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

LabourDunstable 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 Creagh
We 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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