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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to increase the provision of allotments (a) during and (b) after the covid-19 outbreak.

The Government has no plans to increase the provision of allotments during or after the covid-19 outbreak.

Local authorities have responsibility for allotments in their area. The decision to increase local provision is one taken at a local level based on individual circumstances.