17 figures show that out of 1,043 hospital sites that have designated disabled parking, 132 charge for disabled parking which includes disabled people, people with temporary disabilities as well as Blue Badge holders.</p><p> </p><p>The provision of parking spaces and the level of any charges that are made to use them are matters for individual NHS trusts. NHS organisations must have the autonomy to make decisions that best suit their local circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Details of charges, concessions and additional charges should be well publicised including at car park entrances, wherever payment is made and inside the hospital. They should also be included on the hospital website and on patient letters and forms, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published clear guidelines (the car parking principles) for National Health Service organisations that they are expected to follow. The guidelines are 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>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> </p><p>The NHS trust remains responsible for the actions of any private contractor they may employ to manage their hospital car parking service.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 130646 130647 130650 130651 130653 question first answered 08/03/2018 15:37:56 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

851577

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Admissions
	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 patients stayed at an NHS hospital in England for 30 days or longer in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	130340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Information is shown in the following table which is a count of finished discharged episodes (FDEs)<sup>1</sup> with a spell duration<sup>2</sup> of 14 or 30 days or longer in National Health Service hospitals for the financial year 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>This is a count of hospital episodes, not individual patients, as the same person may have been admitted into an NHS hospital on more than one occasion.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Duration</p></td><td><p>Total FDEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>14 days</p></td><td><p>763,851</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>30 days</p></td><td><p>271,569</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>A FDE indicates whether the episode is a finished discharge episode (whether the patient was discharged at the end of the episode).</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup>The difference in days between the admission date and the discharge date, where both dates are given.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 130339 question first answered 08/03/2018 17:10:10 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

851576

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Admissions
	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 patients stayed at an NHS hospital in England for 14 days or longer in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	130339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Information is shown in the following table which is a count of finished discharged episodes (FDEs)<sup>1</sup> with a spell duration<sup>2</sup> of 14 or 30 days or longer in National Health Service hospitals for the financial year 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>This is a count of hospital episodes, not individual patients, as the same person may have been admitted into an NHS hospital on more than one occasion.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Duration</p></td><td><p>Total FDEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>14 days</p></td><td><p>763,851</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>30 days</p></td><td><p>271,569</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>A FDE indicates whether the episode is a finished discharge episode (whether the patient was discharged at the end of the episode).</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup>The difference in days between the admission date and the discharge date, where both dates are given.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 130340 question first answered 08/03/2018 17:10:10 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

851585

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS hospitals in England have introduced (a) free parking and (b) concessionary rates for volunteers since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	130348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The information is not collected in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service car parking data is collected annually through Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC). All ERIC data 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><p> </p><p>The 2016-17 figures show that out of 1,043 hospital sites that have designated disabled parking, 132 charge for disabled parking which includes disabled people, people with temporary disabilities as well as Blue Badge holders.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the latest ERIC car parking data for 2017</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parking spaces available (Number)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>452,379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Designated disabled parking spaces (Number)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23,660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average fee charged per hour for patient/visitor parking (£)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average fee charged per hour for staff parking (£)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.19</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>Do you charge for disabled parking (Yes/No/None)</p></td><td><p>Yes</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>925</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>None</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,170</p></td></tr></tbody></table><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 NHS funded care. PLACE includes questions on car parking relating to the charging, concessions, and payment methods, including “Does the organisation provide car parking charge concessions?”:</p><p> </p><p>Total responses = 391</p><p> </p><p>Yes = 346 = 88%</p><p> </p><p>No = 45 = 12%</p><p> </p><p>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><p> </p><p>The Department published clear guidelines (the car parking principles) for NHS organisations that they are expected to follow. However, the provision of parking spaces and the level of any charges are matters for individual NHS trusts. NHS organisations must have the autonomy to make decisions that best suit their local circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Details of charges, concessions and additional charges should be well publicised including at car park entrances, wherever payment is made and inside the hospital. They should also be included on the hospital website and on patient letters and forms, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>As the guidance makes clear, 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> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 130341 130342 130343 130344 130345 130346 130347 question first answered 08/03/2018 15:43:19 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon