Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the updated statutory fees guidance for recovery operators.

The Home Office does not issue statutory fees guidance. The Home Office’s role is limited to setting the statutory fees which the Police and National Highways can levy when they have exercised their vehicle recovery powers.

In May 2021, the Home Office launched a consultation seeking views on new levels of fees applied to the removal, storage and disposal of vehicles in England and Wales. The Home Office is finalising arrangements to publish the Government Response to the statutory fees is consultation shortly.

The Government does recognise the changing situation involved in removal, storage, disposal and complexity recovering electric vehicles that contribute to additional costs and scenarios for electric vehicles.