§ Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Minister of Transport what is the approximate average of unused parking capacity in the Hyde Park and other publicly-built garages in London; and to what extent this unused parking space is due to the disparity between the charges imposed for garage and meter parking, respectively.
§ Mr. MarplesAt the present time there are usually some 600 spaces in the Park Lane garage available on week days, and about 600 more in the other publicly-built garages in central London. A good deal of the unused space is due to parking meter spaces, which are at present cheaper than garages, being improperly and unfairly used by long-term parkers. The higher meter charges proposed in my Department's bookletParking—the Next Stage would encourage the proper division of use between meters and off-street car parks.