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822980

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Forests
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 powers he plans for the Tree Champion to have; what the annual budget of that champion will be; and to whom that champion will report.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	122663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The appointment of the Tree Champion is one of the priorities of the recently published 25 Year Environment Plan. The Tree Champion role will promote the benefits that trees deliver, support the tree planting manifesto commitments and co-ordinate a cross government approach to encourage a step change in tree planting.</p><p> </p><p>Further details will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 23/01/2018 14:49:51 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

804326

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
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	Forests
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 assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the value of England's forests.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	118563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been taken on how the value of England’s forest will be affected when the UK leaves the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 19/12/2017 17:59:04 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

690291

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
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	Forests
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 recent assessment her Department has made of the value of ancient woodland to the natural heritage of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
tabling member printed	Mims Davies
uin	64062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The government recognises the importance of ancient woodlands as habitats with associated benefits for ecology and biodiversity.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made any recent assessment of the value of ancient woodlands to the natural heritage of the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 27/02/2017 12:02:16 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies

541012

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
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	Forests
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 she is taking to increase the rate of new woodland planting.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	43626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>Forestry is a devolved matter and the answer refers to England only.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We encourage tree planting by championing sector-led initiatives, such as Grown in Britain and the Roots to Prosperity strategy. Their work to grow demand for wood from ground level up is helping develop the woodland economy. We also support the Woodland Carbon Code to help to attract private investment in woodland creation.</p><p> </p><p>The window for Woodland Creation Grant applications for planting over the next two seasons, under the Rural Development Programme, closed on 31 March. We are continuing to process these applications and agreements are expected to be issued this month.</p><p> </p><p>The Forestry Commission plans to re-open the £1m Forestry Innovation Fund for Woodland Creation Planning Grants for new applications this month. Funding for this has been confirmed by HM Treasury.</p><p> </p><p>The Forestry Commission continues to support landowners to make applications through a series of workshops and online support.</p><p> </p><p>As announced by the Chancellor in August, all Countryside Stewardship applications signed or agreed before the Autumn Statement will be fully funded, even when these continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/09/2016 10:07:28 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

541015

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
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	Forests
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 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.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	43627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 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> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/09/2016 10:10:46 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

541017

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
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	Forests
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 her Department is taking to reduce approval process timescales for woodland planting.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	43628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>Forestry is a devolved matter and the answer refers to England only.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have improved the process for Countryside Stewardship applications for woodland creation in the 2016-17 planting season. Any amendments that may be required for existing Environmental Stewardship Schemes can be made earlier in this year than in previous years. The Rural Payments Agency has new systems for digitisation of land registration and parcel amendments to support smoother application processing. Scoring has been simplified and we have introduced a self-calculating and self-populating application form to ease the application process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/09/2016 10:15:30 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown