§ Mr. Dormandasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the number of local authorities undertaking schemes of amenity tree planting for each of the years from 1968.
§ Mr. Graham PageMy Department does not keep records of the many instances of amenity tree planting by local authorities when they are included in development projects such as housing estates, new roads, schools etc., but the local authorities which received grant for such planting under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act, 1949, and the Countryside Act 1968 were four in 1968–69, eight in 1969–70 and nine so far in 1970–71.