# Parking income in North Hertfordshire

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updated: 29 September 2026
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# Parking income in North Hertfordshire



Last updated 29 September 2026.
Figures refresh every night. [How each figure is worked out](/methodology/).





In 2025–26 North Hertfordshire took **£3.4m** in parking income and spent £3.4m, a **deficit of £0.0m** against £-0.2m in 2024–25 (+91%), the 253rd largest of 290 councils in England. Penalty charges brought in £0.6m. Figures are from the council's own return to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.



Figures for the 2025–26 financial year. Source:
[Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-revenue-outturn-multi-year-data-set).





## Key figures



- £-0.01mParking deficit

▲
2025–26
- £3.41mParking income

▲
2025–26
- £3.43mSpending on parking

▲
2025–26
- £0.58mPenalty charge income

▲
2025–26
- 253 of 290Rank in England, largest surplus first


2025–26




Source: [Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-revenue-outturn-multi-year-data-set).






## How much has North Hertfordshire made from parking each year?




**North Hertfordshire: parking income, spending and surplus, £ million**










**The numbers behind this chart**





| Year | Income | Spending | Surplus |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2017–18Details | £3.53m | £2.65m | £0.88m |
| Spending£2.65mSurplus£0.88m | | | |
| 2018–19Details | £2.95m | £1.93m | £1.03m |
| Spending£1.93mSurplus£1.03m | | | |
| 2019–20Details | £3.09m | £2.31m | £0.78m |
| Spending£2.31mSurplus£0.78m | | | |
| 2020–21Details | £1.46m | £2.01m | £-0.55m |
| Spending£2.01mSurplus£-0.55m | | | |
| 2021–22Details | £2.58m | £2.35m | £0.23m |
| Spending£2.35mSurplus£0.23m | | | |
| 2022–23Details | £2.83m | £2.64m | £0.19m |
| Spending£2.64mSurplus£0.19m | | | |
| 2023–24Details | £3.02m | £3.09m | £-0.07m |
| Spending£3.09mSurplus£-0.07m | | | |
| 2024–25Details | £2.94m | £3.12m | £-0.18m |
| Spending£3.12mSurplus£-0.18m | | | |
| 2025–26Details | £3.41m | £3.43m | £-0.01m |
| Spending£3.43mSurplus£-0.01m | | | |






Figures for the 2025–26 financial year. Source:
[Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-revenue-outturn-multi-year-data-set).






| Year | On-street income | On-street spending | Car park income | Car park spending | Penalty income |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2017–18Details | £0.88m | £0.98m | £2.65m | £1.67m | £0.36m |
| On-street spending£0.98mCar park income£2.65mCar park spending£1.67mPenalty income£0.36m | | | | | |
| 2018–19Details | £0.51m | £0.57m | £2.44m | £1.36m | £0.34m |
| On-street spending£0.57mCar park income£2.44mCar park spending£1.36mPenalty income£0.34m | | | | | |
| 2019–20Details | £0.67m | £0.70m | £2.42m | £1.60m | £0.50m |
| On-street spending£0.70mCar park income£2.42mCar park spending£1.60mPenalty income£0.50m | | | | | |
| 2020–21Details | £0.41m | £0.46m | £1.05m | £1.55m | £0.25m |
| On-street spending£0.46mCar park income£1.05mCar park spending£1.55mPenalty income£0.25m | | | | | |
| 2021–22Details | £0.59m | £0.63m | £1.99m | £1.72m | £0.41m |
| On-street spending£0.63mCar park income£1.99mCar park spending£1.72mPenalty income£0.41m | | | | | |
| 2022–23Details | £0.57m | £0.62m | £2.26m | £2.02m | £0.39m |
| On-street spending£0.62mCar park income£2.26mCar park spending£2.02mPenalty income£0.39m | | | | | |
| 2023–24Details | £0.68m | £0.73m | £2.34m | £2.36m | £0.49m |
| On-street spending£0.73mCar park income£2.34mCar park spending£2.36mPenalty income£0.49m | | | | | |
| 2024–25Details | £0.67m | £0.71m | £2.28m | £2.40m | £0.47m |
| On-street spending£0.71mCar park income£2.28mCar park spending£2.40mPenalty income£0.47m | | | | | |
| 2025–26Details | £0.78m | £0.90m | £2.63m | £2.53m | £0.58m |
| On-street spending£0.90mCar park income£2.63mCar park spending£2.53mPenalty income£0.58m | | | | | |





