§ Mr. Newensasked the Attorney-General if he will indicate in approximate terms what proportion of documents held in the public record categories FO 371 and CO 537 for the years following 1945 have not been released to the public under the Lord Chancellor's ruling of 1967.
§ Dr. OwenI have been asked to reply.
Approximately 3.4 per cent. of documents in FO 371 created in the years 1946 to 1948 have not been released under the Lord Chancellor's ruling of 1967; the figure for CO 537 is 15.8 per cent.
The reason for the disparity between these two percentages is that FO 371 comprises the classified and unclassified
Productive woodlands (hectares) Population (millions) Hectares per head of population ENGLAND— Forestry Commission 249,000 46.5 0.005 Private woodlands 478,000 46.5 0.01 AH productive woodlands 727,000 46.5 0.015 WALES— Forestry Commission 135,000 2.8 0.05 Private woodlands 63,000 2.8 0.02 All productive woodlands 198,000 2.8 0.07