To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding has been provided by his Department for the timber trade action plan (TTAP); when he expects the TTAP report on mills in China to be made available; and if he will make a statement. (127454)

DEFRA is not funding the timber trade action plan (TTAP) but has provided a grant of £151,692 from the World Summit On Sustainable Development Implementation Fund to The Tropical Forest Trust, which also manages TTAP. This funding supports a project which aims to help Chinese wood processing firms achieve market demands for legal and sustainable timber. A public report on the first phase of the project—an industry supply chain study—will be available at the end of March.