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1504092

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Tree Planting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of trees.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	46173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>Trees are at the forefront of the Government’s plans to achieve net zero by 2050, whilst also helping achieve many other environmental and economic outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>Our England Trees Action Plan (ETAP), published in May 2021, sets out the long-term, generational vision for trees and forestry to 2050. The Plan details how we will treble tree planting rates in England by the end of this Parliament, contributing to 30,000 hectares of new trees per year across the UK by 2025. The Plan is supported by the £675 million Nature for Climate Fund. We have already:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Launched the England Woodland Creation Offer, a major new grant scheme supporting tree planting and woodland creation, with over £15 million available this year alone.</li><li>Established three new Community Forests with over 1,000 hectares of new woodland being planted across the total 13 Community Forests since 2020.</li><li>Significantly invested to build and enhance our nursery capacity to ensure we have sufficient high quality, bio-secure tree stocks that can help us meet our ambitions.</li></ul> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/09/2022 17:23:29 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1540790

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Tree Planting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the (a) number of commercial tree nurseries and (b) the average number of trees grown by nurseries.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	82212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission publishes a list of Forest Reproductive Material suppliers as required by the Forest Reproductive Material (Great Britain) Regulations 2002. This is available on our GOV.UK site at: <a href="https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/2195c92a086c4146972848c5190c9647/" target="_blank">https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/2195c92a086c4146972848c5190c9647/</a>. This list covers forestry producers and does not represent the whole commercial nursery sector.</p><p> </p><p>Nursery production capacity is commercially sensitive information and for this reason there are no official estimates. However, Confor, a representative body of the timber and forestry industry, has provided estimates for nursery production capacity in 2020. The summary findings of the Confor Nursery Producers Group are available at: <a href="https://www.confor.org.uk/media/247662/sftt-ne-nursery-perspective.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.confor.org.uk/media/247662/sftt-ne-nursery-perspective.pdf</a><strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 16/11/2022 18:57:26 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1602877

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Tree Planting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hectares of trees were planted in the UK in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	162290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission produces statistics on new planting of woodland, and trees outside woodland, in England. These statistics are reported for each financial year with an interim mid-year estimate where data is available. We expect to publish statistics for the full 2022-23 year in June 2023. Forestry Statistics are available from the Forest Research website at <a href="https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/forestry-statistics/forestry-statistics-2022/" target="_blank">https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/forestry-statistics/forestry-statistics-2022/</a> Forestry Commission Key Performance Indicators are available from the GOV.UK website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/forestry-commission-corporate-plan-performance-indicators" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/forestry-commission-corporate-plan-performance-indicators</a> .</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 162291 question first answered 21/03/2023 11:17:06 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1602878

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Tree Planting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hectares of trees have been planted in 2023 as of 9 March 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	162291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission produces statistics on new planting of woodland, and trees outside woodland, in England. These statistics are reported for each financial year with an interim mid-year estimate where data is available. We expect to publish statistics for the full 2022-23 year in June 2023. Forestry Statistics are available from the Forest Research website at <a href="https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/forestry-statistics/forestry-statistics-2022/" target="_blank">https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/forestry-statistics/forestry-statistics-2022/</a> Forestry Commission Key Performance Indicators are available from the GOV.UK website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/forestry-commission-corporate-plan-performance-indicators" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/forestry-commission-corporate-plan-performance-indicators</a> .</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 162290 question first answered 21/03/2023 11:17:06 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1602894

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Tree Planting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many trees her Department has planted since September 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	162165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission reports on the area of land newly planted with trees in England annually in the Forestry Commission Key Performance Indicators available on GOV.UK. The most recent report available is for 2021-22 at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/forestry-commission-key-performance-indicators-report-for-2021-22" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/forestry-commission-key-performance-indicators-report-for-2021-22</a>. It states that 2,416 hectares of land has been newly planted with trees with government support. This equates to an estimate of 4.0 million trees.</p><p> </p><p>The interim figures for the first half of 2022-23 are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/forestry-commission-key-performance-indicators-headline-performance-update-at-30-september-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/forestry-commission-key-performance-indicators-headline-performance-update-at-30-september-2022</a>. This report states that 817 hectares of land has been newly planted with trees with government support. This equates to an estimate of 1.4 million trees.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 17/03/2023 11:06:32 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1623344

