Written question asked by David Lidington (Conservative) on Thursday, 22 July 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 September 2004. It was answered by Ben Bradshaw (Labour) on Wednesday, 15 September 2004 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications were made to the Woodland Grant Scheme in each of the last three years; how many were successful; and what was the total sum of grant awarded in each year. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many applications were made to the Woodland Grant Scheme in each of the last three years; how many were successful; and what was the total sum of grant awarded in each year. [187151] Mr. Bradshaw: For the Forestry Commission's Woodland Grant Scheme in England the number of applications made, number approved and the value of the grants in the approved schemes since 2001 are given in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial year Woodland grant scheme Approved schemes Value of grants in approved applications schemes (£ million) 2001-02 2,500 2,184 17.9 2002-03 2,801 2,239 18.4 2003-04 3,017 2,333 23.0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: The processing of applications takes a number of weeks so applications may have been received in a different year to that in which they were approved.

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