Figures for the 2025–26 financial year. Source:
[Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-revenue-outturn-multi-year-data-set).



All figures are cash, in the council's own return. The most recent year is a first release and may be
revised. North Hertfordshire is recorded as: Shire District.





## What can North Hertfordshire spend a surplus on?






**On-street parking charges and all council parking penalty charges (England and Wales)**



Ring-fenced by law a ring-fenced parking account. A surplus may only be spent on parking, public transport, highway and environmental improvements and similar purposes; a deficit is made good from the general fund.



[Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, s55, as applied in England by SI 2022/71, regs 25 and 27](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/27/section/55)

At the end of each financial year any deficit in the account shall be made good out of the general fund or, in Wales, council fund, and (subject to subsection (3) below) any surplus shall be applied for all or any of the purposes specified in subsection (4) below




**Council car park (off-street) tariffs**



Kept by the body that collects it the council's general fund. Section 55 covers on-street parking and enforcement income, not car park fees.
Not verified



[Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, s55(1), and DfT statutory guidance on civil parking enforcement](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-enforcement-of-parking-contraventions/guidance-for-local-authorities-on-enforcing-parking-restrictions)

The income from on-street charging and any penalty charge payments received (whether for on-street or off-street enforcement) must only be used in accordance with section 55 (as amended) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.




Legal position as of 22 September 2026. Source:
[legislation.gov.uk](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/). Checked by hand 22 September 2026.






## How does North Hertfordshire compare with other councils?




**North Hertfordshire among the England councils nearest it, parking surplus 2025–26**



- 249. Blaby

£0.02m
- 250. Solihull

£0.02m
- 251. Rochdale

−£0.00m
- 252. North Kesteven

−£0.01m
- ◆253. North Hertfordshire

−£0.02m
- 254. South Staffordshire

−£0.02m
- 255. Broadland

−£0.04m
- 256. Hinckley & Bosworth

−£0.05m
- 257. Redditch BC

−£0.06m




England average: £4.83m ◆ North Hertfordshire



Ranked largest surplus first; a negative figure is a deficit. [Every council](/parking-fines-and-council-parking-income/) is in the full tables.




**Show as a table**





| Name | Surplus |
| --- | --- |
| 249. Blaby | £0.02m |
| 250. Solihull | £0.02m |
| 251. Rochdale | −£0.00m |
| 252. North Kesteven | −£0.01m |
| 253. North Hertfordshire (North Hertfordshire) | −£0.02m |
| 254. South Staffordshire | −£0.02m |
| 255. Broadland | −£0.04m |
| 256. Hinckley & Bosworth | −£0.05m |
| 257. Redditch BC | −£0.06m |






Figures for the 2025–26 financial year. Source:
[Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-revenue-outturn-multi-year-data-set).




[Every council's parking surplus](/parking-fines-and-council-parking-income/), penalty charge
levels and the national trend. A deficit means parking cost the council more than it brought in; the law requires the gap to be met from the general fund.





## Sources for this page





| Source | Publisher | Figures as of | Updated | Licence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Local authority revenue expenditure and financing: revenue outturn multi-year data set (RO2 parking)](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-revenue-outturn-multi-year-data-set) | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | the 2025–26 financial year | annual | [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) |
| [legislation.gov.uk and official guidance, provision by provision](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/) | legislation.gov.uk | 22 September 2026 | annual | [Open Government Licence v3.0 (legislation.gov.uk)](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) |





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