Parking: Private Sector
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure that parking companies (a) behave appropriately towards their customers and (b) have adequate ticketing practices.
Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh
The Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 places a duty on the government to prepare a code of practice containing guidance about the operation and management of private parking facilities.
The government launched a consultation on 11th July 2025 which outlined its proposals for raising standards and protecting motorists.
All of the responses are now being analysed and the government will publish a response in due course.
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