1. Please state the current fee for parking at the trust for one hour. (If there is no specific fee for one hour, please state the lowest possible time and cost) -
A) Current fee for parking between 0 and 3 hours is £1.90
2. Please state the fee for parking for one hour in 2018.
A) £1.90
3. Please tell me whether the hospital provides free parking for any of the following groups;
a) cancer patients – no
b) disabled patients – no
c) other patients who are frequent visitors to the trust – no
d) the relatives of patients who are frequent visitors – no
4. Please tell me if the hospital provides reduced parking for any of the following groups;
a) cancer patients – yes
b) disabled patients – no
c) other patients who are frequent visitors to the trust – yes
d) the relatives of patients who are frequent visitors – yes
5. If yes to question 4, please provide details.
A) The following paragraphs are taken from the car parking policy:
19.1
Both Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Burnley General Teaching Hospital have concessionary tickets available for visitors / patients who visit frequently. To qualify for concessionary parking you will need to complete a form which can be obtained from the car parking operators office. The form details the procedure for use.
19.2
In cases where you have been visiting for eight weeks you are entitled to a sixty day pass, this allows for unlimited parking use during the sixty day period. A new form will need to be completed at this stage.
6. Please state how much the trust collected in parking charges and fines in a) 2018/19 and b) 2017/18
a) 2018/19 – Information not currently available and to be published later in year
b) 2017/19 Parking charges - £103,952.59. Parking Fines £17,653.45 (Penalty Charge Notice Income based on reported financial year figures)
7. Does the trust hire any private firms to issue parking fines or clamp vehicles?
A) Yes for fines. We don’t clamp.
8. If yes to question 7, please provide the names of these firms
A) NCP for fines.