Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 91619

NHS Trusts: Parking

Tabled: 17 November 2025
Answered: 24 November 2025

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op)Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the value of car parking income generated by NHS trusts in England; and how much was spent maintaining and operating car parks in those trusts in each year since 2015.

Answer

Karin Smyth

No estimate has been made of the car parking income generated by National Health Service trusts in England. The following table shows the income generated for car parking and car parking services costs for England from 2017/18 to 2023/24:

Year

Car parking services cost

Trust income from Car parking

2023/24

£77,232,171

£242,832,309

2022/23

£73,103,126

£192,526,790

2021/22

£71,364,527

£102,303,053

2020/21

£65,538,670

£53,149,162

2019/20

£70,037,633

£289,326,668

2018/19

£71,170,922

£271,777,916

2017/18

£28,936,526

£226,357,822

Source: the Estates Returns Information Collection, available at the following link:
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/estates-returns-information-collection