Question follow-through · 28930
Tree Planting: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to introduce a national minimum urban tree canopy cover target for local authorities.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 16 Sept 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to introduce a national minimum urban tree canopy cover target for local authorities.
14 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to meeting the statutory Environment Act target to increase tree canopy and woodland cover in England to at least 16.5% by 2050. We continue to support local authorities and partners to increase tree cover, including in towns a...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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Trees: Disease Control
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the spread of emerald ash borer across Europe; and what steps she plans to take to prevent its spread into the UK.