Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to take steps to facilitate the implementation of residential parking schemes in student areas in the event that non-residential landlords and students do not participate in those schemes.

Parking, including the operation of residential permit schemes, is the responsibility of local authorities and it is for them to determine what is best for their own area. Local authorities should ensure that their parking strategy takes account of transport and planning policies, so that the needs of the various road users are considered. Local councillors are responsible for ensuring that local decisions about traffic measures take account of the needs and opinions of local people.