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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Forests more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the area of new woodland planting was in 2015-16; and what assessment she has made of progress towards meeting her Department's target for such planting. more like this
tabling member constituency Kilmarnock and Loudoun more like this
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Alan Brown more like this
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date of answer less than 2016-09-05more like thismore than 2016-09-05
answer text <p>Forestry is a devolved matter and the answer refers to England only.</p><p> </p><p>Figures published by the Forestry Commission show that between April 2015-June 2016, 1,292,000 trees were planted on 968 hectares, supported by the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE).</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Forestry Commission estimates that a further 165 hectares of woodland was created without RDPE support during 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to planting 11 million trees during this Parliament.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal more like this
answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey more like this
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less than 2016-09-05T10:10:46.803Zmore like thismore than 2016-09-05T10:10:46.803Z
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label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey more like this
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label Biography information for Alan Brown more like this