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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many woodland grants were made by her Department or by the Forestry Commission in respect of woodlands in (a) the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and (b) Buckinghamshire in each of the last four financial years; what the sum of such grants was in each such year; and if she will make a statement. [187257] Mr. Bradshaw: The Forestry Commission made the following payments in the Chilterns AONB and Buckinghamshire under the Woodland Grant Scheme in the last four years. a) Chilterns AONB _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial Year Number of Claims Paid Claim Value £000 2000-2001 170 200.2 2001-2002 167 273.7 2002-2003 174 273.5 2003-2004 120 187.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. b) Buckinghamshire _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial Year Number of Claims Paid Claim Value £000 2000-2001 176 238.8 2001-2002 186 327.6 2002-2003 179 270.0 2003-2004 134 198.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In addition to the Woodland Grant Scheme, the Farm Woodland Premium Scheme administered by Defra made annual payments to farmers in compensation for income forgone as a consequence of converting agricultural land to woodland.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

424 c1583-4W;424 c1581-2W; 187257

Session

2003-04

Subjects

National landscapes Farms Grants Forestry Tree planting Buckinghamshire Woodland grant scheme Farm woodland premium scheme Chilterns

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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