Forestry Commission (Hansard, 9 February 1979)

§ Mr. Watkinson

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) what was the revenue and profit of each camp site under Forestry Commission control in 1978, 1977 and 1976;

(2) what was the occupancy rate of the Forestry Commission holiday cabins throughout the period April to October in 1978, 1977 and 1976.

FINANCIAL YEAR TO 31 MARCH
(£000s)
			1976–77	1977–78
Operational Campsites by Conservancy Area			Revenue	Surplus(+)/Deficit(-)	Revenue	Surplus(+)/Deficit(-)
North-East England
Bedburn	…	…	—	—	1.7	+0.3
Swarland	…	…	—	—	1.5	0.9
Stonehaugh	…	…	1.1	+0.5	1.6	+1.1
East England
Thorpe	…	…	8.7	+0.2	10.2	-1.6
Tangham	…	…	0.4	-5.6	3.9	-3.2
South-East England
A class sites^*	…	…	163.3	+63.4	188.7	+58.5
B class sites	…	…	108.7	+3.2	145.1	+17.6
South-West England
Christchurch	…	…	52.6	-1.2	68.1	+16.2
Woodlands	…	…	2.5	+1.4	3.1	-1.7
Worcester Lodge	…	…	2.7	+0.5	3.8	+2.8
Youth sites	…	…	6.3	+1.5	6.0	+3.3
North-West England
Minor sites	…	…	—	—	5.3	-5.6
North Scotland
Glenmore	…	…	49.9	+17.9	59.3	+10.2
Balmacara	…	…	—	—	0.3	-3.8
Minor sites	…	…	—	—	14.3	+7.0
East Scotland
Kilvrecht	…	…	3.9	-0.8	4.4	-3.6
South Scotland
Caldons	…	…	20.7	+3.0	31.0	+8.6
Talnotry	…	…	5.0	+0.2	7.4	+3.6
West Scotland
Ardgartan	…	…	27.7	+9.9	36.2	+16.0
Cashel	…	…	14.8	+0.7	18.3	+1.6
Cobleland	…	…	11.5	+3.1	12.4	+1.4
Glencoe	…	…	17.8	+5.6	20.2	+4.0
North Wales
Beddgelert	…	…	36.5	+17.1	42.9	+21.2
Sub-total	…	…	534.1	+120.6	685.7	+153.0

Non-operational campsites					Development Cost
North-East England
Leaplish	…	…	—	—	—	-19.3
Spiers House	…	…	—	—	—	-0.2
Kidder	…	…	—	—	—	-3.0
South Wales
Site development	…	…	—	—	—	-4.4
Grand Totals	…	…	534.1	+120.6	685.7	+126.1
^* A class sites have full facilities; B class sites have minimum facilities.

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