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Slump in car trips hits town hall coffers

Local Government

18 April 2020
Parking: lost income
Parking: lost income

 

Covid-19 could cost councils much more than the amount of emergency support the Government has made available to them.

Surrey County Council estimates that the virus will cost it £61.4m in the first half of 2020/21. This includes additional expenditure, a shortfall in income, and £18m of budgeted efficiencies that are unlikely to be realised.

Surrey received £25.2m from the Government’s £1.6bn emergency funding for councils in England that was announced in March. Of this, £1.4bn was based on the adult social care funding formula and the remaining £0.2bn on general need.    

Car parking is one of the big income losses for councils. Many have suspended on-street and off-street charges and far fewer motorists are using car parks anyway because of the movement restrictions imposed on the public by the Government. 

Surrey may waive parking charges for a period after the Covid-19 restrictions end. It says a car parking charge “amnesty” for shoppers/residents for a period after Covid-19 would support the “revitalisation of our high streets and retail centres”.

Brighton & Hove City Council had budgeted for on- and off-street parking income of £39.5m in 2020/21 but Covid-19 will reduce this substantially.

Neighbouring East Sussex County Council has deferred planned increases to on-street pay and display and permit charges that were due for implementation on 27 April until at least 1 July. The changes were expected to generate an extra £2.0m a year.

Head of Fleet Management
Brighton & Hove Council
Hollingdean Depot
£61,050 - £66,734
Deputy Team Leader - Transport Planning
London Borough of Havering
Town Hall, Romford, Essex, RM1 3BB, GB
Grade 9 £51,093 - £55,155 pa
Deputy Team Leader - Transport Planning
London Borough of Havering
Town Hall, Romford, Essex, RM1 3BB, GB
Grade 9 £51,093 - £55,155 pa
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