Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to accelerate the onboarding of local authorities to the National Parking Platform; and what estimate her Department has made of the number of unique motorists currently served by or able to benefit from the signed-up local authorities.

The Department is supporting the National Parking Platform (NPP) and encouraging local authority participation. The Government’s Better Connected strategy promotes simpler, more consistent digital payments for road use, and Local Transport Plan guidance already sets out expectations for local authorities to consider how digital services, including parking, can improve journeys and support NPP adoption.

The NPP is now processing over 12 million parking transactions per year.