Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 17350

Local Government: Parking

Tabled: 2 December 2024
Answered: 12 December 2024

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing local authorities to use automatic number plate recognition for car park management.

Answer

Alex Norris
Local Authorities are allowed to use ANPR and associated recording equipment for enforcing both on and off-street parking contraventions. However, the use of ANPR by Local Authorities as the sole means for enforcing parking contraventions is forbidden und...

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