Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 127338

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

Tabled: 14 April 2026
Answered: 22 April 2026

Question

Victoria Collins

Liberal DemocratHarpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Statutory Instrument required to enable civil enforcement against unnecessary pavement obstruction has been drafted; and when he plans to lay that instrument before Parliament.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
The Statutory Instrument is being drafted and will be laid before Parliament by the end of the year.