# Parking income in Sutton

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updated: 29 September 2026
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# Parking income in Sutton



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





In 2025–26 Sutton took **£8.5m** in parking income and spent £6.9m, a **surplus of £1.6m** against £1.6m in 2024–25 (+1%), the 126th largest of 290 councils in England. 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



- £1.62mParking surplus

▲
2025–26
- £8.51mParking income

▲
2025–26
- £6.89mSpending on parking

▲
2025–26
- £0.00mPenalty charge income

▼
2025–26
- 126 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 Sutton made from parking each year?




**Sutton: parking income, spending and surplus, £ million**










**The numbers behind this chart**





| Year | Income | Spending | Surplus |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2017–18Details | £2.34m | £0.85m | £1.49m |
| Spending£0.85mSurplus£1.49m | | | |
| 2018–19Details | £2.29m | £0.97m | £1.31m |
| Spending£0.97mSurplus£1.31m | | | |
| 2019–20Details | £2.21m | £0.99m | £1.22m |
| Spending£0.99mSurplus£1.22m | | | |
| 2020–21Details | £1.08m | £0.98m | £0.09m |
| Spending£0.98mSurplus£0.09m | | | |
| 2021–22Details | £5.85m | £5.04m | £0.81m |
| Spending£5.04mSurplus£0.81m | | | |
| 2022–23Details | £6.92m | £6.31m | £0.61m |
| Spending£6.31mSurplus£0.61m | | | |
| 2023–24Details | £6.66m | £5.38m | £1.29m |
| Spending£5.38mSurplus£1.29m | | | |
| 2024–25Details | £7.71m | £6.11m | £1.6m |
| Spending£6.11mSurplus£1.6m | | | |
| 2025–26Details | £8.51m | £6.89m | £1.62m |
| Spending£6.89mSurplus£1.62m | | | |






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 | £0.00m | £0.00m | £2.34m | £0.85m | £0.00m |
| On-street spending£0.00mCar park income£2.34mCar park spending£0.85mPenalty income£0.00m | | | | | |
| 2018–19Details | £0.00m | £0.00m | £2.29m | £0.97m | £0.00m |
| On-street spending£0.00mCar park income£2.29mCar park spending£0.97mPenalty income£0.00m | | | | | |
| 2019–20Details | £0.00m | £0.00m | £2.21m | £0.99m | £0.00m |
| On-street spending£0.00mCar park income£2.21mCar park spending£0.99mPenalty income£0.00m | | | | | |
| 2020–21Details | £0.00m | £0.00m | £1.08m | £0.98m | £0.00m |
| On-street spending£0.00mCar park income£1.08mCar park spending£0.98mPenalty income£0.00m | | | | | |
| 2021–22Details | £3.94m | £4.01m | £1.91m | £1.02m | £2.84m |
| On-street spending£4.01mCar park income£1.91mCar park spending£1.02mPenalty income£2.84m | | | | | |
| 2022–23Details | £4.77m | £5.13m | £2.15m | £1.18m | £3.50m |
| On-street spending£5.13mCar park income£2.15mCar park spending£1.18mPenalty income£3.50m | | | | | |
| 2023–24Details | £4.35m | £4.37m | £2.32m | £1.01m | £3.03m |
| On-street spending£4.37mCar park income£2.32mCar park spending£1.01mPenalty income£3.03m | | | | | |
| 2024–25Details | £5.03m | £5.05m | £2.68m | £1.06m | £3.81m |
| On-street spending£5.05mCar park income£2.68mCar park spending£1.06mPenalty income£3.81m | | | | | |
| 2025–26Details | £5.79m | £5.82m | £2.71m | £1.07m | £0.00m |
| On-street spending£5.82mCar park income£2.71mCar park spending£1.07mPenalty income£0.00m | | | | | |





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. Sutton is recorded as: London.





## What can Sutton 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 Sutton compare with other councils?




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



- 122. Ipswich

£1.67m
- 123. East Hampshire

£1.66m
- 124. Dover

£1.65m
- 125. Maldon DC

£1.62m
- ◆126. Sutton

£1.62m
- 127. Maidstone

£1.62m
- 128. Darlington UA

£1.61m
- 129. Bracknell Forest UA

£1.54m
- 130. Havant

£1.54m




England average: £4.83m ◆ Sutton



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 |
| --- | --- |
| 122. Ipswich | £1.67m |
| 123. East Hampshire | £1.66m |
| 124. Dover | £1.65m |
| 125. Maldon DC | £1.62m |
| 126. Sutton (Sutton) | £1.62m |
| 127. Maidstone | £1.62m |
| 128. Darlington UA | £1.61m |
| 129. Bracknell Forest UA | £1.54m |
| 130. Havant | £1.54m |






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.





## 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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