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1700551

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date

12/04/2024

answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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answering dept short name

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

answering dept sort name

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

hansard heading

UK Internal Trade: Labelling

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25259

	pref label	House of Commons

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of introducing Not for EU labelling on agricultural businesses.

tabling member constituency

Stirling

tabling member printed

Alyn Smith

uin

21436

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

22/04/2024

answer text

Since the Windsor Framework was agreed, we have engaged intensively with businesses across the supply chain, including with agricultural businesses to understand their perspectives. We have published guidance on the labelling requirements to support businesses to understand any changes that may be required. We have undertaken a public consultation on the extension of the labelling requirement across Great Britain. This provided the opportunity for stakeholders, including agricultural businesses, to put forward their views on the approach. We will be publishing a response to the consultation in due course.

answering member constituency

Sherwood

answering member printed

Sir Mark Spencer

question first answered

22/04/2024 13:45:42

answering member

4055

	label	Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer

tabling member

4738

	label	Biography information for Alyn Smith

1700553

registered interest

date

12/04/2024

answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

answering dept sort name

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

hansard heading

UK Internal Trade: Labelling

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of introducing Not for EU labelling on trends in consumer behaviour in the purchase of agricultural products from UK-based businesses.

tabling member constituency

Stirling

tabling member printed

Alyn Smith

uin

21438

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

22/04/2024

answer text

Labelling is a proportionate and necessary means of ensuring goods moving under the unique arrangements provided by the Windsor Framework are not being moved inappropriately into the EU. We are not aware of any change in consumer behaviour based on the labelling requirements in place so far, which already sees those labels on products on shelves across the UK in practice. That reflects that the ‘not-for-EU’ label does not represent a change in standards of production and quality and is simply a means of ensuring the smooth movement of goods within the UK.

answering member constituency

Sherwood

answering member printed

Sir Mark Spencer

question first answered

22/04/2024 13:26:57

answering member

4055

	label	Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer

tabling member

4738

	label	Biography information for Alyn Smith

1693423

registered interest

date

04/03/2024

answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

answering dept sort name

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

hansard heading

Food: Labelling

house id

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 improve food labelling so that (a) consumers are effectively informed on which products have been produced (i) locally and (ii) in the UK and (b) local products are not undercut by external competition which is not produced to the same standard.

tabling member constituency

Stirling

tabling member printed

Alyn Smith

uin

16839

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

08/03/2024

answer text

Country of origin information is required for fresh and frozen meat derived from beef cattle, sheep, goat, pigs and poultry, as well as uncut fresh fruit and vegetables, honey, olive oil, wine and some fish products. It is also required for all prepacked food where its omission would be misleading to consumers. In any case, where an indication of origin or provenance is given, either in words or pictures, this must be accurate. Buying food locally and supporting their local food economy is important to many consumers and where any label indicates that a food is produced locally, this must not be misleading to a consumer. As recently announced by the Secretary of State, we will soon be launching a consultation on clearer food labelling. This will explore how we can better highlight imports that do not meet UK welfare standards. The consultation will also seek evidence and views on how origin information could be improved for consumers.

answering member constituency

Sherwood

answering member printed

Mark Spencer

question first answered

08/03/2024 18:32:29

answering member

4055

	label	Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer

tabling member

4738

	label	Biography information for Alyn Smith

1689246

registered interest

date

16/02/2024

answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

answering dept sort name

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

hansard heading

Members: Correspondence

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Stirling of 13 September 2023 on a shock collar ban.

tabling member constituency

Stirling

tabling member printed

Alyn Smith

uin

14172

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

23/02/2024

answer text

I apologise for the delay in responding to the hon. Member. A reply will be sent in due course.

answering member constituency

Sherwood

answering member printed

Mark Spencer

question first answered

23/02/2024 11:29:07

answering member

4055

	label	Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer

tabling member

4738

	label	Biography information for Alyn Smith

1685455

registered interest

date

29/01/2024

answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

answering dept sort name

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

hansard heading

Food: Prices

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Border Target Operating Model on the cost of food for households in the next (a) 12 months, (b) five years and (c) 10 years.

