Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to lay secondary legislation giving local authorities powers to enforce against vehicles that unnecessarily obstruct pavements, including the issuing of Penalty Charge Notices.

The Department for Transport plans to introduce secondary legislation in January 2027 to enable local authorities with civil parking enforcement powers to issue penalty charge notices where a vehicle is parked in a way that unnecessarily obstructs the pavement.