§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total area of land which was referred to the Welsh Office Agriculture Department by the Forestry Commission under the forestry grant consultation procedures for each of the years ended 31 March 1986 and 31 March 1987; and if he will list in the Official Report in respect of each of the area offices of his Department the area of land which it advised was (a) acceptable to award forestry grant and (b) inappropriate to afforest on agricultural grounds.
§ Mr. Peter Walker[pursuant to his reply, 23 July 1987]: The information is as follows:
1985–86 Area acceptable Area inappropriate for forestry (hectares) (hectares) Divisional Office Caernarfon (Gwynedd) 68 — Cardiff (Glamorgans and Gwent) 102 — Carmarthen (Dyfed) 201 — Llandrindod Wells (Powys) 837 — Ruthin (Clwyd) — — Total 1,208 — 1986–87 Caernarfon 783 — Cardiff 2 — Carmarthen 369 — Llandrindod Wells 601 — Ruthin 442 145 Total 2,197 145