§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the cost of the Forestry Commission's planting operations in 1987–88 for the three counties of Yorkshire, in terms of(a) direct costs of the planting in the year and (b) supervisory costs and overheads related to that planting.
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Primary Secondary Special Others(Nursery) Total 1987 Age retirements Male 1 3 — — 4 Female 4 — — — 4 Early retirements Redundancy Male 1 — — — 1
§ Mr. RyderI have been asked to reply.
The information is as follows:
£ thousands New planting Restocking Direct (forest) costs 40 217 Supervisory costs and Overheads 16 89 Total costs 56 306
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what areas of land the Forestry Commission proposed to newly plant in the year 1988–89 in the three counties of Yorkshire; and if he will list, by Forestry Commission conservancies, the total area to be planted and the names and locations of the blocks over 100 hectares.
§ Mr. RyderI have been asked to reply.
The Forestry Commission's North England Conservancy carried out a total of 31 hectares of new planting in Yorkshire in the year ended 31 March 1989.