HC Deb 17 March 1993 vol 221 cc276-8W
Mr. Morley

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by county the names of and size of all Forestry Commission holdings.

Sir Hector Monro

[holding answer 10 March 1993]: The area of land currently managed by the Forestry Commission in each county or region is given in the table. The names and size of each individual Forestry Commission holding could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

County or Region Area (hectares)
England
Avon 352
Bedfordshire 821

County or Region Area (hectares)
Berkshire 517
Buckinghamshire 2,038
Cambridgeshire 682
Cheshire 950
Cleveland 493
Cornwall 3,378
Cumbria 26,508
Derbyshire 3,323
Devon 10,182
Dorset 7,042
Durham 3,340
East Sussex 2,965
Essex 797
Gloucestershire 10,405
Hampshire 34,311
Hereford and Worcester 5,052
Hertfordshire 621
Humberside 360
Isle of Wight 1,531
Kent 3,639
Lancashire 1,819
Leicestershire 669
Lincolnshire 5,634
Norfolk 14,325
Northamptonshire 4,097
Northumberland 59,336
North Yorkshire 23,058
Nottinghamshire 5,644
Oxfordshire 632
Shropshire 4,699
Somerset 4,455
South Yorkshire 1,154
Staffordshire 4,495
Suffolk 9,823
Surrey 1,636
Tyne and Wear 732
Warwickshire 639
West Midlands 84
West Sussex 4,021
West Yorkshire 112
Wiltshire 3,922
Scotland
Borders 30,862
Central 29,861
Dumfries and Galloway 101,071

Budget allocation £ Actual expenditure £
1987–88
Voluntary sector 350,000 71,500 Rossie School
165,000 St. Mary's School
237,000
1988–89
Voluntary sector 69,000 69,770 Rossie
1989–90
Voluntary sector 73,000 36,600 Rossie
21,200 St. Mary's
57,800
1990–91
Voluntary sector 77,000 41,300 Rossie
37,100 St. Mary's
78,400
Local authorities 400,000 63,000 Brodie Unit (Central)
1991–92
Voluntary sector 79,000 59,100 Rossie
60,100 St. Mary's

County or Region Area (hectares)
Fife 4,866
Grampian 62,031
Highland 244,164
Lothian 1,635
Orkney and Shetland 9
Strathclyde 193,339
Tayside 40,403
Western Isles 867
Wales
Clwyd 9,560
Dyfed 31,628
Gwent 8,897
Gwynedd 28,144
Mid Glamorgan 13,063
Powys 31,354
South Glamorgan 518
West Glamorgan 14,534

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