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Question follow-through · 74027

Parking: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of instructing the DVLA to audit car park operator records in cases where a recurring pattern of disputes over charges has been identified.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
3 Sept 2025
Answer
9 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of instructing the DVLA to audit car park operator records in cases where a recurring pattern of disputes over charges has been identified.

  2. 3 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The law allows the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) to provide vehicle keeper information to parking companies so that they can contact the registered keepers of vehicles which may have been parked on private land in breach of the terms and cond...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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