HL Deb 11 April 1988 vol 495 cc965-6WA
Baroness Stedman

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is the number of new dwellings which would he covered at average local cost by the sums at present envisaged by the Secretary of State for the Environment for infrastructure for new dwellings in Berkshire and in Cleveland respectively.

The Earl of Caithness

Specific spending allocations are not given to local authorities for residential infrastructure and the information requested about costs is not available. In the last financial year, the total capital spending power of Berkshire and Cleveland county councils, which are responsible (inter alia) for expenditure on education, highways and personal social services, is estimated to have been respectively £34.2 million and £15.9

Woodland trees: volume blown down and pre-storm stock, by species, group and county
thousand cubic metres, per cent.
County
Kent E. Sussex W. Sussex Hampshire Surrey Suffolk Essex Other1 Total
Conifers
Volume blown 230 380 350 90 110 510 10 230 1,910
Pre-storm stock 640 960 1,250 2,670 1,150 1,900 205 .. ..
Per cent, blown 36 40 28 3 10 26 5 .. ..
Broadleaves
Volume blown 310 360 450 110 160 200 90 150 1,830
Pre-storm stock 1,770 1,980 1,450 5,000 3,270 2,570 2,295 .. ..
Per cent, blown 18 18 18 2 5 8 4 .. ..
All woodland
Volume blown 540 740 800 200 270 710 100 380 3,740
Pre-storm stock 2,410 2,940 3,700 7,670 4,420 4,560 3,000 .. ..
Per cent. blown 22 25 21 3 6 15 4 .. ..
1 Includes Berkshire, Greater London, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight and Norfolk.
Not available.

Source: Forest Windblow Action Committee.

million, equivalent to £62 and £38 per head of the existing adult population. Some expenditure on infrastructure is also incurred by the regional water authorities and the electricity boards in the areas concerned.