Musgrove Park Hospital: Parking

Mr. Jeremy Browne
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) revenue income and (b) estimated overhead cost of the parking charges scheme at Musgrove Park hospital in Taunton constituency was in each of the last 10 years.

Andy Burnham
Information is not available in the precise format required.

Data on the gross income that national health service trusts receive from car parking charges paid by staff and visitors have been collected since 2000. Information in respect of Musgrove Park hospital is in the table.

The Department does not collect information about the overhead costs that trusts will incur in providing car parking facilities.

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|       |Total income from car parking fees (£)|
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|2000-01|147,000                               |
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|2001-02|146,000                               |
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|2002-03|293,000                               |
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|2003-04|517,466                               |
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|2004-05|560,500                               |
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|2005-06|362,157                               |
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