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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

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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