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Written question asked by Caroline Lucas (Green Party) on Thursday, 13 June 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 June 2019. It was answered by Kit Malthouse (Conservative) on Monday, 24 June 2019 on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.


Local Government: Trees

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many of the local authorities in England with statutory duties for street trees have in-house tree officers; and of those officers how many are qualified to at least level 3 diploma in arboriculture or equivalent in a related subject.

Answer

The Department does not routinely collect information on the employment or qualifications of local authority tree officers; which local authorities have tree or woodland strategies; or which local authorities have their Tree Preservation Order data available for review online


The decision on whether to make this information available is for individual local planning authorities.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
264380
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Local government Qualifications Staff Trees Arboriculture
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk