Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to end monopoly control of off-road car parking in town centres by local authorities; and if he will make a statement.

Parking in town centres is provided by both private companies and local authorities. Local authority car parks are strongly regulated by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and the Traffic Management Act 2004. In 2015 the government published statutory guidance to assist Local Authorities in complying with the requirements of the legislation.