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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress he has made in setting up the cross-departmental group on parks.

In September 2017, the then Parks Minister Marcus Jones MP announced the creation of the ‘Parks Action Group’ as part of his response to the Select Committee Inquiry. This group now informs the work of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and our partners across Government. The group is made up of officials from across Government, key bodies from the parks, leisure and heritage sectors and the Local Government Association.