Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has considered requiring NHS trusts to publish an annual breakdown of how net revenue from hospital car parking charges is used.
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 (35/100)
The reply gave concrete, relevant information: it pointed to existing annual data on NHS car parking income and running costs. It did not say whether the Department has considered requiring trusts to publish how their net parking revenue is used, which was the core of the question. A reference to a separate set of answers from 2 November does not fill that gap, so the question is only partly answered and the asker would likely need to follow up.
How we got there
| Question item | Coverage | Specificity | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whether the Department has considered requiring NHS trusts to publish an annual breakdown of how net revenue from hospital car parking charges is used. | Partially Addressed | Direct | The reply points to existing annual Estates Return Information Collection data on NHS car parking income and running costs, which is concrete and relevant. However, it never says whether the Department has considered requiring trusts to publish a breakdown of how net revenue is used, and the referral to 2 November answers does not fill that gap. The substitute is narrower than what was asked. |