Question follow-through · 111421

Parking: Codes of Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to introduce a statutory code of practice for private parking operators.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled: 6 Feb 2026
Target answer date: 10 Feb 2026
Answer: 16 Feb 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

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Recorded timeline

6 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to introduce a statutory code of practice for private parking operators.
10 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Feb 2026
Answer published
This government is determined to drive up standards in the private parking sector. In accordance with the Private Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019, the government has recently consulted on its proposals for a new code of practice for private parking op...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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