Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 122302
Tree Planting: Housing Estates
Tabled: 19 March 2026
Answered: 25 March 2026
Question
Alex Mayer
Labour — Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with relevant stakeholders to help ensure that trees planted on newly built housing estates survive beyond 12 months.
Answer
Mary CreaghWe recognise the critical importance of maintaining trees after planting to ensure they grow and thrive into the future. Under the England Woodland Creation Offer, as well as planting carried out by the Community Forests, funding is provided for establish...
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