HC Deb 03 February 1998 vol 305 cc629-30W
50. Mr. Bercow

To ask the Minister of Transport what assessment he has made of the cost of policing and monitoring a system of taxing workplace car parking. [24938]

Ms Glenda Jackson

The Government are considering whether a levy on non-residential parking should form part of the package of measures that will constitute its integrated transport policy. Among the issues being assessed are the administrative and enforcement implications of any such levy.

Mr. Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make it his policy to introduce a charge on car parking spaces provided by employers. [27158]

Angela Eagle

Greater use of the price mechanism to influence travel choice, which might include a levy on non-residential parking, is one of the range of options being studied as part of the preparation of the forthcoming White Paper that will set out the Government's integrated transport policy.