Forestry Commission (Newton Stewart)

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total area of Forestry Commission land in Newton Stewart district in each of the years 1985 to 1987; and what was the area of (a) land under trees, (b) unplanted land, (c) land planted and (d) land harvested in each of those years.

The information is set out in the following table:

Year (at 31 March)	Total area of land (hectares)	Land under trees (hectares)	Unplanted land (hectares)
1985	44,124	30,567	13,557
1986	43,958	30,581	13,377
1987	49,388	34,733	14,655

Year (at 31 March)	Planting (hectares)		Timber production1000 m3
	New planting	Restocking
1985	159	185	48
1986	130	264	50
1987	266	99	50
1 Timber production is measured by volume and not in terms of area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of staff employed by the Forestry Commission on the Newton Stewart district in 1986–87 in (a) supervisory and administrative grades and (b) industrial grades; and in each category, how many staff are employed in (i) planting and maintenance, (ii) harvesting, (iii) nursery work, (iv) research, survey and environmental work and (v) forestry authority work.

The information, which is based on average figures, is as follows:

	Number
Supervisory and Administrative Grades	30
Industrial Grades	109

The figures do not include directly employed private contractors; the number of such contractors at 31 March 1987 was 34.Most staff are employed on a range of duties in the course of a year. It is not practicable, therefore, to break down the total numbers of staff employed into the listed areas of work.