Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that NHS key workers are exempt from hospital car parking charges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Free car parking for National Health Service staff was announced on 25 March 2020 for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. This remains the Government’s position and funding has been provided to trusts to support this commitment.

Since October 2020, additional funding for the delivery of free staff parking is included as part of trusts’ overall systems allocation. The system funding allocation guidance provided to trusts sets out that money for free staff car parking is provided. A copy of Guidance on finance and contracting arrangements for H1 2021/22 is attached.