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answer › question first answered	2021-06-28T17:00:17.1Z
answering body	Department for Environment%2C Food and Rural Affairs
answer › is ministerial correction	false
hansard heading	Trees

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To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the numbers of recorded ancient and veteran trees in England are increasing or declining.

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Lord Patten

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28/06/2021

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<p>The Government does not have a statutory duty to collate numbers of ancient and veteran trees. The Natural England and Forestry Commission <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fancient-woodland-and-veteran-trees-protection-surveys-licences&data=04%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C6a000b804d5743d04c1a08d93a2c8ee4%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C1%7C0%7C637604785314420526%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=xN0rQT88Dch7mlc7uWp6yKGJlOwQ3Bho49fCXab5TFc%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">Standing Advice on Ancient Woodland, Ancient and Veteran Trees</a>, available at <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fancient-woodland-and-veteran-trees-protection-surveys-licences&data=04%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C6a000b804d5743d04c1a08d93a2c8ee4%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C1%7C0%7C637604785314420526%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=xN0rQT88Dch7mlc7uWp6yKGJlOwQ3Bho49fCXab5TFc%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">gov.uk/guidance/ancient-woodland-and-veteran-trees-protection-surveys-licences</a>, directs users to the Woodland Trust's Ancient Tree Inventory which is collated by volunteers around the country: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fati.woodlandtrust.org.uk%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C6a000b804d5743d04c1a08d93a2c8ee4%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C1%7C0%7C637604785314430515%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=LaVsh6gsgYALjY8uziWlW0uCYJAScGd8bT%2FYUQJy3vE%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">https://ati.woodlandtrust.org.uk/</a>. The Ancient Tree Inventory currently lists 160,000 ancient, veteran and notable trees across the UK.</p><p>In 2019, we also announced that Government would give the Woodland Trust £210,000 to work with Natural England to update the Ancient Woodland Inventory which identifies over 53,000 ancient woodland sites in England.</p>

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Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

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28/06/2021 17:00:17

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