Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's guidance to NHS hospitals is on charging staff, patients and visitors to park their vehicles in NHS car parks.

National Health Service organisations are responsible locally for their own policy on car parking, taking into account operational circumstances and community interests.

The Department published clear guidelines (car parking principles) for NHS organisations that they are expected to follow. They can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles