HL Deb 11 December 1995 vol 567 cc96-7WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the Royal Parks agency is to receive a multimillion pound grant for establishing a new "royal park" and if so where, and why.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of National Heritage (Lord Inglewood):

Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Royal Parks Agency under its Chief Executive, Mr. David Welch. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter to Lord Kennet from the Chief Executive of the Royal Parks Agency, Mr. David Welch, dated 11 December 1995.

I have been asked by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for National Heritage to reply to your parliamentary Question concerning funding for a new "royal park".

The Agency has sought funding from the Millennium Commission for its proposal for a new royal park on the east side of London. An application was submitted to the Commission last month and is under consideration.

The proposed site of the new park is between Upminster and Aveley, east of the M25, in the boroughs of Havering and Thurrock. It would provide high quality parkland for the recreation and enjoyment of the public in an area without any major public park. It would also redress the current imbalance as the existing Royal Parks, with the exception of Greenwich, are located in West London.