Asked by: Paul Howell (Conservative - Sedgefield)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the population density of a town or village would have to be to qualify for an Urban Pocket Park.
Answered by Kemi Badenoch - President of the Board of Trade
We are investing £9 million through the Levelling Up Parks Fund to regenerate green spaces across the UK as part of our Levelling Up agenda. The scheme will be broader than earlier Pocket Parks programmes and further details will be announced shortly.
Asked by: Paul Howell (Conservative - Sedgefield)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
What support he is providing to help local authorities experiencing a reduction in income during the covid-19 outbreak.
Answered by Simon Clarke
We have announced a sales, fees and charges co-payment scheme to compensate for irrecoverable losses in 2020/21 where those are above the level they could have been expected to plan for. We will also extend the period over which councils must manage shortfalls in local tax income relating to 2020-21. Further details of how we will support councils to manage tax losses will be announced at the spending review.