Hospitals: Parking

(asked on 23rd May 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of hospitals have a policy of charging (a) blue badge holders and (b) carers for parking.


Answered by
Alistair Burt Portrait
Alistair Burt
This question was answered on 26th May 2016

Data is not collected centrally in the exact format requested. Data on car parking is collected annually through two collections.

The Estates Return Information Collection asks whether organisations charge for the use of designated disabled parking spaces. Of the 1,038 sites that have designated disabled car parking spaces 87% do not charge.

The Patient Led Assessment of the Care Environment asks about the number of sites that offer car parking charge concessions in accordance with the National Health Service patient, visitor and staff car parking principles. Of the 372 sites that charge for car parking, 86% offer concessions, which include either free car parking or reduced charges or caps.

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