§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the numbers of forest workers employed on forest management activities and harvesting activities by the Forestry Commission in each conservancy area since 1979.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is given in the following tables:
Conservancy Total1 19792 North East England 391 North West England 387 East England 418 South East England 254 South West England 370 North Wales 474 South Wales 445 North Scotland 547 East Scotland 358 West Scotland 440 South Scotland 552 Great Britain 4,636
Conservancy Forest management Harvesting Total1 1984 North East England 170 121 291 North West England 125 184 309 East England 146 180 326 South East England 134 69 203 South West England 142 168 310 North Wales 183 177 360 South Wales 204 106 310 North Scotland 275 135 410 East Scotland 129 132 261 West Scotland 214 101 315 South Scotland 295 211 506 Great Britain 2,017 1,584 3,601
Conservancy3 Forest management Harvesting Total1 1989 North England 222 129 351 East England 188 159 347 West England 166 108 274 Wales 276 149 425 North Scotland 298 114 412 Mid Scotland 215 61 276 South Scotland 234 134 368 Great Britain 1,599 854 2,453 1 The figures do not include contractors. 2 The 1979 figures arc not available by activity. 3 The number of conservancies was reduced from 11 to 7 on 1 April 1985.