§ Mr. Nigel GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the proportion of broadleaves of the total planting in Scotland by(a) the Forestry Commission and (b) private sector companies in the year 1987–88.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonBroadleaves made up 8.3 per cent. of the Forestry Commission's planting and 6.7 per cent. of grant-aided planting by the private sector during this period. Separate figures for the forestry companies are not available.
§ Mr. Nigel GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the value of the planting grants made to the private forestry sector in Caithness and Sutherland for each year since 1979; and if he will reprice the figures for inflation.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is given in the table:
Year to 31 March Planting grants paid (£ thousands) Planting grants paid (£ thousands revalued to 1988 equivalents) 1980 14 24 1981 34 50 1982 124 167 1983 137 173 1984 470 564 1985 338 385
Year to 31 March Conservancy1 (£ thousands) Conservancy1 (£ thousands revalued to 1988 equivalents) North East South West North East South West 1982 66 62 37 55 89 83 49 74 1983 49 64 34 58 62 81 43 73 1984 61 74 150 67 73 88 179 80 1985 70 60 53 88 80 68 60 101 North Mid South North Mid South 1986 88 156 10 95 168 108 1987 112 126 148 117 132 155 1988 192 258 295 192 258 295 1 The former East Scotland Conservancy was assimilated into the North and Mid Scotland Conservancies in 1985. The figures cover the full range of visitor facilities. The figures I provided to the hon. Member on 20 November 1987 at column 537–38 covered only those categories of facilities which included forest walks and footpaths.
§ Mr. Nigel GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the amount of forest recreation and amenity subsidy made to the Forestry Commission in Scotland and in England and Wales in each year since 1979; and if he will reprice the figures for inflation.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is set out in the table:582W
Year to 31 March Planting grants paid (£ thousands) Planting grants paid (£ thousands revalued to 1988 equivalents) 1986 691 746 1987 808 848 1988 604 604
§ Mr. Nigel GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the value of the planting grants made to the private forestry sector in Scotland for each year since 1979; and if he will reprice the figures for inflation.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is given in the table:
Year to 31 March Planting grants paid (£ thousands) Planting grants paid (£ thousands revalued to 1988 equivalents) 1980 1,481 2,562 1981 1,393 2,033 1982 2,474 3,341 1983 2,669 3,363 1984 3,607 4,328 1985 3,727 4,249 1986 4,476 4,834 1987 4,592 4,822 1988 5,139 5,139
§ Mr. Nigel GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the sums spent on visitor facilities in each of the three conservancies, north Scotland, mid-Scotland and south Scotland in each year since 1979; and if he will reprice the figures for inflation.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information, which is available only from 1981–82 onwards, is set out in the table:
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Year to 31 March Scotland England and Wales Scotland England and Wales (£ thousands) (£ thousands revalued at 1988 equivalents) 1980 1,070 2,463 1,844 4,240 1981 1,036 2,349 1,512 3,428 1982 1,016 2,476 1,377 3,353 1983 1,143 2,649 1,440 3,337 1984 1,278 3,058 1,530 3,660 1985 1,374 3,212 1,572 3,677 1986 1,877 3,936 2,029 4,257 1987 1,905 4,731 2,000 4,968 1988 2,637 5,826 2,637 5,826
§ Mr. Nigel GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the division among the three conservancies, north Scotland, mid-Scotland and south
Conservancy (£ thousands) Conservancy (£ thousands revalued to 1988 equivalents) Year to 31 March North East1 South West North East1 South West 1980 263 214 312 281 453 369 538 484 1981 305 259 275 197 445 378 401 288 1982 238 273 274 231 322 370 372 313 1983 272 353 268 250 342 445 338 315 1984 318 337 344 279 381 403 412 334 1985 332 338 300 354 380 444 343 405 North Mid South North Mid South 1986 542 784 551 586 848 595 1987 588 656 661 617 689 694 1988 720 965 952 720 965 952 1 The former East Scotland Conservancy was assimilated into the Mid Scotland and North Scotland Conservancies in 1985.
§ Mr. Nigel GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the items of expenditure covered by the forest recreation and amenity subsidy made to the Forestry Commission in Scotland in the year to 3 March 1988.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe forest recreation and amenity subsidy is spent on a wide variety of items, including visitor centres, picnic areas, car parks, toilet blocks, forest walks, interpretative facilities, wildlife conservation, streamside improvements, archaeological conservation, amenity work, landscape improvement and the provision of facilities for specialised pursuits and events such as horse-riding and orienteering.
§ Mr. Nigel GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many jobs have been lost through afforestation in each year from 1983.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonStatistics on comparative job losses and gains as a result of afforestation are not collected.
§ Mr. Nigel GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of Forestry Commission trees in Scotland have been damaged by atmospheric pollution.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Moray (Mrs. Ewing) on 5 December 1988 at column46.