§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS hospital trusts levy charges for visitor car parking; what is the annual income raised by such 587W charges; and if he has circulated advice to trusts on the waiving of charges, including penalties, in cases of emergency or on compassionate grounds. [106015]
§ Ms StuartThe number of National Health Service trusts charging for visitor car parking is not collected centrally. The amount raised from car park charges is not separately identified within trust financial returns. Advice issued to trusts in 1996 on car parking charges suggested that special consideration needed to be given to the needs of some categories of visitors and staff.