§ Mr. Clive Bossomasked the Minister of Transport, in view of his recent statement that only l½d. of every 6d. put into parking meters is available to local authorities for the provision of off-street parking facilities, if he will review this method of parking control.
§ Mr. Tom FraserI am satisfied that parking meters are the best means of regulating street parking in central London and other heavily congested urban areas where the competition for parking space is intense. Moreover, the £600,000 net revenue that meters have contributed in London towards the cost of providing off-street garages is a great help to local authorities. Apart from this, any system of controlled parking is expensive to introduce and operate. Only meter schemes make any contribution towards these costs, which otherwise fall on public funds.