Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 81640

Parking: Disability

Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 16 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Sojan Joseph

LabourAshford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending eligibility for disabled parking bays for people who are of state pension age with mobility issues but are not in receipt of the higher ra

Answer

Simon Lightwood
Part IV of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 provides local authorities with powers to mark out bays for specific purposes, issue local parking permits, and use Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) to reserve spaces for specific purposes. This can be a vol...

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