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Towns Fund: Children's Play

Asked by Tom HayesLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 9 June 2025UIN 56057

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of funding under the Towns Fund was allocated to projects involving (a) formal and (b) informal play spaces.

Answered by Alex Norris

There are 8 Town Deal projects worth £15.9m which explicitly contain a play space element.

There are also 8 Future High Streets Fund (FHSF) projects which explicitly contain a play space element, however MHCLG only has FHSF allocations by place and does not track spend at the project level.

Please note that a play space is often one element of a broader Towns Fund project; hence departmental spend data may not reflect the actual amount of Towns Fund spent on play spaces (formal or informal) at the local authority level.

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