§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what assessment his Department has made of the impact upon the number of trees planted of the 1988 Budget and the ending of schedule D reliefs; and if he will make a statement;
(2) how many trees have been planted (a) in the last year and (b) in the 10 years before the 1988 Budget; and if he will make a statement.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe amount of tree planting grant aided by the Forestry Commission since 1979 is shown in the following table. As the figures for the year to 31 March 1989 include a substantial amount of planting which was carried out before the 1988 Budget, or subsequently with the benefit of transitional tax reliefs, it is too early to say what impact the changes made in that Budget will have on planting levels.
Area (Thousands of hectares) Year ending 31 March New planting Restocking 1979 8 3 1980 8 3 1981 8 3
Table 1 Expenditure per pupil on text and library books and on educational tools, equipment and materials at outturn prices Books Education tools, equipment and materials Year Primary Secondary Special Primary Secondary Special £ £ £ £ £ £ 1978–79 4.54 8.31 7.27 n/a n/a n/a 1979–80 5.49 9.61 11.25 n/a n/a n/a 1980.81 5.84 9.29 12.20 n/a n/a n/a 1981–82 6.54 9.77 12.17 n/a n/a n/a 1982–83 7.03 10.03 13.64 8.18 27.33 48.46 1983–84 8.99 13.35 22.64 7.28 25.36 42.11 1984–85 9.55 13.83 21.41 8.91 30.09 57.77 1985–86 8.91 13.47 21.37 8.33 30.26 53.42 1986–87 10.93 16.67 22.22 8.92 33.85 61.98 1987–88 9.25 12.93 17.42 11.71 44.42 77.58 332W
Table 2 Expenditure per pupil on text and library books and on educational tools, equipment and materials adjusted to 1987–88 prices using the GDP deflator Books Education tools, equipment and materials Year Primary Secondary Special Primary Secondary Special £ £ £ £ £ £ 1978.79 9.28 16.98 14.85 n/a n/a n/a 1979.80 9.62 16.83 19.71 n/a n/a n/a 1980.81 8.63 13.73 18.03 n/a n/a n/a 1981.82 8.80 13.15 16.38 n/a n/a n/a 1982–83 8.84 12.61 17.15 10.28 34.36 60.93 1983–84 10.80 16.04 27.20 8.75 30.47 50.60 1984–85 10.93 15.84 24.51 10.20 34.45 66.15 1985–86 9.67 14.62 23.20 9.04 32.85 57.99 1986–87 11.48 17.51 23.34 9.37 35.55 65.09 1987–88 9.25 12.93 17.42 11.71 44.42 77.58
Area (Thousands of hectares) Year ending 31 March New planting Restocking 1982 12 3 1983 13 3 1984 17 3 1985 16 3 1986 19 4 1987 19 4 1988 24 5 11989 25 5 1 Estimate.