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

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Greenhalgh on 10 November (HL9637), what plans they have to provide direct funding to parish councils to increase the provision of allotments.

The Government does not have powers to offer direct financial support to parish and town councils, which are funded through a precept collected from within the overall council tax paid by the residents of the parish or town.? Allotment provision is a matter for local authorities, who are best placed to understand and respond to local requirements. I would encourage town and parish councils to work with their principal authorities to ensure that communities can continue to benefit from access to allotments.