# Parking income in Wakefield

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updated: 29 September 2026
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# Parking income in Wakefield



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





In 2025–26 Wakefield took **£3.7m** in parking income and spent £2.5m, a **surplus of £1.3m** against £1.5m in 2024–25 (−15%), the 143rd largest of 290 councils in England. Penalty charges brought in £0.4m. 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



- £1.28mParking surplus

▼
2025–26
- £3.74mParking income

▼
2025–26
- £2.46mSpending on parking

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2025–26
- £0.44mPenalty charge income

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2025–26
- 143 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 Wakefield made from parking each year?




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










**The numbers behind this chart**





| Year | Income | Spending | Surplus |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2017–18Details | £3.14m | £2.17m | £0.98m |
| Spending£2.17mSurplus£0.98m | | | |
| 2018–19Details | £3.57m | £2.34m | £1.23m |
| Spending£2.34mSurplus£1.23m | | | |
| 2019–20Details | £3.66m | £2.33m | £1.33m |
| Spending£2.33mSurplus£1.33m | | | |
| 2020–21Details | £0.16m | £2.19m | £-2.03m |
| Spending£2.19mSurplus£-2.03m | | | |
| 2021–22Details | £1.86m | £2.43m | £-0.57m |
| Spending£2.43mSurplus£-0.57m | | | |
| 2022–23Details | £2.12m | £2.49m | £-0.37m |
| Spending£2.49mSurplus£-0.37m | | | |
| 2023–24Details | £3.21m | £2.23m | £0.98m |
| Spending£2.23mSurplus£0.98m | | | |
| 2024–25Details | £3.95m | £2.43m | £1.52m |
| Spending£2.43mSurplus£1.52m | | | |
| 2025–26Details | £3.74m | £2.46m | £1.28m |
| Spending£2.46mSurplus£1.28m | | | |






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 | £0.26m | £2.26m | £1.91m | £0.27m |
| On-street spending£0.26mCar park income£2.26mCar park spending£1.91mPenalty income£0.27m | | | | | |
| 2018–19Details | £1.01m | £0.33m | £2.56m | £2.01m | £0.35m |
| On-street spending£0.33mCar park income£2.56mCar park spending£2.01mPenalty income£0.35m | | | | | |
| 2019–20Details | £1.04m | £0.38m | £2.61m | £1.95m | £0.40m |
| On-street spending£0.38mCar park income£2.61mCar park spending£1.95mPenalty income£0.40m | | | | | |
| 2020–21Details | £0.29m | £0.30m | £-0.13m | £1.90m | £0.17m |
| On-street spending£0.30mCar park income£-0.13mCar park spending£1.90mPenalty income£0.17m | | | | | |
| 2021–22Details | £0.77m | £0.67m | £1.09m | £1.77m | £0.32m |
| On-street spending£0.67mCar park income£1.09mCar park spending£1.77mPenalty income£0.32m | | | | | |
| 2022–23Details | £0.56m | £0.66m | £1.55m | £1.83m | £0.12m |
| On-street spending£0.66mCar park income£1.55mCar park spending£1.83mPenalty income£0.12m | | | | | |
| 2023–24Details | £0.64m | £0.67m | £2.58m | £1.57m | £0.12m |
| On-street spending£0.67mCar park income£2.58mCar park spending£1.57mPenalty income£0.12m | | | | | |
| 2024–25Details | £0.84m | £0.74m | £3.11m | £1.69m | £0.13m |
| On-street spending£0.74mCar park income£3.11mCar park spending£1.69mPenalty income£0.13m | | | | | |
| 2025–26Details | £1.10m | £0.76m | £2.64m | £1.70m | £0.44m |
| On-street spending£0.76mCar park income£2.64mCar park spending£1.70mPenalty income£0.44m | | | | | |





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. Wakefield is recorded as: Met District.





## What can Wakefield 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 Wakefield compare with other councils?




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



- 139. Mid Sussex

£1.42m
- 140. Middlesbrough UA

£1.36m
- 141. Northumberland UA

£1.33m
- 142. Fareham

£1.32m
- ◆143. Wakefield

£1.28m
- 144. Barnsley

£1.25m
- 145. Lichfield

£1.24m
- 146. Wokingham UA

£1.21m
- 147. Arun

£1.18m




England average: £4.83m ◆ Wakefield



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 |
| --- | --- |
| 139. Mid Sussex | £1.42m |
| 140. Middlesbrough UA | £1.36m |
| 141. Northumberland UA | £1.33m |
| 142. Fareham | £1.32m |
| 143. Wakefield (Wakefield) | £1.28m |
| 144. Barnsley | £1.25m |
| 145. Lichfield | £1.24m |
| 146. Wokingham UA | £1.21m |
| 147. Arun | £1.18m |






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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