Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to (a) protect and (b) enhance green spaces in Enfield North constituency.

Through the Levelling Up Parks Fund the Government has made available £9 million in equal grants for local authorities, to create or significantly refurbish green spaces. There is also a 'tree uplift' expectation, where a proportion of the fund must be used to plant any type of tree, of any size. Enfield Council have received £85,000 from this Fund.

In addition to the Levelling Up Parks Fund, the UK Shared Prosperity Fund can be used to support green growth by asking places to consider how projects can work with the natural environment to achieve project objectives, and - at a minimum - consider the project's impact on our natural assets and nature. This includes the opportunity for the creation of and improvements to local green spaces, community gardens, watercourses and embankments, along with incorporating natural features into wider public spaces.