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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many civil servants are working on his Department's response to the consultation, Parking reform: tackling unfair practices.

Parking policy is shared between DfT and DCLG. 72 people in my Department work on cities and local growth as part of a joint Cities and Local Growth Unit with BEIS. These are DCLG posts. The unit covers a range of policy areas including devolution, regeneration and reforms to off-street car parking.

The discussion paper last year entitled ‘Parking reform: tackling unfair practices’, sought thoughts and comments on the private parking sector. A summary of the responses was made available on 11 May 2016 by my Department. I am considering responses to the discussion paper, and options for further reform.