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Mrs. Margaret Ewing
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the numbers of forest workers employed on forest management activities and harvesting activities by the Forestry Commission in each conservancy area since 1979.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
The information is given in the following tables:
| Conservancy | Total1 |
| 19792 | |
| North East England | 391 |
| North West England | 387 |
| East England | 418 |
| South East England | 254 |
| South West England | 370 |
| North Wales | 474 |
| South Wales | 445 |
| North Scotland | 547 |
| East Scotland | 358 |
| West Scotland | 440 |
| South Scotland | 552 |
| Great Britain | 4,636 |
| Conservancy | Forest management | Harvesting | Total1 |
| 1984 | |||
| North East England | 170 | 121 | 291 |
| North West England | 125 | 184 | 309 |
| East England | 146 | 180 | 326 |
| South East England | 134 | 69 | 203 |
| South West England | 142 | 168 | 310 |
| North Wales | 183 | 177 | 360 |
| South Wales | 204 | 106 | 310 |
| North Scotland | 275 | 135 | 410 |
| East Scotland | 129 | 132 | 261 |
| West Scotland | 214 | 101 | 315 |
| South Scotland | 295 | 211 | 506 |
| Great Britain | 2,017 | 1,584 | 3,601 |
| Conservancy3 | Forest management | Harvesting | Total1 |
| 1989 | |||
| North England | 222 | 129 | 351 |
| East England | 188 | 159 | 347 |
| West England | 166 | 108 | 274 |
| Wales | 276 | 149 | 425 |
| North Scotland | 298 | 114 | 412 |
| Mid Scotland | 215 | 61 | 276 |
| South Scotland | 234 | 134 | 368 |
| Great Britain | 1,599 | 854 | 2,453 |
| 1 The figures do not include contractors. | |||
| 2 The 1979 figures arc not available by activity. | |||
| 3 The number of conservancies was reduced from 11 to 7 on 1 April 1985. | |||