FOI_8353

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8353

Date Request Received: 30/12/2024 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 20/01/2025 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Parking Charges and Spend

Request Category: Private Individuals


Question Number 1: I would like to raise a freedom of information request for Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust regarding the value created from Parking Charges on site, and how / where this value is invested. Please note, I have included information which was provided under both FOI_7836 & FOI_8004. Please could a representative of the Trust advise on the below requests: 1. Under FOI_8004, the Trust advised that the money obtained from Staff and Visitor parking charges in 2023/24 was £1,388,790 (Staff: £604,022 & Visitors: £784,768). Please advise what the current value in 2024/25 (year to date) which has been collected in parking charges a. If possible, please provide separate figures for Staff and Patients / Visitors

Answer To Question 1: Car parking income to Month 8 (November) was £1.42m, split staff £495k and patients £926k.

Question Number 2: Under FOI_7836, the Trust advised that its annual spend for parking maintenance (provided by APCOA) was £22,546 per annum. a. Please advise what the revenue spend is currently for parking maintenance in 2024/25. b. Where possible, please advise if any ad-hoc spend has been required in 2024/25 for parking maintenance, outside of the annual cost referenced above.

Answer To Question 2: Maintenance spend in 24-25 is forecast to be £11,974. None of this is ad-hoc.

Question Number 3: Please advise where the additional funding produced from the car park charges, outside of the spend on parking maintenance (based on 2023/24 figures, this equates to c. £1,366,244) is spent within Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust? a. If possible, please advise whether the decision to direct this funding is made on an annual basis, and if so who is the primary decision-maker on where this money is spent.

Answer To Question 3: It is not possible to answer this question as car park income is not allocated to specific areas of the hospital.

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