§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many hectares of(a) Forestry Commission planting, (b) private planting and (c) new trees have been planted in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales and (iii) England each year since 1981; and what were the Government targets for these years.
§ Sir Hector Monro[holding answer 8 February 1993]: Information on the planting undertaken by the Forestry Commission and the private sector since 1981 is given in the tables.
My right hon. Friend the then Secretary of State for Scotland, Mr. Younger, stated on 10 December 1980, Official Report, column 927:
there should be scope for new planting to continue in the immediate future at broadly the rate of the past 25 yearsthat is about 30,000 hectares a year. In his statement on the rural economy made on 9 February 1987, Official Report, columns 38–39, my right hon. Friend the then Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Mr. Jopling, announced that the Government's new planting aim would be changed to 33,000 hectares a year. This remains the indicative level.
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Forestry Commission planting hectares New planting Restocking Year ending 31 March broadleaves conifer broadleaves conifer Scotland 1982 36 10,058 14 2,023 1983 50 7,971 15 2,274 1984 36 7,674 15 2,632 1985 42 4,735 16 2,429 1986 41 3,997 71 3,292
New planting Restocking Year Year ending 31 March broadleaves conifer broadleaves conifer 1987 221 4,845 212 3,107 1988 297 4,320 382 3,145 1989 243 3,671 283 3,561 1990 224 3,563 298 3,486 1991 191 3,275 211 3,453 1992 223 2,651 270 3,358 Wales 1982 0 326 21 1,503 1983 11 425 11 1,471 1984 4 271 15 1,524 1985 12 149 32 1,268 1986 2 47 29 1,749 1987 3 135 168 1,767 1988 9 148 119 1,922 1989 0 61 119 1,617 1990 10 86 91 1,273 1991 3 12 82 1,390 1992 5 50 175 1,599 England 1982 15 543 125 1,824 1983 23 406 178 1,849 1984 11 386 211 2,356 1985 7 160 88 2,083 1986 13 233 206 1,950 1987 46 92 374 2,410 1988 67 111 323 2,286 1989 31 99 376 2,519 1990 27 171 433 2,284 1991 7 27 323 2,163 1992 17 53 345 2,513 632W
Private sector planting Hectares Year Ending 31 March New Planting Restocking Broadleaves Conifer Broadleaves Conifer Scotland 1982 56 10,607 105 1,234 1983 95 9,991 63 905 1984 141 13,988 88 931 1985 127 14,008 122 1,055 1986 245 17,047 184 1,375 1987 439 16,781 266 1,281 1988 1,084 20,113 448 1,212 1989 1,551 20,882 657 1,591 1990 2,284 9,204 852 1,132 1991 2,640 7,923 1,170 1,670 1992 2,540 7,285 1,168 2,042 Wales 1982 41 963 36 187 1983 60 851 48 108 1984 90 974 29 84 1985 34 884 46 76 1986 41 702 72 362 1987 134 574 51 229 1988 262 683 134 342 1989 213 710 104 152 1990 232 320 161 109 1991 228 282 153 143 1992 218 138 219 360 England 1982 297 498 726 1,162 1983 445 1,069 800 1,194 1984 447 1,033 916 1,019 1985 434 542 884 883 1986 563 421 1,236 1,110 1987 775 444 1,522 1,122 1988 1,149 530 1,745 973
Year Ending 31 March New Planting Restocking Broadleaves Conifer Broadleaves Conifer 1989 997 755 1,414 916 1990 2,611 755 2,532 1,339 1991 3,455 908 2,824 1,146 1992 3,275 691 2,590 1,452