PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
NHS: Parking (31 January 2022)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of ending car parking charges for NHS workers.

Asked by:
Taiwo Owatemi (Labour)

Answer

Since March 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, National Health Service staff have been provided with free hospital car parking. The cost of funding Trusts to deliver this commitment is estimated at approximately £90 million per year.


Answered by:
Edward Argar (Conservative)
9 February 2022

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