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We believe that it is important that there are safe, free local places to play. However, the Department inherited unaffordable spending commitments for this year, and play has therefore had to make a contribution to the savings needed.
Local authorities will be told of their revised allocations within the next month, soon after the comprehensive spending review, and it will be for them to decide which play areas proceed, according to their own local priorities. Local authorities are not required to inform my Department of their decisions.
We believe that it is important that there are safe, free local places to play. However, the Department inherited unaffordable spending commitments for this year, and play has therefore had to make a contribution to the savings needed.
Local authorities will be told of their revised allocations within the next month, soon after the comprehensive spending review, and it will be for them to decide which play areas proceed, according to their own local priorities. Local authorities are not required to inform my Department of their decisions.
Answered by
Tim Loughton
(Conservative)
Asked by
Bill Esterson
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Oral answers to questions
How many proposed play areas planned to be built under the playbuilders scheme after July 2010 will not proceed.
Subjects
Construction; Playgrounds
Date
11 October 2010
Reference
516 c10
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
All local authorities, including Blackpool, have provided financial information on their 2010-11 play programmes and this is being considered by our Department. However, as I said earlier, the Department is not making judgments on the relative merits of individual sites, and does not hold this information. Local authorities will be notified within the next month of their revised play capital allocations. It will then be for local authorities to decide which play areas go ahead, based on local needs.
All local authorities, including Blackpool, have provided financial information on their 2010-11 play programmes and this is being considered by our Department. However, as I said earlier, the Department is not making judgments on the relative merits of individual sites, and does not hold this information. Local authorities will be notified within the next month of their revised play capital allocations. It will then be for local authorities to decide which play areas go ahead, based on local needs.
Answered by
Tim Loughton
(Conservative)
Asked by
Gordon Marsden
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Oral answers to questions
What recent assessment he has made of the merits of year 3 play pathfinder projects in Blackpool.
Subjects
Playgrounds; Blackpool
Date
11 October 2010
Reference
516 c15
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Again, I pay tribute to my hon. Friend and his concern for that important matter, but it is not for the Department for Education to specify which particular play projects are to go ahead. That area is not ring-fenced; it is up to the local authorities. Once we make the further announcement following the comprehensive spending review, I very much hope that those projects that are to go ahead do so with all speed.
Again, I pay tribute to my hon. Friend and his concern for that important matter, but it is not for the Department for Education to specify which particular play projects are to go ahead. That area is not ring-fenced; it is up to the local authorities. Once we make the further announcement following the comprehensive spending review, I very much hope that those projects that are to go ahead do so with all speed.
Answered by
Tim Loughton
(Conservative)
Asked by
Andrew Percy
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Oral answers to questions
The Minister may be aware that I have made several representations on this subject regarding a number of play parks in my constituency, including in Winterton, Keadby, Crowle and Burringham. What is now coming back from some of those is the fact that there have been several delays in the process, through the fault of the local councils over the years. May we have an assurance that the Department will look favourably on the cases of park bids that have been delayed because of problems within the local authorities?
Subjects
Construction; Playgrounds
Date
11 October 2010
Reference
516 c11
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I think we all agree with the hon. Gentleman about the importance of play in so many different areas. It can help to affect social divisions, obesity and other health measures. Of course, we fully share his aspirations and, I am sure, those of the people behind the project in Aintree village. I pay tribute to the people in his constituency and in other communities who have striven hard for those play areas, but I repeat that the play funding was based on the dodgy accounting of the previous Government's end-year flexibility system. On that basis, I am afraid that it has had to be reviewed, but I hope that there will be money forthcoming in due course so that other projects can proceed. He will hear about that in the next few weeks.
I think we all agree with the hon. Gentleman about the importance of play in so many different areas. It can help to affect social divisions, obesity and other health measures. Of course, we fully share his aspirations and, I am sure, those of the people behind the project in Aintree village. I pay tribute to the people in his constituency and in other communities who have striven hard for those play areas, but I repeat that the play funding was based on the dodgy accounting of the previous Government's end-year flexibility system. On that basis, I am afraid that it has had to be reviewed, but I hope that there will be money forthcoming in due course so that other projects can proceed. He will hear about that in the next few weeks.
Answered by
Tim Loughton
(Conservative)
Asked by
Bill Esterson
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Oral answers to questions
Aintree village is one of the areas in my constituency that was due to benefit from a new play area. One reason that residents and the parish council wanted the play area was to tackle childhood obesity. Does the Minister agree with me, and with residents in Aintree and across Sefton, that decent-quality play areas are a good way to tackle childhood obesity? What measures will he take to support local authorities and others who wish to see the kind of support needed to tackle childhood obesity?
Subjects
Construction; Playgrounds
Date
11 October 2010
Reference
516 c11
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
As I said before and as the hon. Gentleman would have heard, we are very much in favour of promoting play as much as possible because of the many social health benefits that it brings. When the allocations are determined after the spending review coming up, I hope the local authority in Blackpool will decide its priorities according to local needs—we have given local authorities that power—and proceed to promote the play schemes that it considers most appropriate for the local area.
As I said before and as the hon. Gentleman would have heard, we are very much in favour of promoting play as much as possible because of the many social health benefits that it brings. When the allocations are determined after the spending review coming up, I hope the local authority in Blackpool will decide its priorities according to local needs—we have given local authorities that power—and proceed to promote the play schemes that it considers most appropriate for the local area.
Answered by
Tim Loughton
(Conservative)
Asked by
Gordon Marsden
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Oral answers to questions
Eleven play pathfinder projects in Blackpool are waiting with bated breath for those allocations. That includes the Fishers Field project in my constituency, which is a highly imaginative but complex project involving new playing fields and a natural park. I hear what the Minister says, but his colleague the Secretary of State, in reply to me earlier in the summer, said he was clear about the needs of Blackpool in terms of deprivation, mobility and general problems in that area. Will the Minister pass on the message that the people of Blackpool would like to see such projects go ahead?
Subjects
Playgrounds; Blackpool
Date
11 October 2010
Reference
516 c15-6
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What recent assessment he has made of the merits of year 3 play pathfinder projects in Blackpool.
What recent assessment he has made of the merits of year 3 play pathfinder projects in Blackpool.
Asked by
Gordon Marsden
(Labour)
Answered by
Tim Loughton
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Education
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
4 October 2010
For answer on
11 October 2010
Answered on
11 October 2010
All local authorities, including Blackpool, have provided financial information on their 2010-11 play programmes and this is being considered by our Department. However, as I said earlier, the Department is not making judgments on the relative merits of individual sites, and does not hold this information. Local authorities will be notified within the next month of their revised play capital allocations. It will then be for local authorities to decide which play areas go ahead, based on local needs.
Subjects
Playgrounds; Blackpool
Date
11 October 2010
Reference
16463; 516 c15
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
How many proposed play areas planned to be built under the playbuilders scheme after July 2010 will not proceed.
How many proposed play areas planned to be built under the playbuilders scheme after July 2010 will not proceed.
Asked by
Bill Esterson
(Labour)
Answered by
Tim Loughton
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Education
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
4 October 2010
For answer on
11 October 2010
Answered on
11 October 2010
We believe that it is important that there are safe, free local places to play. However, the Department inherited unaffordable spending commitments for this year, and play has therefore had to make a contribution to the savings needed.
Local authorities will be told of their revised allocations within the next month, soon after the comprehensive spending review, and it will be for them to decide which play areas proceed, according to their own local priorities. Local authorities are not required to inform my Department of their decisions.
Subjects
Construction; Playgrounds
Date
11 October 2010
Reference
16456; 516 c10
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons