Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has carried out an impact assessment on the financial effect of withdrawing the health, care and volunteer workers parking pass from those eligible for that pass.

Departmental officials have had regular discussions with officials at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

No impact assessment has been undertaken. Local authorities are responsible for their own parking criteria and make decisions on providing this free parking locally.