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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding his Department has provided for the enhancement of public play facilities in (a) Torbay constituency and (b) Devon in the last 12 months.

Asked by

Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat)

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Department for Children, Schools and Families

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Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

19 January 2010

For answer on

21 January 2010

Answered on

26 January 2010

Following the commitments made in the Children's Plan in 2007 and the national play strategy in 2008, every top tier local authority in England is now receiving funding through the play capital investment programme.Of the 152 top-tier local authorities, 30 are play pathfinder authorities and the remaining 122 local authorities are all playbuilder authorities. On average every play pathfinder authority will receive around £2 million capital funding and £500,000 revenue funding, while playbuilder authorities will receive around £1 million capital and £45,000 revenue funding, over the current spending period 2008-09 to 2010-11. Play pathfinder authorities will use their allocated funding to deliver a minimum of 28 play areas plus a new staffed adventure playground, while playbuilder authorities will deliver a minimum of 22 play areas by 2011. The play areas that are delivered can be either completely new areas or existing areas which are significantly refurbished.Local authorities have joined the programme, and so started receiving their funding, in two phases: Wave 1 started in April 2008 and Wave 2 in April 2009. Torbay and Devon are both Wave 2 playbuilder authorities and as such are required to deliver 11 play areas each in both 2009-10 and 2010-11.The following tables show the capital and revenue funding allocated to Torbay and Devon during 2009-10, with indicative allocations for 2010-11 which will be confirmed in February 2010.Decisions on where the allocated capital funding is spent within local authority boundaries are taken locally, based on grant requirements around improved play spaces being provided where they are most needed and based on a robust consultation process with local children and young people, families and wider communities.We are encouraging all Members of Parliament to proactively engage with their local play capital programmes as they roll out, and we are asking local authorities to ensure that their local Members of Parliament and council elected members are appropriately consulted, and briefed, about where the capital funding is spent.

	Capital funding (£)	Revenue funding (£)
Local authority	2009-10	2010-11	2009-10	2010-11
Torbay	529,078	596,381	27,372	18,248
Devon	535,178	603,256	27,554	18,370

Date

26 January 2010

Reference

504 c842-3W; 312860

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will meet representatives from interested organisations to discuss the Government's proposed best practice guidance on accessible play areas for children with disabilities; and if she will make a statement.

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Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

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Written questions

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Answered

Date

25 March 2002

Reference

41297; 382 c675W;382 c670W

House

House of Commons

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