HC Deb 15 February 1984 vol 54 cc207-8W
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list which of the woods sold or notified for sale by the Forestry Commission and listed in the Official Report, 17 January, c. 168, are or have been covered by management agreements with county naturalist trusts.

Mrs. Fenner

The list is as follows:

Name of Property County/Region
Clyde Woodlands Strathclyde
Grass Wood North Yorkshire
Bulls Wood Suffolk
Rushbeds Wood Buckinghamshire
Talgarth Hospital Woods Powys
Allt-Crug-Garn Dyfed
Garn Llywd South Glamorgan
Birch Wood Surrey
Tiddesley Woods Hereford and Worcester
Levisham North Yorkshire
Brockadale/Sodwall North/West Yorkshire
Muckton (part) Lincolnshire
Whitecross Green & Oriel Wood Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Corscombe Estate (Brackets' Coppice and Birch Common) Dorset
Powerstock Common Dorset
Coed-y-Bedw Mid Glamorgan

The management agreements to not necessarily cover the whole of each property.

Mr. Kenneth Carlisle

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will estimate the net benefit to the Exchequer of the sale of woodlands by the Forestry Commission listed in the Official Report, 17 January, c. 168, taking into account losses arising from tax allowances contingent on such purchases.

Mrs. Fenner

Such an estimate cannot be given as it is not possible to assess the cost of tax reliefs which will subsequently be available to purchasers of woodlands.

Mr. Kenneth Carlisle

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list which of the woods sold or notified for sale by the Forestry Commission and listed in the Official Report, 17 January, 168, are or have been designated sites of special scientific interest.

Mrs. Fenner

The information requested is set out in the following table:

Sold as at 21 November 1983
Name of Property County/Region
Danskin Loch Lothian
Twelve Acre Wood Buckinghamshire
South Cozac Deer Forest Highland
Binsness Grampian
Hyndhope and Ettrickshaws Borders
Leithope Borders
Grass Wood North Yorkshire
Rushbeds Wood Buckinghamshire
Brampton Wood Cambridgeshire
Bulls Wood Suffolk
Birch Wood Surrey
Tyddyn Isaf Gwynedd
Talgarth Hospital Woods Powys
Nicholaston Wood West Glamorgan
Garn Llwyd South Glamorgan
The Knoll, West Lane, Coed Wen Gwent

The sites of special scientific interest do not necessarily cover the whole of each property listed.

In Process of being Sold at 21 November 1983
Name of Property County/Region
Corrour—Deer Forest Highland
Dunnet Plantation Highland
Affric Forest (part) Highland
Glenspean Highland
Fordie Tayside
Easter Poldar III Central
Archerfield/Muirfield Lothian
Wood of Cree Dumfries and Galloway
Glenburrels Shropshire
Wart Hill Shropshire
Eaton and Gamston Nottinghamshire
Hartshill Hayes Warwickshire
Stapleton Park—Brockadale North/West Yorkshire
Whitecross Green and Oriel Wood Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Foxley Wood Norfolk
Mottistone Down Isle of Wight
(Corscombe Estate) Bracket's Coppice and Birch Common Dorset
Powerstock Common Dorset
Conwy Valley Package Gwynedd
Cilrhedyn Uchaf Dyfed
Coed-y-Bedw Mid Glamorgan

The sites of special scientific interest do not necessarily cover the whole of each property listed.