To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total amount of planting undertaken by the private sector and supported by the woodland grant scheme in 1990 and for each conservancy, indicating in each case the proportion of broadleaves and conifer.
The areas of new planting grant-aided under the woodland grant scheme in the year ended 31 March 1990, the latest date for which figures are available, were as follows:
Conservancy | Conifers hectares | Broadleaves hectares | Total hectares |
North England | 155 | 242 | 397 |
East England | 31 | 339 | 370 |
West England | 75 | 357 | 432 |
Wales | 147 | 120 | 267 |
North Scotland | 2,515 | 906 | 3,421 |
Mid Scotland | 1,202 | 288 | 1,490 |
South Scotland | 1,771 | 237 | 2,008 |
Great Britain | 5,896 | 2,489 | 8,385 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was (a) the total amount of planting undertaken by the Forestry Commission in 1990 in each conservancy and (b) the respective amounts of broadleaf and conifer.
The areas of new planting undertaken by the Forestry Commission in the year ended 31 March 1990, the latest date for which figures are available, were as follows:
Conservancy | Conifers hectares | Broadleaves hectares | Total hectares |
North England | 170 | 25 | 195 |
East England | Nil | Nil | Nil |
West England | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Conservancy
| Conifers hectares
| Broadleaves hectares
| Total hectares
|
Wales | 86 | 10 | 96 |
North Scotland | 1,749 | 99 | 1,848 |
Mid Scotland | 900 | 66 | 966 |
South Scotland | 914 | 59 | 973 |
Great Britain | 3,820 | 261 | 4,081 |