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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure equity in the level of fines that private parking companies levy on drivers.

Privately managed parking is currently self-regulating through the two parking trade associations, the British Parking Association (BPA) and the International Parking Community (IPC). Both bodies have Codes of Practice that cap parking fines at £100.

Government has had concerns about the current system of self-regulation and we are taking action to improve the situation for motorists through the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019.

On 3 November 2019, we announced we were contracting with the British Standards Institution (BSI) to develop a new Code of Practice for all private parking companies as a British Standard, to ensure the new regulation will be robust?and of the highest quality. This will consider a range of issues including the cap on parking charges.