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1045794

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Christianity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to reduce the persecution of Christians overseas.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	908710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has commissioned an independent, global review into the additional practical steps the Government can take to support persecuted Christians. The review will report by Easter.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 22/01/2019 17:07:31 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

1023106

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Block Grant: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the effect of recent budgetary decisions on the Scottish block grant.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	908140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>At Budget we announced a £700m increase in the Scottish block grant for 19/20 because of the additional money we are spending across the country.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/12/2018 14:36:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

982669

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Biofuels: Timber
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 estimate he has made of the (a) volume and (b) proportion of domestic wood production that has been used for fuel purposes in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	176539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission published these data in ‘Forestry Statistics 2018’.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table 1</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Deliveries of UK grown softwood, 2013-2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>thousand green tonnes</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Woodfuel</p></td><td><p>Deliveries to all markets</p></td><td><p>% of total deliveries used by energy markets</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td><td><p>10,547</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td><td><p>10,903</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,600</p></td><td><p>10,265</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td><td><p>10,419</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,600</p></td><td><p>10,478</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: industry surveys, industry associations.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Woodfuel derived from stemwood. Includes estimates of roundwood use for biomass energy. The figures are estimated by the Expert Group on Timber and Trade Statistics, and make use of wood fuel data reported in the Private Sector Softwood Removals Survey.</li><li>Includes shavings and poles. Quantities for some uses are estimates by the Expert Group on Timber and Trade Statistics.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table 2</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Deliveries of UK grown hardwood, 2013-2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>thousand green tonnes</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Woodfuel</p></td><td><p>Deliveries to all markets</p></td><td><p>% of total deliveries used by energy markets</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>532</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>537</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>566</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>597</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>738</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: industry surveys, industry associations.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures are based on processing industries' purchases of hardwood grown in the UK and estimates for woodfuel and other uses.</li><li>Woodfuel reported here is derived from stemwood and includes estimated roundwood use for biomass energy.</li><li>The apparent increase woodfuel from 2016 to 2017 reflects a new estimate of the level of hardwood deliveries for woodfuel and should not be interpreted as an increase in a single year. This figure is currently under review.</li></ol><p>Other includes round fencing and roundwood exports.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 16/10/2018 14:22:06 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

982670

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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: Timber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of subsidies provided to renewable technologies burning wood for fuel under the (a) Renewables Obligation Certificate, (b) Contract for Difference, (c) Feed in Tariff and (d) Domestic and Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive in each of the past five years.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	176540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The estimated cost of support to renewable technologies burning wood for fuel under three of the schemes in each of the last financial years is shown in the table to the nearest million pounds (in nominal prices). Wood burning is not supported by any technology eligible for support under the Feed-in Tariff scheme.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renewables Obligation[1]</p></td><td><p>£441m</p></td><td><p>£678m</p></td><td><p>£853m</p></td><td><p>£767m</p></td><td><p>£520m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Contracts for Difference</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£92m</p></td><td><p>£544m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renewable Heat Incentive[2]</p></td><td><p>£50m</p></td><td><p>£138m</p></td><td><p>£239m</p></td><td><p>£295m</p></td><td><p>£408m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For the Renewables Obligation, information is not available on the value of support specifically for renewable technologies burning wood. Therefore, the figures provided are the support for technologies capable of burning wood, but other biomass fuels may have been used. The figures for the Contracts for Difference reflect total payments, including to biomass projects, made during the first two financial years of the scheme’s operation and reported by the Low Carbon Contracts Company, the scheme administrator, in its annual reports. Payments by technology type are not reported separately. Wood fuel burning is subsidised under the Domestic RHI biomass tariff and the Non-domestic tariffs for biomass and solid biomass CHP. This assumes all fuel for CHP is wood, as it is not possible to disaggregate wood fuel for CHP. Other types of solid biomass fuel are also eligible for RHI CHP support.</p><p> </p><p>[1] The Renewables Obligation figures are based on Ofgem’s certificate report as at 23/08/2018 from their Renewables and CHP Register.</p><p>[2] The actual spend may be different, due to delayed submission of meter readings.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/10/2018 16:26:23 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

