Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to require NHS trusts to publish separately the gross income, operating costs and net revenue generated by hospital car parking charges.
Answer
Data on the income received from NHS car parking and the costs of running those car parks is published in the annual Estates Return Information Collection at the link below: https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/estates-returns-information-collection On the wider issue of hospital car parking, I refer the Hon. Member to the answers given on 2 November to Questions 37611-13 .
Verdict: AMBER (30/100)
The reply only partly answered the question, and its answer was hedged. It pointed to existing income and running-cost data collected through the Estates Return Information Collection, and to an earlier answer, but did not say whether the Department will require trusts to publish these figures separately. It also did not confirm that the data is split into gross income, operating costs and net revenue. A member of the public would likely need to ask again for these specifics.
How we got there
| Question item | Coverage | Specificity | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whether the Department plans to require NHS trusts to publish separately the gross income, operating costs and net revenue generated by hospital car parking charges. | Partially Addressed | Hedged | The reply never says whether the Department plans to require trusts to publish these figures separately, which is the forward-looking point asked. It points only to existing income and running-cost data in the Estates Return Information Collection and to an earlier answer, without confirming that the data is split into gross income, operating costs and net revenue. |