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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the proposed scheme by Islington Council under which businesses will be able to sponsor local parks, whether they intend to encourage other local authorities to seek business sponsorship to protect the future of their parks.

Councils across the country are demonstrating that there are many ways to ensure great parks, and that there is no one size fits all solution. Local authorities are best placed to understand the needs and complexities of their communities use of their green spaces.

The Government remains committed to working with local government and the parks sector to encourage the sharing of best practice so that councils and communities can continue to innovate and find local solutions which ensure the future of public parks.