Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 9 July 2026.
Ben Goldsborough
Labour, South Norfolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to high-quality green spaces across the UK.
Nesil Caliskan
Comptroller (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons), Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The government is committed to ensuring everyone lives within a 15-minute walk of a green or blue space. In response to this commitment, earlier this year Defra published official statistics in development showing that 80% of people are within this range, in urban areas the figure is 78%.ith this figure at 78% in urban areas. Progress towards meeting the commitment is being made through work happening across government to both increase available natural space and make it more accessible, such as the MHCLG's National Planning Policy Framework reform and the Green Flag Award scheme, Natural England’s Green Infrastructure Framework and Defra’s Accessibility funding.
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