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Tree Planting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of trees that were planted in England in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	182261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission produces statistics on all new planting of woodland for the UK. These can be found in <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forestresearch.gov.uk%2Ftools-and-resources%2Fstatistics%2Fforestry-statistics%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Ca1aeb95013594736f48a08db46210b79%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638180879981240575%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=KG%2FXW%2F9mUAqJKFjVgF5pC7TIW8qetl%2B%2B5fJErFyGIl4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Forestry Statistics</a> on the Forest Research website. These statistics are reported for each financial year in thousands of hectares. The latest available figures are for 2021-22.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 27/04/2023 14:28:47 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1487597

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Tree Planting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to tree planting programmes in each financial year from 2022-23 to 2024-25; and which schemes will receive this funding.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	32936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The England Trees Action Plan sets out our long-term vision for the treescape in England, including how we will treble tree planting rates supporting the Government's manifesto target of planting 30,000 hectares of trees per year by the end of the Parliament. The £750 million Nature for Climate Fund is the main delivery vehicle, focussed on peat restoration, woodland creation and management.</p><p>The Fund is already supporting a series of grants for tree planting and management for 2022/23, including:</p><p>- The £8 million Woodland Creation Accelerator Fund which will provide financial support to local authorities to bring in specialist skills and capacity to boost tree planting and woodland creation across England.</p><p>- £500,000 this year in support of the collaborative Woodlands for Water project which will increase woodland creation along rivers to deliver biodiversity, water quality improvements and flood risk mitigation.</p><p>- More than £3.8 million available through the fourth round of the Urban Tree Challenge Fund.</p><p>- The Local Authority Treescapes Fund will allocate up to £5.4 million for the planting of up to 650,000 trees in 2022/23.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Additional funding will also shortly be announced for the England Woodland Creation Offer and for Woodland Creation Partnerships. Nature for Climate Fund deployment in future years is dependent on analysis of previous year's performance across projects and workstreams.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency St Austell and Newquay answering member printed Steve Double question first answered 18/07/2022 09:28:12 answering member 4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1487598

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Tree Planting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to tree planting programmes in 2025; and which schemes will receive this funding.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	32937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>The £750 million Nature for Climate Fund (NCF) will support peat restoration, woodland creation and management until 2025. This currently includes supporting the Woodland Creation Partnerships, Urban Tree Challenge Fund, the Local Authority Treescapes Fund, and the flagship grant scheme the England Woodland Creation Offer.</p><p> </p><p>The NCF is working alongside the Environmental Land Management schemes through its design and pilot stage to ensure a smooth transition of all relevant NCF programmes into the schemes post 2025. The majority of new applications for woodland creation payments from 2025 will be made through the Local Nature Recovery scheme. The Local Nature Recovery design and the approach to payment rates for planting trees will largely mirror those offered by the England Woodland Creation Offer.</p> answering member constituency St Austell and Newquay answering member printed Steve Double question first answered 13/07/2022 16:00:51 answering member 4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1487599

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Tree Planting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of trees that have been planted through Government-funded schemes in each year since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	32938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2022 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission produces statistics on all new planting of woodland for the UK. These can be found in <a href="https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/forestry-statistics/" target="_blank">Forestry Statistics</a> and in <a href="https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/statistics-by-topic/woodland-statistics/" target="_blank">Provisional Woodland Statistics: 2021 edition</a> on the Forest Research website. These statistics are reported for each financial year in thousands of hectares. The latest available figures are for 2021-22.</p> answering member constituency St Austell and Newquay answering member printed Steve Double question first answered 27/07/2022 09:10:19 answering member 4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1219954

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Tree Planting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many native trees her Department has supported the planting of in each of the last three years as part of climate mitigation efforts; how much her Department has spent on supporting native tree planting in each of those years; how much carbon her Department estimates has been sequestered as a result of those programmes in that time period; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	67582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>Improving the management of forests is a priority for DFID’s work to tackle climate change and protect the environment and biodiversity. DFID supports a range of interventions, including working with governments, businesses and community groups to strengthen governance of the forest sector and address the illegal timber trade, as well as public-private partnerships that promote sustainable investment in agriculture, by integrating measures to protect and restore forests.</p><p>This support does not directly target the replanting of native trees, and so data is not collected on the number of trees planted. Improved management and protection however creates the conditions needed for regeneration of native trees to take place naturally. For example, through DFID support, 18.7 million hectares of forest in Indonesia are protected under a national scheme backed by an international timber trade agreement, and this agreement includes protections that create the conditions under which natural regeneration can take place.</p><p>DFID’s has invested £57.2 million (2017-18), £53.1 million (2018-19) and £50.8 million (2019-20) in bilateral forest programmes over the past three years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 06/07/2020 15:26:11 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper