§ Mr. Robert Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what sums of money were recovered by the Forestry Commission in England and Wales from private estate forestry on the grounds of bad husbandry or forestry management and practice during the period 1960 to 1970, and from 1970 until the latest date for which information is available.
§ Mr. WigginFrom October 1959 to March 1970, forestry grants amounting to £131,838 were reclaimed in Great Britain as a whole. Grants reclaimed during the period from April 1970 to March 1979 were £372,380. These amounts included 207W interest, and repayments for reasons other than bad husbandry or forest management and practice, such as the use of woodlands for development or their conversion to agriculture, or failure to complete the legal requirements of the Commission's dedication scheme within the stipulated time.
It is not possible to break down these sums under the various reasons for recovery or between individual countries, except at disproportionate cost.