Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 126939

Parking Offences

Tabled: 13 April 2026
Answered: 21 April 2026

Question

Kevin McKenna

LabourSittingbourne and Sheppey

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of (a) reduce the vehicles that are blocking pavements and (b) unroadworthy vehicles parked for long periods of time in public areas.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
Through measures in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill we will implement the necessary primary legislation to allow local transport authorities to prohibit pavement parking across their areas, putting power in the hands of local leaders...

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