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Hospital Parking

Volume 455: debated on Tuesday 16 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average cost per hour is for parking at hospitals in (a) England, (b) the Midlands and (c) Staffordshire. (114262)

The average (median) hourly cost of hospital parking for staff and visitors in 2005-06 is in the table.

Average fee charges per hour for patient visitor parking (£)

England

0.83

Midlands (as defined by Birmingham and Black Country, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland, Shropshire and Staffordshire, Trent and West Midlands Strategic Health Authority (SHA) boundaries).

1.00

Staffordshire (Shropshire and Staffordshire SHA)

0.59

Note:

The information is based on data provided voluntarily by the national health service and has not been amended centrally. NHS trusts that have provided no data or made a zero return were excluded from the calculation.