To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the locations of Forestry Commission land (a) currently being developed for leisure activities and (b) those areas developed for leisure activities in each of the last five years.
[holding answer 8 June 1993]: The Forestry Commission is preparing a list of its recreation facilities and I shall arrange for the hon. Member to receive a copy as soon as possible and for further copies to be placed in the Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of Forestry Commission interpretation centres and their location.
[holding answer 8 June 1993]: The Forestry Commission has 29 interpretation centres, which are at the listed locations.
England
- Alice Holt Forest, Hampshire
- Bedgebury Pinetum, Sussex
- Border Forest Park, Northumberland
- Cannock Forest, Staffordshire
- Delamere Forest, Cheshire
- Grizedale Forest Park, Cumbria
- Hamsterley Forest, Durham
- Neroche Forest (Offwell Centre), Devon
- North Riding Forest Park, North Yorkshire
- Thetford Forest Park, Suffolk
- Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire
- Whinlatter Forest Park, Cumbria
- Wyre Forest, Hereford and Worcester
Scotland
- Bennachie Forest, Grampian
- Farigaig Forest, Highland
- Galloway Forest Park (Clatteringshaws), Dumfries and Galloway
- Galloway Forest Park (Kirroughtree), Dumfries and Galloway
- Galloway Forest Park (Murray Centre), Dumfries and Galloway
- Galloway Forest Park (Stroan Bridge), Dumfries and Galloway
- Glenmore Forest Park, Highland
- Inverliever Forest, Strathclyde
- Portree Wood, Highland
- Queen Elizabeth Forest Park (David Marshall Lodge), Central
- Tay Forest Park, Tayside
Wales
- Betws y Coed, Gwynedd
- Clocaenog Forest, Ruthin, Clwyd
- Coed Taf, Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan
- Coed y Brenin Forest Park, Dolgellau, Gwynedd
- Nant Yr Arian, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what arrangements have been made for the involvement of the Ministry of Defence in discussions on the future of the Forestry Commission.
Ministerial colleagues in the Ministry of Defence are being kept informed of issues affecting their interests which arise from the work of the Forestry review group, announced by my right hon. Friend on 30 March 1993.