Written question asked by Tom Tugendhat (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 June 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 June 2020. It was answered by Simon Clarke (Conservative) on Thursday, 18 June 2020 on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Street Wardens

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the Re-opening High Streets Safely Fund Guidance, issued on 24 May 2020 made the provision for local authorities to employ street wardens to support the safe re-opening of high streets when the first bulletin, issued on 5 June 2020 suggested that street wardens would not be funded through that scheme.

Answer: Our £50 million Re-opening High Streets Safely Fund (RHSSF) will provide councils with additional funding to support their business communities with measures that enable safe trading in public places. We have provided guidance for local authorities on the activities that can be funded through RHSSF. This includes the provision of Information Officers to deliver business-facing awareness activity, as set out in strand three of eligible activity in the fund guidance. The RHSSF is not intended to fund all of the interventions listed in the Safer Public Spaces guidance, published in May, which included the option of street stewards to help manage pedestrian flows.

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