Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many private parking operators have had their access to DVLA data blocked since the introduction of the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019.

We are currently working to implement the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019. The British Standards Institution (BSI) have convened a stakeholder group to write the Code, comprising representatives from the parking industry, consumer groups, standards bodies and the retail sector. A first draft of the Code has now been produced. It will be subject to a public consultation in the coming months place to give the parking industry, the public and other interested parties the opportunity to have a say.