Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 104047

Parking Offences: Surrey Heath

Tabled: 7 January 2026

Answered: 12 January 2026

Question

Dr Al Pinkerton

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of protections for parking enforcement officers subject to (a) physical and (b) verbal abuse in Surrey Heath constituency.

Answer

Simon Lightwood

No such assessment has been made by this Department. The Department's statutory guidance for local authorities in England on civil enforcement of parking contraventions recommends local authorities maintain regular liaison with the police to help to ensur...

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