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date	13/02/2019
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	Trees: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Category A trees with Heritage Tree status there are throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	221005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>‘Category A Heritage Tree’ is an industry standard for undertaking arboricultural assessments, as set out in British Standard (BS) 5837 of 2012 on ‘Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction’ policy.</p><p> </p><p>As this is an industry standard rather than an official Government one, central Government does not keep records of how many such trees there are.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently consulting on a ‘Duty to Report’ on tree planting and felling for local government. The consultation closes on 28 February.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/02/2019 15:33:17 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1060588

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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	Trees: Conservation
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 his Department holds information on the location of protected trees throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	221006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The Woodland Trust manages the Ancient Tree Inventory (ATI), which is a database recording over 150,000 ancient, veteran or notable trees across the UK. This is a volunteer database, with verified records, which does not have complete or consistent coverage across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Records for trees protected through Tree Preservation Orders (TPO) are held by local authorities, not by central government. Local planning authorities are also responsible for trees in conservation areas.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/02/2019 15:48:40 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi