Parking Code of Practice Consultation 2025 - now let's see what happens

Thorndorise

patient_dream said:

"so any company blocked from accessing it would be unable to pursue parking charges"

This will put many operators AT RISK

I guess, but only if it's not just hyperbole...

emcwill

Appreciate the consultation has closed but I wrote to my MP about my ongoing hideous experience with the disgusting Parking Control Management (will do a proper thread should I get to LBC but suffice to say they are chasing Keeper after driver entered wrong reg due to disability) and also experience local to me at Milton Country Park in Cambs. She passed my comments to MHCLG and sent me their responses yesterday. 

Nellymoser

Martin Wrigley MP tables questions x 3 to HCLG Minister 

https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions?SearchTerm="Private+parking"&DateFrom=09/07/2024&DateTo=22/07/2026&AnsweredFrom=&AnsweredTo=&House=Bicameral&Answered=Any&AnsweringBodyId=7&Expanded=True

Scroll down to the first question on 10th Oct Smart Parking get a special mention from Shockat Adam MP.

Umkomaas

Nellymoser said:

Martin Wrigley MP tables questions x 3 to HCLG Minister 

https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions?SearchTerm="Private+parking"&DateFrom=09/07/2024&DateTo=22/07/2026&AnsweredFrom=&AnsweredTo=&House=Bicameral&Answered=Any&AnsweringBodyId=7&Expanded=True

Scroll down to the first question on 10th Oct Smart Parking get a special mention from Shockat Adam MP.

Answered on

30 October 2025

This government is taking action to protect motorists.

The Department for Business and Trade provides annual funding to Citizens Advice to deliver general consumer information, education and to raise awareness. This includes the Annual Scams Awareness campaign which Citizens Advice run on behalf of the Consumer Protection Partnership.

That's alright then! 😩

Nellymoser

I came across this 11th Sept 2025 ICO decision  supporting MHCLG refusal to release information relating to Parking CoP.

https://ico.org.uk/media2/mndf0cyk/ic-363308-j6s8.pdf

The request was for electronic copies of the following documents under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

1. Impact assessment resulting from Call for Evidence: private parking charges and debt recovery fees. Launched 30 July 2023.

2. Minutes of department meetings with BPA, IPC and consumer working groups from 1/1/2022 to the present time.

Refusing to share information only fuels suspicion and distrust of this Ministerial Dept.

The MHCLG FOI team feed me similar cr*p excuses...'gives Ministers "safe space" to consider the policy' when I requested copy of the report on the responses received to Parking: Call for evidence consultation. A report that should have been published according to their own Consultation Principles.

Coupon-mad

I also found that ICO decision the other week. There's more of concern than first appears.

Look at what the MHCLG told the ICO about certain issues being "no longer on the table" and "no longer being considered". And they told them that BEFORE the Consultation.

1505grandad

Perhaps they all should be reminded of the Nolan Principles:-

https://www.civilservicecollege.org.uk/news-7-rules-for-public-life-the-nolan-principles-in-2024-551

"One of the main mechanisms for maintaining high standards across the public sector are the Seven Principles of Public Life, informally known as the Nolan Principles. Collectively, they form a set of values which underpin public service in the United Kingdom.

They are, as follows: 

1. Selflessness – Holders of public office always place the public interest before themselves.
2. Integrity – Holders of public office must not take unfairly decisions that benefit themselves or people they know and should report all conflicts of interest.
3. Objectivity – Holders of public office must act and take decisions impartially, fairly and on merit, using the best evidence and without discrimination or bias.
4. Accountability – Holders of public office are accountable to the public for their decisions and actions and must submit themselves to the scrutiny necessary to ensure this.
5. Openness – Holders of public office should act and take decisions in an open and transparent manner. Information should not be withheld from the public unless there are clear and lawful reasons for so doing.
6. Honesty – Holders of public office should be truthful.
7. Leadership – Holders of public office should act as examples to others and call out poor behaviour when they see it. " 

"The Nolan Principles are applicable to all who work in public life, whether a government minister, civil servant, police officer or local councillor. They also apply to private companies engaged in providing public services; for example, it could be argued that during the much-publicised Horizon Post Office scandal, the technology company Fujitsu fell short of the standards of openness and accountability expected when serving the public."

To much to hope I suppose.

patient_dream

All 7 points above, the government do not practice ?

If there was a point 8, it would be arrogance which this government is very good at