Question follow-through · 52872

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of enabling local authorities to use CCTV enforcement to address unlawful pavement parking; and if she will bring forward legislative proposals to perm

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 16 May 2025
Target answer date: 20 May 2025
Answer: 22 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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16 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of enabling local authorities to use CCTV enforcement to address unlawful pavement parking; and if she will bring forward legislative proposals to perm
20 May 2025
Target answer date
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22 May 2025
Answer published
No assessment has been made of the use of CCTV cameras to address pavement parking. The use of CCTV for civil enforcement of parking restrictions is currently limited to contraventions occurring in ‘keep clear’ zig-zag areas outside schools, red routes, b...

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