Question follow-through · 12417
Parking: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the grace period where a motorist takes longer than the time allowed to pay but can evidence a full payment before leaving.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 25 Jun 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the grace period where a motorist takes longer than the time allowed to pay but can evidence a full payment before leaving.
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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25 Jun 2026
Answer published
The ten-minute grace period at the end of a paid-for parking period was introduced to recognise that drivers could arrive slightly late to their vehicle for reasons beyond their control. In this situation, a Civil Enforcement Officer (CEO) would be able t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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