tabling member constituency

Stirling

tabling member printed

Alyn Smith

uin

11866

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

23/02/2024

answer text

The BTOM minimises additional costs for importers by taking a risk-based approach to controls and will have a negligible impact on the cost of food. Fruit and vegetable imports have been classified as low-risk meaning they will not require any additional paperwork or checks. A limited number of meat and dairy products have been categorised as medium-risk. For these simplified and streamlined certification will be available to minimise additional costs. Now that we have moved away from the EU’s rigid biosecurity surveillance and reporting systems, we are responsible for mitigating our own biosecurity risks, which otherwise could devastate UK industries and our ability to export food, as well as posing risks to the environment, public health and the wider economy.For example:<ul><li>An outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF), would be a fundamental threat to the viability of our pig industry.</li><li>Foot and Mouth cost the British businesses c.£12.8 billion (at 2022 prices) in 2001.</li><li>The cost of ash dieback is forecast to be £15 billion to the UK.</li><li>With an unprecedented outbreak of avian flu all effort should be made to mitigate the risk of concurrent outbreaks.</li></ul>The BTOM will strike the appropriate balance between protecting the UK’s public health, food supply chains and farming industries and natural environment, and setting a pragmatic, proportionate controls regime. For example, by taking a risk-based approach our controls will be focused on consignments proven to cause the most significant biosecurity risk. To further reduces costs, the Government will put in a Trusted Trader Scheme which aims to minimise burdens and costs to industry. The scheme will be accessible to as many sizes and types of businesses as possible, including small and medium enterprises Overall, the implementation of the BTOM should have minimal impact on food price inflation for consumers. Initial analysis has indicated that the policies introduced under the BTOM would lead to an approximate increase in consumer food price inflation of less than 0.2% over a 3-year period, with around half of this- around 0.1%- in the first year. Beyond year 3, all else being equal, we would not expect the TOM to have any further impacts on food price inflation.

answering member constituency

Sherwood

answering member printed

Mark Spencer

question first answered

23/02/2024 12:01:50

answering member

4055

	label	Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer

tabling member

4738

	label	Biography information for Alyn Smith

1253835

registered interest

date

19/11/2020

answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

answering dept sort name

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

hansard heading

Alcohols

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether licences from the Rural Payments Agency will be required for ethyl alcohol imported from the EU after the transition period.

tabling member constituency

Stirling

tabling member printed

Alyn Smith

uin

118103

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

27/11/2020

answer text

Yes, under retained EU law, amended by the Import and Export Licences (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, any import of ethyl alcohol into the UK after the end of the transition period will need to be accompanied by an import licence issued by the Rural Payments Agency.

answering member constituency

Banbury

answering member printed

Victoria Prentis

question first answered

27/11/2020 14:16:50

answering member

4401

	label	Biography information for Victoria Prentis

tabling member

4738

	label	Biography information for Alyn Smith

982669

registered interest

date

08/10/2018

answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

answering dept sort name

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

hansard heading

Biofuels: Timber

house id

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

is ministerial correction

date of answer

16/10/2018

answer text

The Forestry Commission published these data in ‘Forestry Statistics 2018’. <table><tbody><tr><td>Table 1</td><td colspan="4">Deliveries of UK grown softwood, 2013-2017</td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3">thousand green tonnes</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td>Woodfuel</td><td>Deliveries to all markets</td><td>% of total deliveries used by energy markets</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>1,250</td><td>10,547</td><td>12</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>1,500</td><td>10,903</td><td>14</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>1,600</td><td>10,265</td><td>16</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>1,550</td><td>10,419</td><td>15</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>1,600</td><td>10,478</td><td>15</td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table> Source: industry surveys, industry associations. Notes:<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> <table><tbody><tr><td>Table 2</td><td colspan="4">Deliveries of UK grown hardwood, 2013-2017</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2">thousand green tonnes</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td>Woodfuel</td><td>Deliveries to all markets</td><td>% of total deliveries used by energy markets</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>400</td><td>532</td><td>75</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>400</td><td>537</td><td>74</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>400</td><td>566</td><td>71</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>400</td><td>597</td><td>67</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>600</td><td>738</td><td>81</td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table> Source: industry surveys, industry associations. Notes:<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>Other includes round fencing and roundwood exports.

