To ask Her Majesty's Government whether private parking companies are required to display a person's right of appeal on the face of a parking penalty notice. [HL2716]

A private landowner is entitled to decide the terms and conditions on which his or her land is available for parking. Having decided on the terms and conditions of use, a landowner is also entitled to take action to enforce them, as long as that enforcement does not break any laws.

There is no specific legal requirement for the landowner to tell the motorist how a complaint may be made.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will encourage councils responsible for the civil enforcement of traffic violations to publish on their websites (a) their parking and traffic management policy, (b) their enforcement policy, (c) their enforcement targets and progress in achieving them, and (d) their performance indicators for their parking management and progress in achieving them. [HL2807]

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will encourage councils responsible for the civil enforcement of traffic violations to publish on their websites the number of civil enforcement officers they employ. [HL2808]

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will encourage councils responsible for the civil enforcement of traffic violations to publish on their websites the information they supply to the Home Office and the Department for Transport. [HL2809]

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will encourage councils responsible for the civil enforcement of traffic violations to publish on their websites (a) how they use income from on-street parking charges and enforcement measures, and (b) details of any projects they intend to fund with surplus income. [HL2810]

The statutory guidance to local authorities on the civil enforcement of parking contraventions (February 2008) says that enforcement authorities should publish an annual report about their enforcement activities, covering at least the financial, statistical and other data (including any parking or civil parking enforcement targets) set out in that guidance. Chapter 4 of the Department's Operational Guidance to local authorities on Parking Policy and Enforcement (March 2008) contains further recommendations, including the recommendation that annual reports are published on the authority's website. Collectively, these guidance documents already encourage local authorities to publicise extensive details of their civil parking enforcement activities including the specified information.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will encourage councils responsible for the civil enforcement of traffic violations to publish on their websites a map of all their parking restrictions. [HL2811]

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will encourage councils responsible for the civil enforcement of traffic violations to publish on their websites their Traffic Regulation Orders. [HL2812]

Procedural requirements for Traffic Regulation Orders are set out in the Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Procedure Regulations 1992 (SI 1992/1215) and the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996 (SI 1996/2489). There are no requirements for the publication of Traffic Regulation Orders or maps of parking restrictions on websites.

Traffic Regulation Order procedures are being reconsidered as part of the Department for Transport’s Traffic Signs Policy Review. We expect the review will lead in due course to updated and improved legislative arrangements and guidance that reflect best practice, including best use of information technology.