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Parks: Finance

Volume 494: debated on Monday 15 June 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding his Department has allocated for parks in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each year since 1997. (279286)

Public parks and green spaces are primarily funded through revenue support grant provided to local authorities by Communities and Local Government. Central Government does not prescribe how much should be spent by each local authority on their open spaces; this is a matter for them to determine in line with local priorities.

Information is not collected by central Government on the number of parks in a local authority area or region.