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Dept for Transport

Answer

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has made of the effects of decriminalised parking enforcement on the numbers of (a) traffic wardens and (b) parking enforcement officers in England. [223373] Charlotte Atkins: The Government have encouraged local authorities to take over responsibility for parking enforcement from the police and police traffic wardens. This allows authorities to provide more effective enforcement and to match that enforcement to their local transport objectives. Over 150 local authorities are now responsible for decriminalised parking enforcement, with parking attendants carrying out the enforcement on the street. This policy of transferring responsibility to local authorities is reflected in Home Office figures for the number of traffic wardens in England and Wales for the years 1999-2000 to 2003-04 (the most recent year for which figures are available), which are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 1999-2000 2,801 2000-01 2,538 2001-02 2,280 2002-03 2,108 2003-04 1,688 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Comparable figures for parking attendants employed by local authorities are not collected centrally.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c816W; 223373

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Enforcement Functions Local government Parking Staff Parking offences Parking attendants

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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