§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much woodland there was in(a) absolute and (b) percentage terms in each constituency in each year since 1990. [34870]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 11 February 2002]: This information is not currently available in the format requested. However, the Forestry Commission carries out woodland surveys by county every 10–15 years. The most recent surveys were conducted between 1979–1982 and 1995–99, and the table shows the findings from each survey.
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Inventory of Woodland and Trees 1995–99 Woodland Census 1979–1982 Region/county Land area Woodland area (ha) Woodland cover (%) Land area Woodland area (ha) Woodland cover (%) South-west Avon 133,244 8,364 6.3 134,605 6,862 5.1 Cornwall 356,466 26,869 7.5 356,422 18,301 5.1 Devon 670,961 66,660 9.9 671,087 53,813 8.0 Dorset 265,274 28,759 10.8 265,380 25,062 9.4 Gloucestershire 265,327 29,752 11.2 264,263 26,372 10.0 Somerset 345,207 24,291 7.0 345,043 19,300 5.6 Wiltshire 347,605 27,325 7.9 348,070 24,839 7.1 Region 2,384,084 212,021 8.9 2,384,870 174,549 7.3 West midlands Hereford and Worcester 392,346 35,668 9.1 392,648 28,757 7.3 Shropshire 348,767 29,482 8.5 349,014 25,275 7.2 Staffordshire 271,545 21,175 7.8 271,616 16,936 6.2 Warwickshire 197,854 9,390 4.7 198,053 6,883 3.5 West midlands 89,874 2,759 3.1 89,942 1,827 2.0 Region 1,300,386 98,474 7.6 1,301,273 79,678 6.1 East Bedfordshire 123,557 7,655 6.2 123,467 6,184 5.0 Cambridgeshire 339,963 12,325 3.6 340,901 6,612 1.9 Essex 367,344 19,456 5.3 367,188 14,996 4.1 Hertfordshire 163,928 15,503 9.5 163,418 12,370 7.6 Norfolk 537,234 52,739 9.8 536,823 42,697 8.0 Suffolk 379,839 31,435 8.3 379,667 28,211 7.4 Region 1,911,865 139,112 7.3 1,911,464 111,070 5.8 East midlands Derbyshire 262,858 19,512 7.4 263,096 13,299 5.1 Leicestershire 255,087 9,660 3.8 255,293 7,741 3.0 Lincolnshire 592,091 18,903 3.2 591,484 18,774 3.2 Northamptonshire 236,697 14,498 6.1 236,734 11,909 5.0 Nottinghamshire 215,980 17,298 8.0 216,365 15,058 7.0 Region 1,562,713 79,871 5.1 1,562,972 66,781 4.3 Yorkshire and the Humber Humberside 350,806 9,080 2.6 351,226 9,617 2.7 North Yorkshire 839,949 60,843 7.3 830,869 55,852 6.7 South Yorkshire 155,941 11,551 7.4 156,049 10,398 6.7 West Yorkshire 203,417 10,607 5.2 203,912 9,350 4.6 Region 1,541,113 92,081 6.0 1,542,056 85,217 5.5 North-east Cleveland 59,652 3,790 6.4 58,307 3,361 5.8 Durham 242,907 15,540 6.4 243,591 13,934 5.7 Northumberland 502,594 80,645 16.0 503,166 75,770 15.1 Tune and Wear 54,033 2,892 5.4 54,005 1,690 3.1 Region 859,186 102,867 12.0 859,069 94,755 11.0 North-west Cheshire 233,107 10,337 4.4 232,846 8,842 3.8 Cumbria 682,333 64,582 9.5 681,015 54,450 8.0 Greater Manchester 128,584 4,696 3.7 128,674 2,649 2.1 Lancashire 306,978 14,078 4.6 306,347 11,477 3.7 Merseyside 65,516 2,478 3.8 65,202 1,677 2.6 Region 1,416,518 96,171 6.8 1,414,084 79,095 5.6 England 13,043,370 1,096,885 8.4 13,043,927 947,688 7.3 Note:
NIWT land area, including inland water, based on digital boundaries used in the 1991 Census of Population