HC Deb 27 November 1991 vol 199 c504W
Sir Geoffrey Finsberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what guidance his Department has issued on the number of types of parking control that may apply in London boroughs.

Mr. Chope

A wide range of parking control systems is available to local authorities under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. The main systems and methods of payment are set out in a discussion document "Paying for Parking" issued by the Department last year and circulated to all local authorities in England.

Guidance is also available in "Roads and Traffic in Urban Areas"—1987—and "Highways and Traffic Management in London"—1985—both of which are available from HMSO.

Sir Geoffrey Finsberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many separate types of parking control he has authorised in the London boroughs of(a) Camden and (b) Wandsworth; and what information he has on the types of parking control in operation in each of those boroughs.

Mr. Chope

London boroughs have direct responsibility for the parking schemes they introduce. There is no systematic collection of data by the Department on controls operating in the boroughs. In the last three years, special approvals of parking equipment have been given in connection with schemes in Camden and Wandsworth as follows:

  • 22 October 1990
  • Special approval for electronic parking meters in London borough of Camden.
  • 22 November 1991
  • Special approval for Hampstead parking vouchers (London borough of Camden)
  • 2 March 1990
  • Special approval for electronic parking meter in London borough of Wandsworth.

Sir Geoffrey Finsberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what requests his Department has received from the London borough of Camden for approval of parking control schemes since January 1990; and what response his Department has made.

Mr. Chope

Generally, the Department's approval of parking control schemes is only required in respect of special approval for parking equipment, including vouchers, and any related special authorisation of non-prescribed traffic signs.

The only special approvals for parking equipment issued to Camden in the last three years have been those referred to today in my previous answer to my hon. Friend.