Parking: Private Sector
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data his Department holds on the number of private parking charge notices issued annually in England; and what assessment he has made of trends in those figures over the last five years.
Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh
The government uses publicly available DVLA Keeper at Data of Event Enquiry (KADOE) data as a proxy for the number of private parking charges issued annually.
The following requests were made for car park management purposes.
Year | KADOE Requests (M) |
2018/19 | 6,905,359 |
2019/20 | 8,557,085 |
2020/21 | 4,507,308 |
2021/22 | 8,564,762 |
2022/23 | 11,052,986 |
2023/24 | 12,772,339 |
2024/25 | 14,381,119 |
Verbatim has judged this answer against the question that was actually asked — answered, partly answered, or evaded. Sign in to see the verdict →