§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many private woodlands foresters were 177W employed by the Forestry Commission at district level in (a) April 1980 and (b) June 1984, after forest and district reorganisation; and how many will be employed in June 1985 after conservancy reorganisation.
§ Mr. John MacKay[pursuant to his reply, 4 March 1985, c. 404]: Private woodlands work is carried out by the commission's forest district managers and their supporting staff. The allocation of staff resources at any time depends on the level of private woodlands activity. Some officers have been engaged full-time on this duty, but most have undertaken it as part of their overall duties. For this reason it is not possible to give a precise answer to the question. However, the commission's commitment in terms of man years to private woodlands work at forest district level has been assessed as follows:
Year to 31 March Man years 1980 44 1984 45 1986 *50 * Anticipated.