Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on funding for the protection on green spaces in Coventry from damage caused by grass fires during the the summer of 2018.

The Treasury works closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, as well as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, to consider issues of funding for protection of green spaces and the environment. Local authorities are responsible for determining how they spend their budgets as they are best placed to assess the needs of their community, including those relating to green spaces. Over the five year Spending Review period (from 2015-16 to 2019-20) councils will have access to more than £200 billion to spend on local services.