982671

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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 many recipients of biomass subsidy payments there have been under the (a) Renewables Obligation Certificate, (b) Contract for Difference, (c) Feed in Tariff and (d) Domestic and Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	176541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of individual installations in receipt of biomass support payments in each of the last five financial years is shown in the table. The table includes data for technologies supported by these schemes which generate electricity, heat or Combined Heat and Power from biomass, which is material derived directly or indirectly from plant or animal matter, fungi, algae or bacteria, including wastes and residues of biological origin. The biomass technologies eligible for support under each scheme are set out in the relevant legislation and guidance.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renewables Obligation[1]</p></td><td><p>674</p></td><td><p>709</p></td><td><p>737</p></td><td><p>855</p></td><td><p>753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Contracts for Difference</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feed-in Tariff</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>249</p></td><td><p>365</p></td><td><p>409</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renewable Heat Incentive</p></td><td><p>3,416</p></td><td><p>15,663</p></td><td><p>24,145</p></td><td><p>26,701</p></td><td><p>28,497</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] The Renewables Obligation figures are based on Ofgem’s certificate report as at 23/08/2018 from their Renewables and CHP Register.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/10/2018 16:29:51 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

982672

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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, on what basis levels of biomass subsidies have been set under the (a) Renewables Obligation Certificate, (b) Contracts for Difference, (c) Feed in Tariff and (d) Domestic and Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	176542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The basis on which levels of support provided to biomass technologies is calculated varies according to each scheme.</p><p> </p><p>(a) Legislation[1] requires a series of factors to be taken into account when setting Renewables Obligation (RO) support levels, including the generation costs and revenues for each technology; the desirability of securing long-term growth and industry viability as well as costs to consumers and impacts on the market for Renewable Obligation Certificates. The most recent comprehensive review of RO support levels was completed in 2012[2].</p><p>(b) Strike prices awarded to successful projects in Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation rounds are determined through a competitive bidding process[3]. Strike prices for biomass projects that were awarded contracts under the Financial Investment Decision Enabling for Renewables programme, an early form of CfDs, were set out in the Electricity Market Reform Delivery Plan and Annex B: Strike Price Methodology [4].</p><p>(c) In the last review of Feed-in Tariff levels for Anaerobic Digestion projects undertaken in 2016[5], a return on investment of 9.1% was assumed.</p><p>(d) Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) tariffs are set to compensate generators for the added cost of renewable heating, over and above what would have been paid otherwise. For a given installation, the lifetime cost of the renewable technology and the alternative system (e.g. oil boiler) are considered. The RHI tariff is then set using an economic model so that the rate of return targeted for the applicant population is achieved over the full lifetime of the heating system.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Section 32D(4) of the Electricity Act 1989, as amended by the Energy Act 2008.</p><p>[2] Renewables Obligation consultation at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/renewables-obligation-banding-review" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/renewables-obligation-banding-review</a></p><p>[3] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contracts-for-difference/contract-for-difference" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contracts-for-difference/contract-for-difference</a></p><p>[4] Electricity Market Reform Delivery Plan and Strike Price Methodology Annex: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electricity-market-reform-delivery-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electricity-market-reform-delivery-plan</a></p><p>[5] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/review-of-support-for-anaerobic-digestion-and-micro-combined-heat-and-power-under-the-feed-in-tariffs-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/review-of-support-for-anaerobic-digestion-and-micro-combined-heat-and-power-under-the-feed-in-tariffs-scheme</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/10/2018 16:30:01 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

982674

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Timber
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 estimate he has made of the (a) volume and (b) proportion of (i) virgin wood and (ii) waste wood used in the UK in each of the last five years; and what proportion of each were (A) domestically produced and (B) imported.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	176543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>UK production, imports, exports and apparent consumption are shown in Table 1. Around 80% of wood used in the UK is imported. The volume of waste wood delivered to market is shown in Table 2. Data on the volume and proportion of recycled [waste] wood used over the last 5 years that has been imported is not held. The majority of wood and wood products imported are made from virgin wood.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1. Volume of wood consumed in the UK (millions of cubic meters of Wood Raw Material Equivalent).</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>UK production<sup>2 </sup></p></td><td><p>Imports</p></td><td><p>Exports</p></td><td><p>Apparent consumption</p></td><td><p>% of wood consumed that is imported</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td><td><p>42.2</p></td><td><p>6.2</p></td><td><p>46.8</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>11.2</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td><td><p>53.4</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td><td><p>49.3</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td><td><p>55.8</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td><td><p>49.6</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td><td><p>56.5</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td><td><p>50.3</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2. Deliveries of recycled wood to wood processing and energy markets.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total deliveries of recycled wood (thousands of tonnes)</p></td><td><p>Deliveries of recycled wood (thousands of tonnes) used in panels production</p></td><td><p>Deliveries of recycled wood (thousands of tonnes) used for woodfuel</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,683</p></td><td><p>853</p></td><td><p>830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2,152</p></td><td><p>812</p></td><td><p>1,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2,302</p></td><td><p>852</p></td><td><p>1,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2,388</p></td><td><p>838</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,583</p></td><td><p>923</p></td><td><p>1,660</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Forestry Statistics 2018 (Forestry Commission, September 2018)</p><p>Based on data from: industry surveys, industry associations, UK overseas trade statistics (HM Revenue &amp; Customs) and conversion factors to Wood Raw Material Equivalent (WRME)</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Excludes recovered paper.</li><li>UK production of roundwood is estimated from deliveries to wood processing industries and others.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 16/10/2018 14:01:17 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

