Question follow-through · 59124

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) local councils and (b) other local government bodies on using existing powers to (i) restrict and (ii) enforce restrictions on pavement parking.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 11 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 13 Jun 2025
Answer: 19 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

11 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) local councils and (b) other local government bodies on using existing powers to (i) restrict and (ii) enforce restrictions on pavement parking.
13 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Secretary of State has not had discussions with local councils or other local government bodies on the issue of pavement parking. The Department held a consultation in 2020 and has been considering the responses to the consultation and working through...

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