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47045

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans that the commercial timber manufacturing sector will be represented on the proposed public forest trustee body.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne McGuire
	uin	195353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In January this year, we set out a list of ten core principles for the new body, including that it would be managed by experts and have access to the best advice. We intend that the commercial timber manufacturing sector should be represented in the arrangements, giving effect to this commitment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	636 label Biography information for Dame Anne McGuire

47046

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2014
	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
	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 progress his Department has made in the development of the Woodland Carbon Code.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne McGuire
	uin	195355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Woodland Carbon Code, developed by the Forestry Commission, was introduced in July 2011 following a pilot phase that began in September 2010. Subsequently, a group scheme has been launched to enable financial costs to be shared by participating schemes, alongside a shared responsibility for ensuring that Woodland Carbon Code requirements are met at all sites. In July 2013 the Code was launched on the Markit Environmental Registry to provide open and transparent project registration as well as Woodland Carbon Unit issuance, tracking and retirement. As of 31 March 2014, 202 projects covering an area of 15,401 hectares had registered with the Woodland Carbon Code, of which 67 projects had been validated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 24/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	636 label Biography information for Dame Anne McGuire

47050

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2014
	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
	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 progress he has made on developing an ecosystem valuation approach.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne McGuire
	uin	195387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra and HM Treasury produced new Green Book supplementary guidance in 2012 on how to account for nature's value at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/191500/Accounting_for_enviornomental_impacts.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/191500/Accounting_for_enviornomental_impacts.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>This supplementary guidance covers the practical application of techniques for valuing environmental impacts in policy appraisal. It applies to all programmes, policies and projects. An important recommendation in this guidance is the use of the ecosystem services framework.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra is also supporting independent research on developing further our understanding of nature's economic and social value through the National Ecosystem Assessment Follow-On Project (NEAFO), which will report later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	636 label Biography information for Dame Anne McGuire

47051

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2014
	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
	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 progress he has made on the development of the Grown in Britain certification scheme for timber products.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne McGuire
	uin	195347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government supports and is very encouraged by the Grown in Britain initiative, which is working to maximise the long-term benefits that our woodlands can bring to the environment, social well-being and the economy. As Grown in Britain is a sector-led initiative, the Government is not responsible for the development of the brand licensing system that will be applied to timber products produced by Grown in Britain commercial partners.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	636 label Biography information for Dame Anne McGuire

47052

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2014
	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
	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 guidance his Department gives the private sector on steps to increase the area of woodland with a current UK Forestry Service compliant management plan.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne McGuire
	uin	195348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Forestry is a devolved issue. UK Forestry Standard compliant management plans are a matter for the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In England, the Forestry Commission, with input from the private sector, has recently published new management plan templates with accompanying guidance. This delivers the commitment in the Government's response to the report by the Forestry Regulation Task Force to develop a series of UK Forestry Standard compliant management plan templates for a range of forest types.<strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Grant funding is available through the English Woodland Grant Scheme to support the production of woodland management plans and similar support is planned as part of the next Rural Development Programme. In the next programme an approved UK Forestry Standard compliant management plan will be a prerequisite for further woodland grant support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	636 label Biography information for Dame Anne McGuire

47053

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2014
	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
	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 he is taking to increase the planting of conifers.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne McGuire
	uin	195349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 10 March 2014 to the hon. Member for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock, <em>Official Report,</em> column 75W.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	636 label Biography information for Dame Anne McGuire

47054

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2014
	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
	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 recommendations have been made to him by the Natural Capital Committee on the ecosystem services provided by woodland.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne McGuire
	uin	195350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Natural Capital Committee's (NCC) second report to the Government's Economic Affairs Committee was published on 11 March. The report does not make specific recommendations that only apply explicitly to woodland. It does however use woodland based examples to illustrate a number of opportunities to enhance ecosystem service values. A copy of the report is available at: <a href="http://www.naturalcapitalcommittee.org/" target="_blank">http://www.naturalcapitalcommittee.org/</a>. The Government plans to respond to the NCC's recommendations in summer 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2012, the NCC published its principles for guiding decision making regarding forestry in the UK in response to recommendations made by the Independent Panel on Forestry report. The NCC's response is available at: <a href="http://www.naturalcapitalcommittee.org/advice.html" target="_blank">http://www.naturalcapitalcommittee.org/advice.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	636 label Biography information for Dame Anne McGuire

