The EARL of CAITHNESSasked Her Majesty's Government:
What has been the annual expenditure on the Forestry Commission since it was established and what have been the receipts for the same period.
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§ The MINISTER of STATE, SCOTTISH OFFICE (The Earl of Mansfield)The figures requested are given in the following table:
Year ended 30th September £'000 Expenditure Receipts (Other than Grant-in-Aid) 1999–20 107 12 1920–21 319 29 1921–22 398 25 1922–23 272 41 1923–24 333 86 1924–25 517 122 1925–26 608 122 1926–27 619 128 1927–28 649 141 1928–29 680 145 1929–30 808 148 1930–31 842 172 1931–32 761 151 1932–33 582 147 1933–34 619 173 1934–35 621 178 1935–36 719 186 1936–37 912 228 1937–38 1,116 231 1938–39 946 208 1939–40 822 363 1940–41 988 570 1941–42 1,121 619 1942–43 1,192 679 1943–44 1,447 922 1944–45 1,357 631 1945–46 1,938 563 1946–47 3,870 659 1947–48 6,623 1,070 1948–49 6,881 1,350 1949–50 7,025 1,536 1950–51 8,012 1,812 1951–52 9,278 2,365 1952–53 9,421 2,217 1953–54 10,373 2,508 1954–55 11,054 2,659 1955–56 11,235 2,737 1956–57 12,210 3,141 1957–58 12,459 3,119 1958–59 13,077 3,198 1959–60 13,930 3,131 1960–61 15,621 3,342 1961–62 15,302 3,445 1962–63 15,764 3,576 1963–64 17,539 3,904 1964–65 17,956 4,616 1965–66 19,306 4,957 1966–67 21,167 6,029 1967–68 to 31st March 1968–69 (18 months) 31,792 9,069
Year ended 31st March 1969–70 22,737 7,605 1970–71 24,559 9,130 1971–72 26,744 10,797 1972–73 27,418 12,237 1973–74 30,229 16,891 1974–75 41,372 23,724 1975–76 51,044 23,970 1976–77 55,932 29,639 1977–78 61,017 35,860 1978–79 65,591 36,779 NoteExpenditure includes payments by the Commission on Forestry Authority services, such as grants to woodland owners, research, plant health and felling controls.