Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 116795

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

Tabled: 2 March 2026
Answered: 5 March 2026

Question

Peter Dowd

LabourBootle

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's proposed timeline is for decriminalising pavement parking to enable local authorities to take enforcement action against vehicles parked on pavements.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
On 8 January 2026, I announced the publication of the government’s formal response to the 2020 public consultation 'Pavement parking: options for change' which sets out what the government plans to do to tackle pavement parking. In the first instance we p...

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