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Tree Planting

Thursday 22 July 2021 · 2 questions

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Key points

  • The England trees action plan includes 500 million from the Nature for Climate fund for tree creation
  • The urban tree challenge fund offers 6 million over two years to support tree planting in towns and cities
  • The local authority treescapes fund provides 2.7 million to encourage planting in non-woodland settings

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Bob Blackman Con Harrow East
Environment
Context

The question addresses the government's efforts to increase tree planting in both rural and urban areas, focusing on specific funding mechanisms.

Question

What steps he is taking to increase tree planting. The England trees action plan aims to support tree creation through various funds. What more can be done to encourage local authorities to plant new street trees in urban and suburban settings?

Answer from Rebecca Pow

The England trees action plan supports tree creation with £500 million from the Nature for Climate fund, including over £25 million for woodland creation partnerships this year, £6 million for the urban tree challenge fund for the next two years, and a £2.7 million local authority treescapes fund for 1-2 years to encourage more planting in non-woodland settings, particularly along roads and footpaths.

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Q2 Bob Blackman Con Harrow East
Transport Local Government Environment
Context

Following an initial question about general tree planting steps, this supplementary query focuses on encouraging local authorities to plant street trees in urban and suburban settings.

Question

What more can she offer to encourage local authorities to implement new street trees, which are appropriate to the setting, not only on streets, but also in parks and open spaces?

Answer from Rebecca Pow

The urban tree challenge fund provides £6 million over the next two years to support tree planting in towns and cities. Additionally, the local authority treescapes fund offers £2.7 million to encourage more planting in non-woodland settings, particularly along roads and footpaths.

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