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

answering dept short name

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

answering dept sort name

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

hansard heading

Timber

house id

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

is ministerial correction

date of answer

16/10/2018

answer text

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. Table 1. Volume of wood consumed in the UK (millions of cubic meters of Wood Raw Material Equivalent). <table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>UK production2 </td><td>Imports</td><td>Exports</td><td>Apparent consumption</td><td>% of wood consumed that is imported</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>10.8</td><td>42.2</td><td>6.2</td><td>46.8</td><td>77</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>11.2</td><td>47</td><td>4.8</td><td>53.4</td><td>79</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>10.6</td><td>49.3</td><td>4.1</td><td>55.8</td><td>81</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>10.8</td><td>49.6</td><td>3.8</td><td>56.5</td><td>81</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>10.9</td><td>50.3</td><td>4.2</td><td>57</td><td>81</td></tr></tbody></table> Table 2. Deliveries of recycled wood to wood processing and energy markets. <table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td>Total deliveries of recycled wood (thousands of tonnes)</td><td>Deliveries of recycled wood (thousands of tonnes) used in panels production</td><td>Deliveries of recycled wood (thousands of tonnes) used for woodfuel</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>1,683</td><td>853</td><td>830</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>2,152</td><td>812</td><td>1,340</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>2,302</td><td>852</td><td>1,450</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>2,388</td><td>838</td><td>1,550</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>2,583</td><td>923</td><td>1,660</td></tr></tbody></table> Source: Forestry Statistics 2018 (Forestry Commission, September 2018)Based on data from: industry surveys, industry associations, UK overseas trade statistics (HM Revenue & Customs) and conversion factors to Wood Raw Material Equivalent (WRME) Notes:<ol><li>Excludes recovered paper.</li><li>UK production of roundwood is estimated from deliveries to wood processing industries and others.</li></ol>

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

982676

registered interest

date

08/10/2018

answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

answering dept sort name

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

hansard heading

Timber

house id

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 available supply of UK-sourced virgin and waste wood that has been used for (a) wood panel manufacturing, (b) sawmill products, (c) paper manufacturing and (d) wood fuel in each of the last five years.

