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<p>Neither Defra nor the Forestry Commission record tree planting data except for
trees planted in England with central Government support.</p><p> </p><p>The table
below contains a breakdown of the planting of new trees supported by the Rural Development
Programme for England, and other forms of Government support, in Local Authority areas
between Leeds and Hull, for the five years 2014-15 to 2018-19.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Administrative
area </strong> <strong>from west to east</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Approximate</strong>
<strong>number of trees:</strong> <strong>newly planted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Equivalent</strong>
<strong>number of hectares:</strong> <strong>newly planted</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>3,200</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Selby</p></td><td><p>11,600</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York
Unitary Area</p></td><td><p>2,800</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Area</p></td><td><p>28,900</p></td><td><p>19.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City
of Kingston upon Hull</p></td><td><p>3,500</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total
for these six administrative areas</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>51,300</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>33.6</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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