§ Mr. AncramTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what publicity has been given to the community woodland supplement which he introduced in April; and what take-up there has been.
§ Sir Hector Monro[holding answer 6 July 1992]: "The Community Woodland Supplement" was launched by my right hon. Friend in September 1991 and a press release was issued at the same time. Baroness Trumpington, the then Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, also publicised the supplement in January at the launch of the Forestry Commission's "Community Woodland Design Guidelines". Further publicity was given at the forestry expansion conference organised by the Forestry Commission in March, and in speeches by Ministers and by Forestry Commissioners on several other occasions. The supplement has been promoted in the technical press and Forestry Commission staff have publicised it at seminars with local authorities, farmers and landowners. Information about the supplement is included in the applicant's pack for the woodland grant scheme.
The Forestry Commission has received 63 applications for the supplement, of which 10 have so far been approved.