tabling member constituency

Stirling

tabling member printed

Stephen Kerr

uin

176544

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

16/10/2018

answer text

This data is published in Forestry Statistics 2018. <table><tbody><tr><td>Table 1</td><td colspan="4">Inputs to Wood-based Panel Mills, 2013-2017</td></tr><tr><td>thousand green tonnes</td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td>UK roundwood1</td><td>Sawmill products</td><td>Imports2</td><td>Recycled wood fibre3,4</td><td>Total</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>1,263</td><td>1,709</td><td>0</td><td>853</td><td>3,825</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>1,283</td><td>1,809</td><td>0</td><td>812</td><td>3,904</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>1,334</td><td>1,687</td><td>17</td><td>852</td><td>3,890</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>1,248</td><td>1,749</td><td>39</td><td>838</td><td>3,874</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>1,059</td><td>1,726</td><td>22</td><td>923</td><td>3,730</td></tr></tbody></table> Source: Forestry Statistics 2018 (Forestry Commission, September 2018),based on data from: Wood Panel Industries Federation Notes:<ol><li>UK roundwood derived from stemwood.</li><li>Imports include roundwood, wood products and products from imported wood.</li><li>Recycled wood fibre is wood fibre recovered from both pre- and post-consumer wood waste for use in woodbased panel production. It comprises wood originally grown in the UK and wood originally grown in forests outside the UK.</li><li>Quantities are as delivered, with an assumed average moisture content of 25%. To convert to green tonnes (assuming moisture content of 52%), multiply by 1.56.</li></ol> <table><tbody><tr><td>Table 2</td><td colspan="5">Inputs to Wood-based Panel Mills, 2013-2017</td></tr><tr><td>thousand green tonnes</td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td>UK roundwood1</td><td>Sawmill products</td><td>Imports2</td><td>Recycled wood fibre3,4</td><td>Total</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>1,263</td><td>1,709</td><td>0</td><td>853</td><td>3,825</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>1,283</td><td>1,809</td><td>0</td><td>812</td><td>3,904</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>1,334</td><td>1,687</td><td>17</td><td>852</td><td>3,890</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>1,248</td><td>1,749</td><td>39</td><td>838</td><td>3,874</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>1,059</td><td>1,726</td><td>22</td><td>923</td><td>3,730</td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><td>Source: Forestry Statistics 2018 (Forestry Commission, September 2018),</td></tr><tr><td>based on data from: Wood Panel Industries Federation</td></tr></tbody></table> Notes:<ol><li>UK roundwood derived from stemwood.</li></ol> <ol start="2"><li>Imports include roundwood, wood products and products from imported wood.</li></ol> <ol start="3"><li>Recycled wood fibre is wood fibre recovered from both pre- and post-consumer wood waste for use in woodbased panel production. It comprises wood originally grown in the UK and wood originally grown in forests outside the UK.</li></ol> <ol start="4"><li>Quantities are as delivered, with an assumed average moisture content of 25%. To convert to green tonnes (assuming moisture content of 52%), multiply by 1.56.</li></ol> <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5">Table 3 Inputs for the integrated pulp & paper mills1, 2013-2017</td></tr><tr><td>thousand green tonnes</td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td>UK roundwood2</td><td colspan="2">Sawmill products</td><td>Total</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>465</td><td colspan="2">83</td><td>548</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>465</td><td colspan="2">97</td><td>562</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>435</td><td colspan="2">101</td><td>536</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>423</td><td colspan="2">82</td><td>505</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>442</td><td colspan="2">61</td><td>503</td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">Source: Forestry Statistics 2018 (Forestry Commission, September 2018),</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">based on data from: UK Forest Products Association</td></tr></tbody></table> Notes:<ol><li>Excludes inputs of recycled paper and cardboard. All inputs are softwood.</li></ol> <ol start="2"><li>UK roundwood derived from stemwood.</li></ol> <table><tbody><tr><td>Table 4</td><td colspan="3">Inputs for woodfuel1, 2013-2017</td></tr><tr><td>Thousand green tonnes</td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td>UK roundwood1,2</td><td>Sawmill products3</td><td>Recycled wood4,5,6</td><td>Total</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>1,650</td><td>302</td><td>830</td><td>2,782</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>1,900</td><td>439</td><td>1,340</td><td>3,679</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>2,000</td><td>534</td><td>1,450</td><td>3,984</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>1,950</td><td>624</td><td>1,550</td><td>4,124</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>2,200</td><td>705</td><td>1,660</td><td>4,565</td></tr></tbody></table> Source: Forestry Statistics 2018 (Forestry Commission, September 2018),based on data from: industry surveys, industry associations, Wood Recyclers Association. Notes:<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></ol> <ol><li>The apparent increase in woodfuel from 2016 to 2017 partially 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> <ol><li>Material reported as sales/use for woodfuel by sawmills and round fencing manufacturers, but may have been used for other purposes.</li><li>Post consumer recovered wood, comprising wood originally grown in the UK and wood originally grown in forests outside the UK.</li><li>Figures for 2014 to 2017 relate to capacity, rather than consumption.</li><li>Quantities are as delivered, with an assumed average moisture content of 25%. To convert to green tonnes (assuming moisture content of 52%), multiply by 1.56.</li></ol>

answering member constituency

Macclesfield

answering member printed

David Rutley

question first answered

16/10/2018 14:19:11

answering member

4033

	label	Biography information for David Rutley

tabling member

4604

	label	Biography information for Stephen Kerr

982677

registered interest

date

08/10/2018

answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

answering dept sort name

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

hansard heading

Timber

house id

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) proportion and (b) volume of domestic forestry stock being sold in the UK in the next 10 years.