982676

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Timber
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 estimate he has made of the available supply of UK-sourced virgin and waste wood that has been used for (a) wood panel manufacturing, (b) sawmill products, (c) paper manufacturing and (d) wood fuel in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	176544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>This data is published in Forestry Statistics 2018.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table 1</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Inputs to Wood-based Panel Mills, 2013-2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>thousand green tonnes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>UK roundwood<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Sawmill products</p></td><td><p>Imports<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>Recycled wood fibre<sup>3,4</sup></p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,263</p></td><td><p>1,709</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>853</p></td><td><p>3,825</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,283</p></td><td><p>1,809</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>812</p></td><td><p>3,904</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,334</p></td><td><p>1,687</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>852</p></td><td><p>3,890</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,248</p></td><td><p>1,749</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>838</p></td><td><p>3,874</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,059</p></td><td><p>1,726</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>923</p></td><td><p>3,730</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Forestry Statistics 2018 (Forestry Commission, September 2018),</p><p>based on data from: Wood Panel Industries Federation</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>UK roundwood derived from stemwood.</li><li>Imports include roundwood, wood products and products from imported wood.</li><li>Recycled wood fibre is wood fibre recovered from both pre- and post-consumer wood waste for use in woodbased panel production. It comprises wood originally grown in the UK and wood originally grown in forests outside the UK.</li><li>Quantities are as delivered, with an assumed average moisture content of 25%. To convert to green tonnes (assuming moisture content of 52%), multiply by 1.56.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table 2</strong></p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Inputs to Wood-based Panel Mills, 2013-2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>thousand green tonnes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>UK roundwood<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Sawmill products</p></td><td><p>Imports<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>Recycled wood fibre<sup>3,4</sup></p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,263</p></td><td><p>1,709</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>853</p></td><td><p>3,825</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,283</p></td><td><p>1,809</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>812</p></td><td><p>3,904</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,334</p></td><td><p>1,687</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>852</p></td><td><p>3,890</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,248</p></td><td><p>1,749</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>838</p></td><td><p>3,874</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,059</p></td><td><p>1,726</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>923</p></td><td><p>3,730</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Source: Forestry Statistics 2018 (Forestry Commission, September 2018),</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>based on data from: Wood Panel Industries Federation</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>UK roundwood derived from stemwood.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>Imports include roundwood, wood products and products from imported wood.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="3"><li>Recycled wood fibre is wood fibre recovered from both pre- and post-consumer wood waste for use in woodbased panel production. It comprises wood originally grown in the UK and wood originally grown in forests outside the UK.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="4"><li>Quantities are as delivered, with an assumed average moisture content of 25%. To convert to green tonnes (assuming moisture content of 52%), multiply by 1.56.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Table 3</strong> <strong>Inputs for the integrated pulp &amp; paper mills<sup>1</sup>, 2013-2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>thousand green tonnes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>UK roundwood<sup>2</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Sawmill products</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>465</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>83</p></td><td><p>548</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>465</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>97</p></td><td><p>562</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>435</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>101</p></td><td><p>536</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>423</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>82</p></td><td><p>505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>61</p></td><td><p>503</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Source: Forestry Statistics 2018 (Forestry Commission, September 2018),</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>based on data from: UK Forest Products Association</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Excludes inputs of recycled paper and cardboard. All inputs are softwood.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>UK roundwood derived from stemwood.</li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table 4</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Inputs for woodfuel<sup>1</sup>, 2013-2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thousand green tonnes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>UK roundwood<sup>1,2</sup></p></td><td><p>Sawmill products<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>Recycled wood<sup>4,5,6</sup></p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,650</p></td><td><p>302</p></td><td><p>830</p></td><td><p>2,782</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td><td><p>439</p></td><td><p>1,340</p></td><td><p>3,679</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>534</p></td><td><p>1,450</p></td><td><p>3,984</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,950</p></td><td><p>624</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td><td><p>4,124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td><td><p>705</p></td><td><p>1,660</p></td><td><p>4,565</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Forestry Statistics 2018 (Forestry Commission, September 2018),</p><p>based on data from: industry surveys, industry associations, Wood Recyclers Association.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Woodfuel derived from stemwood. Includes estimates of roundwood use for biomass energy. The figures are estimated by the Expert Group on Timber and Trade Statistics, and make use of wood fuel data reported in the Private Sector Softwood Removals Survey.</li></ol><p> </p><ol><li>The apparent increase in woodfuel from 2016 to 2017 partially reflects a new estimate of the level of hardwood deliveries for woodfuel and should not be interpreted as an increase in a single year. This figure is currently under review.</li></ol><p> </p><ol><li>Material reported as sales/use for woodfuel by sawmills and round fencing manufacturers, but may have been used for other purposes.</li><li>Post consumer recovered wood, comprising wood originally grown in the UK and wood originally grown in forests outside the UK.</li><li>Figures for 2014 to 2017 relate to capacity, rather than consumption.</li><li>Quantities are as delivered, with an assumed average moisture content of 25%. To convert to green tonnes (assuming moisture content of 52%), multiply by 1.56.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 16/10/2018 14:19:11 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

