§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what area of Forestry Commission(a) land and (b) woodland has been sold off in (i) England, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Wales in each year since 1979; and what area he now proposes for future sales.
§ Sir Hector MonroThe information is given in the table.
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Year ended 31 March All land (hectares) Forestry land (hectares) England 1980 1— 300 1981 414 189 1982 1,309 676 1983 2,523 2,126 1984 4,680 4,025 1985 6,976 6,561 1986 2,789 2,489 1987 2,786 2,377 1988 4,593 4,108 1989 1,629 1,386 1990 1,989 1,824 1991 1,556 1,452 1992 1,737 1,673 1993 1,006 883 1994 1,171 1,091 Scotland 1980 1— 300 1981 1,465 368 1982 7,371 1,510 1983 8,135 4,061 1984 36,543 11,345 1985 18,359 7,671 1986 10,555 4,055 1987 6,220 2,674 1988 3,359 1,662 1989 4,286 1,716 1990 4,620 2,633 1991 4,754 2,384 1992 3,517 3,359 1993 8,437 4,930 1994 12,462 12,105 Wales 1980 1— 0 1981 361 131 1982 1,743 161 1983 1,450 445 1984 3,347 1,137 1985 3,522 1,840 1986 3,229 1,770 1987 1,950 1,135 1988 977 617 1989 1,760 1,226 1990 1,242 1,102 1991 1,118 934 1992 1,657 1,231 1993 1,146 1,014 1994 1,317 1,223 1 Before 1980 central records were kept only of forestry land. As announced in the Government's expenditure plans 1995–96 to 1997–98, the commission plans to sell 15,000 hectares of forest land in Britain in each of the next three years.