tabling member constituency

Stirling

tabling member printed

Stephen Kerr

uin

176545

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

16/10/2018

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The Forestry Commission publish availability forecasts for softwood and hardwood. The proportion of this resource that reaches market will depend on market conditions and the wishes of those that own woodland. In the period 2013 – 2016 annual softwood production varied between 13 and 14 million m3 over bark standing compared to a forecast availability of 16.5 millon m3 over bark standing. Softwood production in 2017 was 13.3 million m3 over bark standing compared to a forecast availability of 17.1 million m3 over bark standing. The 2014 forecast of softwood availability for the forest estate in Great Britain is an average of 15.2 million m3 over bark standing per annum over the next 50 years. This availability exceeds current production levels. Current forecasts do not take into account timber that will become available from woodlands that have been recently established and will be established in the near future. Softwood availability is forecast to reach 18.4 million m3 over bark standing in the period 2027 – 2031. Hardwood availability is forecast to reach 3 million m3 over bark standing in 2042 – 2046. Current forecasts do not take into account timber that will become available from woodlands that have been recently established and will be established in the near future. <table><tbody><tr><td>Table 1</td><td colspan="4">Roundwood availability forecasts</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">thousand cubic metres overbark standing</td></tr><tr><td>Annual average in the period</td><td>England</td><td>Wales</td><td>Scotland</td><td>Great Britain</td></tr><tr><td>Total softwood</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2013 - 2016</td><td>4,577</td><td>1,983</td><td>9,928</td><td>16,487</td></tr><tr><td>2017 - 2021</td><td>4,555</td><td>1,940</td><td>10,656</td><td>17,151</td></tr><tr><td>2022 - 2026</td><td>4,113</td><td>1,982</td><td>11,346</td><td>17,442</td></tr><tr><td>2027 - 2031</td><td>4,145</td><td>1,553</td><td>12,700</td><td>18,398</td></tr><tr><td>2032 - 2036</td><td>3,916</td><td>1,670</td><td>12,062</td><td>17,649</td></tr><tr><td>2037 - 2041</td><td>3,237</td><td>1,473</td><td>11,069</td><td>15,779</td></tr><tr><td>2042 - 2046</td><td>2,903</td><td>1,021</td><td>9,257</td><td>13,181</td></tr><tr><td>2047 - 2051</td><td>2,537</td><td>1,106</td><td>8,266</td><td>11,909</td></tr><tr><td>2052 - 2056</td><td>2,259</td><td>1,229</td><td>8,566</td><td>12,054</td></tr><tr><td>2057 - 2061</td><td>2,853</td><td>1,373</td><td>7,966</td><td>12,193</td></tr><tr><td>Total hardwood</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2013 - 2016</td><td>249</td><td>32</td><td>92</td><td>373</td></tr><tr><td>2017 - 2021</td><td>425</td><td>58</td><td>148</td><td>631</td></tr><tr><td>2022 - 2026</td><td>648</td><td>94</td><td>203</td><td>945</td></tr><tr><td>2027 - 2031</td><td>806</td><td>112</td><td>244</td><td>1,162</td></tr><tr><td>2032 - 2036</td><td>923</td><td>130</td><td>277</td><td>1,330</td></tr><tr><td>2037 - 2041</td><td>1,176</td><td>171</td><td>391</td><td>1,738</td></tr><tr><td>2042 - 2046</td><td>2,104</td><td>299</td><td>616</td><td>3,019</td></tr><tr><td>2047 - 2051</td><td>1,795</td><td>246</td><td>715</td><td>2,755</td></tr><tr><td>2052 - 2056</td><td>1,388</td><td>227</td><td>599</td><td>2,214</td></tr><tr><td>2057 - 2061</td><td>791</td><td>167</td><td>406</td><td>1,364</td></tr></tbody></table> Source: National Forest Inventory: 50-year forecast of softwood availability (Forestry Commission, April 2014), National Forest Inventory: 50-year forecast of hardwood availability (Forestry Commission, April 2014)Notes:<ol><li>The estate of the Forestry Commission and Natural Resources Wales is assumed to be managed according to current management plans; note both Forestry Commission Scotland and Natural Resources Wales intend to cap production below the level set out in this table.</li><li>For softwood, private woodland is assumed to be managed in a way that maximises total production.</li></ol> <ol><li>More recent softwood availability forecasts, covering a 25 year period only, are available from the NFI web pages at:</li></ol><a href="http://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/national-forest-inventory/" target="_blank">www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/national-forest-inventory/</a><ol><li>In private woodland, hardwood harvesting is assumed to be limited to areas with evidence of recent thinning activity. If these woodlands were managed to maximise total production, the forecast would be much higher, as illustrated in the full National Forest Inventory report available at:</li></ol><a href="http://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/national-forest-inventory/" target="_blank">www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/national-forest-inventory/</a> <ol><li>An update to these figures is due to be published in 2020.</li></ol> To convert ‘overbark standing’ into green tonnes multiply by 0.818 (for softwood) and by 0.900 (for hardwood).

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