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Parking Offences: Debt Collection

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure equitable parking enforcement debt collection practices.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Department for Transport
Tabled
4 Feb 2025
Target answer date
6 Feb 2025
Answer
12 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure equitable parking enforcement debt collection practices.

  2. 6 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    To ensure an enforcement regime that is fair and proportionate, the Department for Transport published the ‘Statutory guidance for local authorities in England on civil enforcement of parking contraventions’, which sets out the appropriate debt collection...

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