§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will give, for each full year since 31 March 1981, 490W the area of Forestry Commission land sold off in Wales, the percentage of the total remaining this represented, the total cash raised as a result and the price paid for each hectare of land so bought represented as an average for each year involved;
(2) what is the area of Forestry Commission land sold off in each year since 1981; what percentage of the total remaining this represented in each year; what was the total cash raised as a result in each year; and what the price paid for each hectare of land so bought represented as an average for each year involved.
§ Mr. John Stradling ThomasThe following areas of land have been sold by the Forestry Commission in Wales and in Great Britain since 1 April 1981:
Year ended 31 March 1982 1983 1984 Wales Area (ha) 1,743 1,451 3,345 Percentage of total land holding 1.1 0.9 2.2 Great Britain Area (ha) 10,423 12,085 44,391 Percentage of total land holding 0.8 1.0 3.7 The sums raised in each year with the average prices per hectare were as follows:
Year ended 31 March 1982 1983 *1984 Wales Total receipts 698,957 2,436,991 3,344,400 Average per hectare 401 1,679 1,000 Great Britain Total receipts 6,922,671 14,643,359 23,892,900 Average per hectare 664 1,212 538 * Provisional. The sales covered not only plantations, land awaiting planting, unplantable land and agricultural land, but also included residential and other properties. The proportion of sales in each of these categories has varied from year to year.