Question follow-through · 127281

Parking Offences: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking following the trial of higher parking penalty charge notices in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council in August 2025.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 14 Apr 2026
Target answer date: 16 Apr 2026
Answer: 24 Apr 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

14 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking following the trial of higher parking penalty charge notices in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council in August 2025.
16 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Apr 2026
Answer published
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council has published a report on their month‑long trial of higher PCNs. The Department is reviewing the findings of this trial.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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