Tree Planting: Urban Areas
2026-07-07 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · HL1820 · Official question
Question
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to use measures of socioeconomic deprivation to inform targeted tree planting programmes in urban areas.
Answer
The Trees Programme includes a number of schemes that support urban tree planting. We know that lower urban tree cover often correlates with higher socioeconomic deprivation. England’s Community Forests (ECF) help address this by planting trees in and aro...