Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 97679

Parking: Fines

Tabled: 5 December 2025
Answered: 9 December 2025

Question

Alex Ballinger

LabourHalesowen

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps to improve grace periods for parking fines and transparency for the appeal and enforcement process.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
A 10-minute grace period became mandatory for all councils in England on 6 April 2015. It applies at local authority owned or operated car parks and at the end of paid-for and free on-street parking in England. The grace period only applies at the end of ...

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