Transport - Seventh Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 14 June 2006.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
REPORT
1 INTRODUCTION
2 ENFORCEMENT
Civil parking enforcement
Two systems of parking enforcement
Advantages of a single decriminalised enforcement
system
3 STATUTORY
GUIDANCE
The advantages of specific guidance
The need for revised guidance
4 TRANSPARENCY
Publication of annual statistics
Parking as an income generator for local
authorities
Enforcement contracts and incentives
Scrutiny of local authority parking operations
5 REPRESENTATIONS
Grounds for considering representations
Fourteen day discount
Professional service, costs, compensation
6 APPEALS
TO THE PARKING ADJUDICATORS
Independence of the adjudicators and
quality of service
Lack of awareness of the right to appeal
Powers of the adjudicators
Investigating maladministration
The importance of developing the adjudication
service
7 PROPORTIONALITY
'Wheel clamping' and vehicle removal
Penalties for persistent offenders
Foreign-registered vehicles
Clamping on private land
Bailiffs
8 STAFF
9 TRAFFIC
REGULATION ORDERS
10 LOADING
AND UNLOADING
Provision of loading capacity
11 PARKING
STRATEGIES
Parking as a traffic management tool
Guidance for local transport planning
Good practice guidance on parking strategies
12 PARKING
ACCESSIBILITY
Road safety
'Blue Badge' scheme
Parking space: capacity and demand
13 PUBLICITY
AND CONSULTATION
Consultation, consent, engagement
14 TECHNOLOGY
AND DATABASES
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
register
Continuous vehicle registration
Access to DVLA data
New technologies for parking
Technology for enforcement
Technology for processing tickets
15 CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
ANNEX - VISIT NOTE
FORMAL MINUTES
WITNESSES
LIST OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE
LIST OF UNPRINTED WRITTEN EVIDENCE
REPORTS FROM THE TRANSPORT COMMITTEE SINCE
2005
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 748-II)
WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 748-II)
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