FOI request (FOIR-148664195)

Staff parking costs, policies and procedures.

Requested Mon 07 October 2019
Responded Wed 23 October 2019

To help us understand how other local authorities manage car parking and car parking charges for staff, please answer the following questions:

1. Do you provide parking for staff?

2. How many car parking spaces are available for members of staff to use?

3. Are these spaces allocated to staff members via parking permits? If no please specify how parking for staff is managed.

4. Do you charge staff for parking?

5. If you do charge staff for parking, please confirm how much each staff member if charged per annum?

6. Do you charge staff members based on pay grade/salary?

7. Do you deduct the parking charges directly from the staff members salary?

8. Do you provide circumstantial discounts for staff parking e.g. part time staff, car shares etc.

9. Do you provide free parking for disabled blue badge holders?

10. If you do charge for staff parking, please provide electronic copies of procedures and processes for the application and payment of a parking permit.

11. If you do charge staff for parking, please provide electronic copies of staff parking regulations, policies and terms and conditions.

Response

1. Do you provide parking for staff?

Hastings Borough Council does not have a designated staff car park. Staff can purchase permits/season tickets. Details of our car parks, permits and season tickets can be found on our web site https://www.hastings.gov.uk/parking/.

2. How many car parking spaces are available for members of staff to use?

The permits/season tickets do not guarantee a parking space.

3. Are these spaces allocated to staff members via parking permits? If no please specify how parking for staff is managed.

N/A see above.

4. Do you charge staff for parking?

We do not have a designated staff car park. Staff can purchase permits/season tickets. Details of our car parks, permits and season tickets can be found on our web site https://www.hastings.gov.uk/parking/.

5. If you do charge staff for parking, please confirm how much each staff member if charged per annum?

We do not hold this information. We do not have a designated staff car park.

6. Do you charge staff members based on pay grade/salary?

N/A see above.

7. Do you deduct the parking charges directly from the staff members salary?

Salary deduction is an option for staff.

8. Do you provide circumstantial discounts for staff parking e.g. part time staff, car shares etc.

No.

9. Do you provide free parking for disabled blue badge holders?

Details for parking for blue badge holders can be found on our web site here https://www.hastings.gov.uk/parking/blue_badge/.

10. If you do charge for staff parking, please provide electronic copies of procedures and processes for the application and payment of a parking permit.

Permit applications and terms of issue can be found on our web site https://www.hastings.gov.uk/parking/seasontickets_permits/.

11. If you do charge staff for parking, please provide electronic copies of staff parking regulations, policies and terms and conditions.

N/A see above.