Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 98609

Recreation Spaces: Finance

Tabled: 9 December 2025

Answered: 15 December 2025

Named Day

Question

Samantha Niblett

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider commissioning a piece of work to review all the existing evidence on the return of funding for parks and green spaces to support central and local government

Answer

Miatta Fahnbulleh

We commissioned Keep Britain Tidy to conduct a rapid evidence review on the returns on investment for parks funding, using a combination of up MHCLG programme budget and underspend from the Green Flag Award. There is substantial evidence outlining the inv...

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