Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2025 to Question 78690 on Car Parks: Surveillance, whether his Department plans to amend (a) guidance and (b) regulations on the use of automatic number plate recognition technology in municipal car parks.

I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave on 30^th October 2025 to question 85357 where I confirmed that the government has no plans to amend the current restrictions regarding Automatic Number Plate Recognition for local authorities.