Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department has allocated to the Office of the Government's Tree Champion; and what the process is for local authorities to allocate those funds.

There is no funding allocated to the Tree Champion. His role is to work with all of our stakeholders to inform policy development and encourage tree planting. As part of this, he is seeking input and advice from local authorities and others about public funding for tree planting, including the design of the Urban Tree Challenge fund announced in the spending review last autumn.