Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an estimate of how many NHS clinical staff were issued with parking penalty notices by NHS hospitals in the last year.

The information requested is not collected centrally. National Health Service trusts decide locally on their strategy for car parking based on their needs and the local environment. This will include when it is appropriate to issue parking penalty notices.

The Government has delivered on its commitment to ensure that free hospital car parking is provided for those with greatest need, which includes NHS staff working overnight. All NHS trusts that charge for car parking have implemented this policy.