Question follow-through · 15172

Recreation Spaces

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to high-quality green spaces across the UK.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
1 Jul 2026
Target answer date
6 Jul 2026
Answer
9 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to high-quality green spaces across the UK.

  2. 6 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The government is committed to ensuring everyone lives within a 15-minute walk of a green or blue space. In response to this commitment, earlier this year Defra published official statistics in development showing that 80% of people are within this range,...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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