§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much in total has been spent by his Department on parking fines on behalf of vehicles used by Government Departments in each year since 1973.
§ Sir George Young[pursuant to his reply, 9 June 1986, c. 19]: The details of parking fines paid in London by the Department of the Environment for GCS vehicles used by all Departments between 1975 and 1979 were provided to my hon. Friend the Member for Falmouth and Camborne (Mr. Mudd) on 23 June 1980, at column 71, as follows:
£ 1975 302.00 1976 600.00 1977 414.00 1978 498.00 1979 408.00 Department records for the period covered by that reply and for the earlier period 1973–74 are no longer available.
The sums paid in respect of Government car service vehicles in each of the years between 1980 and 1985 are as follows:
£ 1980 608.00 1981 2,140.00 1982 1,906.00 1983 4,699.00 1984 6,600.00 1985 4,334.50 In March 1982 the standard parking fine was increased from £6 to £10.