Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment is Department has made of the effect of NHS hospitals in England charging staff to park on the area surrounding the hospital on people who live in that area.
The information requested is not collected centrally.
National Health Service organisations have the autonomy to make decisions locally on the provision of charges and how car parking is managed for patients, visitors and staff, taking account of their local circumstances.
The Department keeps its 2015 guidance on NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking regularly under review.