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Year ended 31 March |Area (hectares) |Percentage of total
|land
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Scotland
1980 |799,700 |10.4
1981 |800,052 |10.4
1982 |797,511 |10.3
1983 |793,540 |10.3
1984 |759,758 |9.9
1985 |741,993 |9.6
1986 |732,154 |9.5
1987 |729,217 |9.5
1988 |727,670 |9.4
1989 |725,576 |9.4
1990 |723,497 |9.4
1991 |720,467 |9.3
1992 |718,421 |9.3
Wales
1980 |160,700 |7.8
1981 |160,674 |7.8
1982 |158,979 |7.7
1983 |157,699 |7.6
1984 |154,410 |7.5
1985 |150,901 |7.3
1986 |147,751 |7.2
1987 |145,306 |7.0
1988 |144,329 |7.0
1989 |142,654 |6.9
1990 |141,490 |6.9
1991 |140,299 |6.8
1992 |138,671 |6.7
England
1980 |303,000 |2.3
1981 |303,271 |2.3
1982 |302,193 |2.3
1983 |299,685 |2.3
1984 |295,004 |2.3
1985 |288,080 |2.2
1986 |285,685 |2.2
1987 |282,031 |2.2
1988 |277,440 |2.1
1989 |276,026 |2.1
1990 |274,638 |2.1
1991 |272,157 |2.1
1992 |270,502 |2.1
Note:
All the 1980 figures are rounded to the nearest 100 hectares.
Mrs. Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many access arrangements, and how many access agreements, the Forestry Commission have made in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) England in each year since 1991.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 9 February 1993] : Arrangements for securing continued public access to Forestry Commission woodlands after sale, by means of prior agreements entered into between the Commission and local authorities, were introduced in October 1991. No access agreements were completed in that year, but three were concluded in 1992, two in Wales and one in England.
Mrs. Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many hectares of (a) Forestry Commission and (b) private planting each year since 1981 in (1) Scotland, (2) Wales and (3) England have been (i) new planting of conifers, (ii) restocking of conifers, (iii) new planting of broadleaf trees and (iv) restocking of broadleaf trees.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 9 February 1993] : I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her yesterday at column 634.
Forestry
Mrs. Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what representations he has received, and what discussions he has held, in respect of increasing forestry in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) England ;
(2) what plans he has for increasing forestry in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) England.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 9 February 1993] : I have had many representations on the need for increasing forestry in Britain. The Government made clear their support for
"a steady expansion of tree cover to increase the many, diverse benefits that forests provide"
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in a statement published in September 1991 under the title "Forestry Policy for Great Britain", a copy of which is in the Library of the House. This continues to be our policy, and we shall be reviewing the effectiveness of the incentives currently available for forestry investment in accordance with the commitment we gave in our election manifesto. This review will be completed later this year.Mrs. Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of afforestation in Great Britain has been in Scotland each year since 1981 ; and how much of this has been coniferous.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 9 February 1993] : The information is given in the following table.
Year ended 31 March |Area afforested in |Area of conifers
|Scotland as |planted as
|percentage of area |percentage of total
|in Britain |area planted in
|Scotland
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1982 |89 |100
1983 |85 |99
1984 |87 |99
1985 |89 |99
1986 |91 |99
1987 |91 |97
1988 |90 |95
1989 |90 |93
1990 |78 |84
1991 |74 |80
1992 |74 |78
Mrs. Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many hectares of forest have been planted each year in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) England without a grant from the woodland grant scheme since its introduction.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 9 February 1993] : The Forestry Commission's estimates of the area of new woodlands planted without grant-aid each year since the woodland grant scheme was introduced are given in the table.
(hectares) Year ended 31 March |Scotland |Wales |England |Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1989 |38 |22 |136 |196 1990 |2 |4 |185 |191 1991 |0 |3 |134 |137 1992 |0 |4 |119 |123
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Forestry Commission (Privatisation)
Mrs. Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to privatise the Forestry Commission ; and what consultations he has held.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 9 February 1993] : The Government have no plans at present to privatise the Forestry Commission.
Fishing Nets
Mr. Macdonald : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the approximate cost to the Scottish Office of the recent prosecution of the owner of the Moyallan for carriage of a monofilament net.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 9 February 1993] : The case has been handled through the normal procedures that exist for dealing with alleged breaches of fisheries law. It has involved a number of different officials who have spent small amounts of time over a period and for that reason it is not possible to estimate the costs involved.
Mr. Macdonald : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the Government's policy towards the carriage of monofilament nets in Scottish waters by fishing boats which are (a) United Kingdom-registered flag of convenience boats and (b) United Kingdom-registered in ports other than in Scotland.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 9 February 1993] : Under the Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Carriage of Monofilament Gill Nets) (Scotland) Order 1986 the carriage of monofilament gill nets by any British fishing boat, including United Kingdom-registered flag of convenience boats and United Kingdom boats registered in ports other than in Scotland, is prohibited in the 0 to 6 mile sea area adjacent to the coast of Scotland.
Woodland Grant Scheme
Mrs. Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many grants have been paid out under the woodland grant scheme in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) England ; and how much this has amounted to in each of the years since 1988.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 9 February 1993] : The numbers of applications approved under the woodland grant scheme in each of the last four financial years, together with the grants paid, are shown in the following table. Applications associated with the farm woodland scheme have been included, but the grants paid do not take account of any annual payments made under that scheme.
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