But there is still a misconception in some areas that the Governmentisn't serious about play. This simply isn't the case. For instance, itis ensuring the distribution of lottery money will see play thrive. Notonly through the Big Lottery's play fund, but also thanks to theenvironmental programme, which earmarked 90m for parks.
Home Zones, developed and piloted by the Department for Transport, aremaking streets more child-friendly, while the Cleaner, Safer, Greenerprogramme being rolled out by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister isfundamental to the availability of good-quality play space.
At the Department for Culture, Media and Sport we're bringing all thesevoices together through our cross-departmental group. Top of its actionplan is an audit of government play activity.
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