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Driving: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of the current caps on the values of fines available to local authorities outside London on driver behaviour.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
24 Apr 2025
Target answer date
30 Apr 2025
Answer
30 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of the current caps on the values of fines available to local authorities outside London on driver behaviour.

  2. 30 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    No recent assessment has been made. A number of parking sector stakeholders conducted research recently into this complex issue, and it has been submitted to the Department. Officials will be reviewing the research and its findings in due course.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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