Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health and Social Care
39 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0EU
www.gov.uk/dhsc
Mr Steve Baker
mailto:request-494639-
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26 July 2018
Dear Mr Baker
Freedom of Information Request Reference FOI-1138937
Thank you for your request dated 28 June 2018 in which you asked the Department of
Health and Social Care (DHSC)
:
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Documents used to support a statement
In a statement in response to a petition to Parliament headed Scrap car parking charges at
NHS Hospitals in England (please see https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/219650),
amongst other things your department stated the following:
Since introducing free parking at hospitals, Scotland and Wales have seen other issues
arise, such as illegitimate use and a lack of spaces.
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide suitably redacted copies
of the documents that were sourced in order to support this statement.
Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
DHSC holds information relevant to your request. However, as this information is in the public
domain, we will under Section 21 of the FOIA (information accessible to the applicant by other
means) refer you to the published source. Information is available at this link (which is typical of
news reports relating to this issue):
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/inverness/1488762/highland-msp-launches-parking-
campaign-for-raigmore-hospital/
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