47055

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2014
	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
	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 progress his Department has made towards the creation of a new public forest trustee body as proposed in the Government's Forestry and Woodlands Policy Statement 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne McGuire
	uin	195358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Government is making good progress in developing plans for the new, operationally independent public body to manage the public forest estate, as announced in the Forestry and Woodlands Policy Statement, published in January 2013. Defra and the Forestry Commission have worked closely with a wide range of stakeholders in designing the features of the new body. Subject to Parliamentary time, the Government intends to legislate at the earliest opportunity.<br></p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	636 label Biography information for Dame Anne McGuire

982669

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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	Biofuels: Timber
	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 he has made of the (a) volume and (b) proportion of domestic wood production that has been used for fuel purposes in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
	uin	176539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission published these data in ‘Forestry Statistics 2018’.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table 1</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Deliveries of UK grown softwood, 2013-2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>thousand green tonnes</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Woodfuel</p></td><td><p>Deliveries to all markets</p></td><td><p>% of total deliveries used by energy markets</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td><td><p>10,547</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td><td><p>10,903</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,600</p></td><td><p>10,265</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td><td><p>10,419</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,600</p></td><td><p>10,478</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: industry surveys, industry associations.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Woodfuel derived from stemwood. Includes estimates of roundwood use for biomass energy. The figures are estimated by the Expert Group on Timber and Trade Statistics, and make use of wood fuel data reported in the Private Sector Softwood Removals Survey.</li><li>Includes shavings and poles. Quantities for some uses are estimates by the Expert Group on Timber and Trade Statistics.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table 2</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Deliveries of UK grown hardwood, 2013-2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>thousand green tonnes</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Woodfuel</p></td><td><p>Deliveries to all markets</p></td><td><p>% of total deliveries used by energy markets</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>532</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>537</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>566</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>597</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>738</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: industry surveys, industry associations.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures are based on processing industries' purchases of hardwood grown in the UK and estimates for woodfuel and other uses.</li><li>Woodfuel reported here is derived from stemwood and includes estimated roundwood use for biomass energy.</li><li>The apparent increase woodfuel from 2016 to 2017 reflects a new estimate of the level of hardwood deliveries for woodfuel and should not be interpreted as an increase in a single year. This figure is currently under review.</li></ol><p>Other includes round fencing and roundwood exports.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 16/10/2018 14:22:06 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

982674

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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	Timber
	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 he has made of the (a) volume and (b) proportion of (i) virgin wood and (ii) waste wood used in the UK in each of the last five years; and what proportion of each were (A) domestically produced and (B) imported.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
	uin	176543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>UK production, imports, exports and apparent consumption are shown in Table 1. Around 80% of wood used in the UK is imported. The volume of waste wood delivered to market is shown in Table 2. Data on the volume and proportion of recycled [waste] wood used over the last 5 years that has been imported is not held. The majority of wood and wood products imported are made from virgin wood.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1. Volume of wood consumed in the UK (millions of cubic meters of Wood Raw Material Equivalent).</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>UK production<sup>2 </sup></p></td><td><p>Imports</p></td><td><p>Exports</p></td><td><p>Apparent consumption</p></td><td><p>% of wood consumed that is imported</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td><td><p>42.2</p></td><td><p>6.2</p></td><td><p>46.8</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>11.2</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td><td><p>53.4</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td><td><p>49.3</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td><td><p>55.8</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td><td><p>49.6</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td><td><p>56.5</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td><td><p>50.3</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2. Deliveries of recycled wood to wood processing and energy markets.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total deliveries of recycled wood (thousands of tonnes)</p></td><td><p>Deliveries of recycled wood (thousands of tonnes) used in panels production</p></td><td><p>Deliveries of recycled wood (thousands of tonnes) used for woodfuel</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,683</p></td><td><p>853</p></td><td><p>830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2,152</p></td><td><p>812</p></td><td><p>1,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2,302</p></td><td><p>852</p></td><td><p>1,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2,388</p></td><td><p>838</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,583</p></td><td><p>923</p></td><td><p>1,660</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Forestry Statistics 2018 (Forestry Commission, September 2018)</p><p>Based on data from: industry surveys, industry associations, UK overseas trade statistics (HM Revenue &amp; Customs) and conversion factors to Wood Raw Material Equivalent (WRME)</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Excludes recovered paper.</li><li>UK production of roundwood is estimated from deliveries to wood processing industries and others.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 16/10/2018 14:01:17 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr