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Mr. Ron Davies
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, further to his answer of 29 March, Official Report, column 398, he will state (a) the area of land approved for forestry grant-aid and (b) the area of land planted or restocked by the private sector, in each of the five English conservancies of the Forestry Commission in the three years 31 March 1985, and in each of the three conservancies in the years from 1 April 1985 to date.
Mr. Gummer
[holding answer 22 April 1988]:The information is as follows:
| Year Ended 31 March | Conservancy | Area of new planting or restocking approved for grant-aid (hectares) | Area of new planting or restocking grant-aided by the Forestry Commission (hectares |
| 1983 | North West | 1,142 | 495 |
| North East | 2,329 | 1,180 | |
| East | 1,221 | 647 | |
| South East | 4,408 | 394 | |
| South West | 2,125 | 792 | |
| 1984 | North West | 1,770 | 486 |
| North East | 1,334 | 1,269 | |
| East | 4,104 | 543 | |
| South East | 3,491 | 407 | |
| South West | 5,591 | 710 | |
| 1985 | North West | 2,757 | 775 |
| North East | 2,263 | 659 | |
| East | 5,009 | 563 | |
| South East | 2,140 | 304 | |
| South West | 5,210 | 442 | |
| 1986 | North | 3,356 | 883 |
| East | 5,681 | 1,213 | |
| West | 6,965 | 1,234 | |
| 1987 | North | 5,123 | 1,110 |
| East | 13,433 | 1,381 | |
| West | 6,689 | 1,372 | |
| 1988 | North | 3,939 | 1,238 |
| East | 11,076 | 1,670 | |
| West | 8,917 | 1,467 |