§ Viscount Simonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Which London boroughs have fully complied with the Secretary of State's parking guidance which requires them to produce a separate statement of account for on-street parking; how any surplus funding has been used; and what action has been taken against those London boroughs which have failed to comply with the parking guidance. [HL3758]
§ Lord WhittyThe information requested is shown in the table. My honourable friend the Minister for Transport in London has discussed the issue of late submission of accounts with the Association of London Government which will ensure that all the 1997–98 returns are made available once the local authority accounts are finalised. 187WA
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London Local Authorities—1996–97 Parking Accounts £000s Income Expenditure Net Income Comments Hammersmith & Fulham 9,188 4,226 4,962 Surplus used for CPZs (1,284), street lamps (128) public transport (2,400) and carry forward to 1997–98 (1,150) Haringey 1,766 1,874 (108) Deficit accrues to parking account Harrow 1,400 1,047 353 Surplus used as contribution to CPZs (58) and traffic management schemes (420) with (125) carried forward to deficit Havering 690 784 (94) Deficit made up from General Fund Hillingdon 1,159 943 216 Surplus used for on-street parking provision Hounslow 1,119 553 566 Surplus used for highway improvement (200) balance to parking reserve account Islington 4,170 2,513 1,657 Surplus applied against Concessionary Fares Kensington & Chelsea 21,131 8,782 12,349 Surplus used on concessionary fares (2,455), Taxicard (380), welfare transport (457), school permits (129), special needs and youth transport (561), other community transport (199), off-street car parking (1,100), lighting, traffic signs, pedestrian crossings (856), carriageway and footway improvements, street trees and verges (2,612), traffic management, safety and transportation (935) and gully cleansing (90) with balance to car parking reserve Kingston 1,097 1,007 90 Surplus used for public transport support (42), traffic management (38) and carry forward to 1997–98 (10) Lambeth 2,488 1,960 528 Surplus used for new CPZs Lewisham 3,476 2,777 699 Surplus accrues to parking account Merton 1,110 556 554 Surplus applied against Concessionary Fares Newham 1,399 1,760 (361) Deficit accrues to parking account Redbridge 1,396 1,217 179 Surplus used to finance off-street parking Richmond 3,224 2,006 1,218 Surplus used for public transport (50), traffic management (543), highway improvement (764) and car park improvements (29). [Note: Total=1,386 as income from off-street parking also allocated]. Southwark 2,488 1,708 780 Surplus used for refurbishment and implementation of off-street car parking (269) and major and minor road work (511) Sutton 1,139 834 305 Surplus plus surplus (54) from 1995–96 used to provide on-street parking schemes (90), improvements to car parks (202) and improvements to public transport (20) with remainder being retained in Reserve Tower Hamlets 3,934 3,708 226 Surplus applied against concessionary fares
London Local Authorities—1996–97 Parking Accounts £000s Income Expenditure Net Income Comments Waltham Forest 1,783 1,714 69 Surplus put towards off-setting deficit on off-street car parking account and design and implementation and extension of CPZs Wandsworth 4,745 4,544 201 Surplus used for CPZs (25) and carry forward to 1997–98 (176) Westminster 52,243 18,645 33,598 Surplus used as contribution to capital expenditure: on-street parking (715), off-street parking (468), highways and traffic improvement schemes (9,534), Departmental systems improvement (21), street trees and parks (119) and as a contribution to revenue expenditure: off-street parking (9,684), car parks business unit (517), highways and traffic improvement schemes (3,552), street lighting (1,299), gully cleansing (88), street trees (635), transport planning (90) concessionary fares and taxicard scheme (5,046), home to school transport (635). Remainder of surplus carried forward to 1997–98 Total 163,437 91,651 71,786 * Local authority account includes some off-street data.