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NHS: Parking

Asked by Liz JarvisLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 17 October 2025UIN 81430

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to update the NHS Car Parking Guidance 2022 for NHS Trusts and NHS Foundation Trusts.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Department currently has no plans to review National Health Service car parking guidance. Free hospital car parking is available to the groups that are most in-need, including disabled people, frequent outpatient attenders, the parents of sick children staying overnight, and staff working night shifts.

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