Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN HL1820
Tree Planting: Urban Areas
Tabled: 8 July 2026
Answered: 15 July 2026
Question
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to use measures of socioeconomic deprivation to inform targeted tree planting programmes in urban areas.
Answer
The Trees Programme includes a number of schemes that support urban tree planting. We know that lower urban tree cover often correlates with higher socioeconomic deprivation. England’s Community Forests (ECF) help address this by planting trees in and aro...
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