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Forestry

Volume 185: debated on Tuesday 12 February 1991

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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:

ConservancyConifers hectaresBroadleaves hectaresTotal hectares
North England155242397
East England31339370
West England75357432
Wales147120267
North Scotland2,5159063,421
Mid Scotland1,2022881,490
South Scotland1,7712372,008
Great Britain5,8962,4898,385
These figures do not include new planting grant-aided under other Forestry Commission schemes or the farm woodland scheme.

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:

ConservancyConifers hectaresBroadleaves hectaresTotal hectares
North England17025195
East EnglandNilNilNil
West England123

Conservancy

Conifers hectares

Broadleaves hectares

Total hectares

Wales861096
North Scotland1,749991,848
Mid Scotland90066966
South Scotland91459973
Great Britain3,8202614,081