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1219953

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date	01/07/2020
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	Tree Planting
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 native trees have been planted in each of the last three years; how much his Department has spent on supporting native tree planting in each of those years as part of climate mitigation efforts; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	67581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>Trees have an important role to play for climate mitigation as we work towards net zero emissions. The Government has made major commitments to enable more tree planting in recent years, including through creation of a £640 million Nature for Climate Fund.</p><p> </p><p>Over 4,000 hectares of woodland have been planted with Government support in England over the last three years at a cost of approximately £17 million.</p><p> </p><p>While complying with the United Kingdom Forestry Standard, land managers and owners decide which species of tree to plant on their land. Woodland planted will be a mix of native and exotic species, all of which contribute towards climate mitigation.</p><p> </p><p>As we deploy new funding we will look to ensure the trees we plant not only capture carbon, but deliver a wide range of ecosystems services.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 06/07/2020 16:58:24 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1219954

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date	01/07/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Tree Planting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many native trees her Department has supported the planting of in each of the last three years as part of climate mitigation efforts; how much her Department has spent on supporting native tree planting in each of those years; how much carbon her Department estimates has been sequestered as a result of those programmes in that time period; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	67582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>Improving the management of forests is a priority for DFID’s work to tackle climate change and protect the environment and biodiversity. DFID supports a range of interventions, including working with governments, businesses and community groups to strengthen governance of the forest sector and address the illegal timber trade, as well as public-private partnerships that promote sustainable investment in agriculture, by integrating measures to protect and restore forests.</p><p>This support does not directly target the replanting of native trees, and so data is not collected on the number of trees planted. Improved management and protection however creates the conditions needed for regeneration of native trees to take place naturally. For example, through DFID support, 18.7 million hectares of forest in Indonesia are protected under a national scheme backed by an international timber trade agreement, and this agreement includes protections that create the conditions under which natural regeneration can take place.</p><p>DFID’s has invested £57.2 million (2017-18), £53.1 million (2018-19) and £50.8 million (2019-20) in bilateral forest programmes over the past three years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 06/07/2020 15:26:11 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1219956

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date	01/07/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Biofuels: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much the Government has spent on subsidising biomass for electricity in each of the last three years, and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	67583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>Subsidies for generating electricity from biomass are paid under three low carbon electricity schemes: the Renewables Obligation, the Feed-in Tariff, and Contracts for Difference. The Renewables Obligation does not pay a direct subsidy: instead support is provided through tradeable certificates. The costs of the Contracts for Difference scheme are levied on consumer electricity bills.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides a breakdown of payments made to biomass electricity generators under the Renewables Obligation and Contracts for Difference schemes in the last three financial years where figures are available[1]:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><em><strong>Breakdown of payments made to biomass electricity generators by low carbon electricity support scheme</strong></em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scheme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18 (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19 (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20 (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renewables Obligation[2]</p></td><td><p>864.7</p></td><td><p>1,076.1</p></td><td><p>966.3[3]</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Contracts for Difference[4]</p></td><td><p>247.3</p></td><td><p>380.2</p></td><td><p>449.1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Figures are not available broken down by technology for the Feed-in Tariff scheme.</p><p>[2] Renewables Obligation figures are based on Ofgem’s certificate report as at 17 June 2020 from their Renewables and CHP Register.</p><p>[3] Renewables Obligation figures for 2019/20 are provisional as not all the certificates have been issued yet, and the full notional value of each certificate is not yet known.</p><p>[4] Contracts for Difference figures are from the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) CfD dashboard, which is available on LCCC’s website.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 06/07/2020 16:44:37 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper