Mentions:
1: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) Progress on this commitment is well under way through the levelling up parks fund, the green infrastructure - Speech Link
2: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) My Lords, one of the programmes I mentioned in my initial Answer, the levelling up parks fund, is focused - Speech Link
3: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) For urban green space, that is also reflected in the National Planning Policy Framework. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) arrangements for each park or playground, but local authorities are responsible for around 85% of urban parks - Speech Link
5: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) programme, for example, is £14.5 million worth of accessibility improvements in our protected landscapes, national - Speech Link
Written Evidence Jan. 09 2024
Inquiry: Urban Green SpacesFound: UGS0082 - Urban Green Spaces Parks for London Written Evidence
Jan. 17 2024
Source Page: Axmouth to Lyme Regis Undercliffs National Nature Reserve: change to site areaFound: Axmouth to Lyme Regis Undercliffs National Nature Reserve: change to site area
Written Evidence Mar. 06 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: It means creating clean beaches, parks and streets, creating sustainable practices, reducing resource
May. 03 2024
Source Page: National Park population estimates (Experimental Statistics)Found: National Park population estimates (Experimental Statistics)
Jan. 30 2024
Source Page: Apply for a screening decision: uncultivated land or semi-natural areas (form EIA1)Found: These include registered Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest, historic parkland, registered
Found: In its 2015 report, the c ommission r ecommended the creation of a “striking and prominent new National
Asked by: Gosal, Pam (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - West Scotland)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the establishment of new national parks.
Answered by Slater, Lorna - Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity
On 12 October 2023, I announced the start of the nominations process and invited communities and organisations across the country to develop and submit their proposals for their area to become Scotland’s next National Park. Nominations are due to be submitted by 29 February 2024.
The Scottish Government is aware of at least 10 local groups who are actively engaging with their communities and developing proposals for a new National Park in their area.
Detailed guidance on the nomination and appraisal process for new National Parks has been published, and support is being made available to groups that are exploring or developing a proposal.
In Spring 2024 all nominations received by the deadline will be appraised against the criteria set out in the appraisal framework. This will inform the decision on which area or areas should go forward for designation as a new National Park.
In Summer 2024 the Scottish Government will commission a reporter to carry out a detailed investigation into the area or areas selected to become a new National Park. Based on the outcome of that investigation, secondary legislation is expected to be laid before the Parliament in order to designate at least one new National Park by 2026.
May. 03 2024
Source Page: Cost of New National Park: EIR releaseFound: Cost of New National Park: EIR release
Asked by: Briggs, Miles (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - Lothian)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what research it has undertaken, or plans to undertake, into the number of people who are rough sleeping in cars in each local authority area.
Answered by McLennan, Paul - Minister for Housing
The Scottish Government collects information on whether any member of a household making a homelessness application to a local authority slept rough:
(a) during the three months preceding and b) the night before the application.
This data is collected from all local authorities as part of the homelessness application (HL1) data collection. Annual totals of rough sleeping reported by applicant households, broken down by local authority, are published in the main tables supporting the main annual publication, available at Supporting documents - Homelessness in Scotland: 2022-23 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) .
The data collection defines rough sleeping as any member of the applicant household who has slept outside, in the open air (such as on the streets, or in doorways, parks or bus shelters) or slept in a building or other place not designed for habitation (such as barns, sheds, car parks, cars, derelict boats, stations etc.). As households making an application for homelessness assistance are not specifically asked to define what form of rough sleeping they experienced, no specific figures relating to numbers of people rough sleeping in cars are available.
Data is not gathered for any household or individual rough sleeping who does not make a homelessness application to a local authority in Scotland and for this reason the statistics do not necessarily cover the entire homeless population. Those people who are experiencing homelessness but who do not appear in official statistics are often referred to as ‘hidden’.
It is not currently possible to estimate the scale of hidden homelessness in Scotland because of known complexities in reaching this population group. We are collaborating with the Office of National Statistics (ONS) researchers who are carrying out research which has potential to improve data collection in Scotland and across the UK on hidden homelessness, information available at "Hidden" homelessness in the UK: evidence review - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)