Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the provisions in the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 on pavement parking.

Local authorities have the necessary powers to permit pavement parking or to restrict it with enforceable measures. It is for those authorities to assess pavement parking in their respective areas. My Department’s guidance to local authorities makes clear that, during the appraisal of their parking policies, an authority should consider whether pavement parking is problematic in any part of its area. If it is, and is not covered by an existing Traffic Regulation Order, the authority should consider amending the existing Order or making a new one.