HC Deb 16 February 1960 vol 617 c96W
44. Mr. Stodart

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what acreage in Scotland was under crops and grass, rough grazings, including mountain, moor, deer forest and heath, and woodlands and afforestation, respectively, in 1959 and 1949.

Mr. Leburn

The area in Scotland under crops and grass was 4,359,000 acres in 1959 and 4,416,000 in 1949. Rough grazings including mountain, moor, deer forest and heath land covered about 12,481,000 acres in 1959 and about 12,760,000 in 1949. Woodlands and afforested land amounted to 961,000 acres in 1959 and 629,000 in 1949.

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