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Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 on trends in the turnover of private car parking companies.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
7 Feb 2025
Target answer date
11 Feb 2025
Answer
17 Feb 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 on trends in the turnover of private car parking companies.

  2. 11 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Private parking companies regulate themselves through the two main trade associations which are independent of government. These are the British Parking Association (BPA) and the International Parking Community (IPC).The government, however, is aware of t...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Parking: Ownership

10 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will publish information held on registered owners of car parking sites.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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10 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will publish information held on beneficiaries of car parking sites.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Parking: Investment

10 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will publish information held on private equity group investment in car parking sites.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Parking: Fines

10 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to introduce a £50 cap for parking charge notices.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Parking: Fines

10 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to cap the level of fines issued by private parking companies.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Parking: Private Sector

10 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what meetings she has had with registered owners of car parking sites.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Parking: Private Sector

10 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with private carparking site registered (a) owners and (b) beneficiaries on the implementation of an independent parking regulator.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Parking: Regulation

10 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has received advice on the implementation of an independent parking regulator from car park (a) beneficiaries, (b) owners and (c) private equity groups.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Parking: Private Sector

10 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has received legal advice from third party organisations on the implementation of an independent parking regulator.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Parking: Regulation

10 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has received advice on the potential impact of independent parking regulation of the parking industry on private equity firms.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Parking: Private Sector

10 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will make an assessment of the benefits of a private parking model of profits based on penalty charge notices (i) issued and (ii) collected.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Local Government: Devon

11 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure adequate funding for local government in Devon.