§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the total payments to private landowners under forest authority schemes in(a) the United Kingdom and (b) Scotland; and if he will list the 20 largest recipients in Scotland, indicating in each case the purpose of the award and the amount for each year since 1993. [20976]
§ Mr. KynochThe total payments to woodland owners by the Forestry Commission are set out in the table.
£ million Year ending 31 March GB Scotland 1993 21.8 10.3 1994 29.8 13.4 1995 32.8 17.3 1996 32.1 16.3 19971 27.5 14.5 1 To end of February. The Forestry Commission does not keep a record of cumulative payments made to each owner. To list the 20 largest recipients would require a manual search through a very large number of individual grant scheme files. This could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.