Question reference: S6W-13971
- Date lodged: 17 January 2023
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Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 31 January 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the Workplace Parking Levy, how much money the policy has collected since March 2022; how many local authorities (a) currently implement the policy and (b) have signalled their intention to introduce the levy in the future.
Answer
The Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 introduced a discretionary power for local authorities to implement workplace parking licencing (WPL) schemes. It will be for local authorities to decide whether they wish to implement WPL locally and to shape proposals to suit local circumstances.
To date, no local authorities have implemented a WPL scheme and therefore no revenue has been collected under a WPL scheme.
The Workplace Parking Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2022 require local authorities to notify Scottish Ministers when publishing notification of a scheme proposal. There is no requirement for local authorities to register their interest in introducing a WPL scheme with Scottish Ministers before they have formally published a scheme proposal (such as during initial scoping or exploration of a scheme).
While no notifications of scheme proposals have yet been received, I am aware that local authorities may be considering how best to use the new powers. For example, the City of Edinburgh Council has included plans to take forward a WPL scheme as part of its published City Mobility Plan 2021-2030 and are continuing to scope such a scheme. I am also aware that WPL is under consideration in Glasgow as part of their Local Transport Strategy policy framework.