§ Mr. Ronald Brownasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will state the number of private off-street car parking spaces for civil servants in central London provided by Her Majesty's Government, the criteria applied to decide the allocation of spaces to particular civil servants, the number of civil servants in each grade who are regularly allocated spaces, the payment, if any, made by the civil servants concerned for parking spaces and the steps taken to co-ordinate Civil Service policy in this respect with that of the Greater London Council.
§ Mr. ChannonI have been asked to reply.
There are 3,200 off-street car parking spaces controlled by my Department in and around buildings in central London. Apart from those reserved for visitors and official cars, these are allocated to the occupying Departments on the basis of their bids for places for disabled staff and for civil servants authorised to use their cars on official business: the question of payment does not therefore arise. Normal procedures for planning consultation for government offices in London ensure that current G.L.C. policies in respect of car parking are fully taken into account.