982677

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Timber
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 estimate he has made of the (a) proportion and (b) volume of domestic forestry stock being sold in the UK in the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	176545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission publish availability forecasts for softwood and hardwood. The proportion of this resource that reaches market will depend on market conditions and the wishes of those that own woodland. In the period 2013 – 2016 annual softwood production varied between 13 and 14 million m<sup>3</sup> over bark standing compared to a forecast availability of 16.5 millon m<sup>3 </sup>over bark standing. Softwood production in 2017 was 13.3 million m<sup>3</sup> over bark standing compared to a forecast availability of 17.1 million m<sup>3</sup> over bark standing.</p><p> </p><p>The 2014 forecast of softwood availability for the forest estate in Great Britain is an average of 15.2 million m<sup>3</sup> over bark standing per annum over the next 50 years. This availability exceeds current production levels. Current forecasts do not take into account timber that will become available from woodlands that have been recently established and will be established in the near future.</p><p> </p><p>Softwood availability is forecast to reach 18.4 million m<sup>3</sup> over bark standing in the period 2027 – 2031. Hardwood availability is forecast to reach 3 million m<sup>3</sup> over bark standing in 2042 – 2046. Current forecasts do not take into account timber that will become available from woodlands that have been recently established and will be established in the near future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table 1</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Roundwood availability forecasts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>thousand cubic metres overbark standing</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Annual average in the period</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>Great Britain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total softwood</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 - 2016</p></td><td><p>4,577</p></td><td><p>1,983</p></td><td><p>9,928</p></td><td><p>16,487</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 - 2021</p></td><td><p>4,555</p></td><td><p>1,940</p></td><td><p>10,656</p></td><td><p>17,151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 - 2026</p></td><td><p>4,113</p></td><td><p>1,982</p></td><td><p>11,346</p></td><td><p>17,442</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2027 - 2031</p></td><td><p>4,145</p></td><td><p>1,553</p></td><td><p>12,700</p></td><td><p>18,398</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2032 - 2036</p></td><td><p>3,916</p></td><td><p>1,670</p></td><td><p>12,062</p></td><td><p>17,649</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2037 - 2041</p></td><td><p>3,237</p></td><td><p>1,473</p></td><td><p>11,069</p></td><td><p>15,779</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2042 - 2046</p></td><td><p>2,903</p></td><td><p>1,021</p></td><td><p>9,257</p></td><td><p>13,181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2047 - 2051</p></td><td><p>2,537</p></td><td><p>1,106</p></td><td><p>8,266</p></td><td><p>11,909</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2052 - 2056</p></td><td><p>2,259</p></td><td><p>1,229</p></td><td><p>8,566</p></td><td><p>12,054</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2057 - 2061</p></td><td><p>2,853</p></td><td><p>1,373</p></td><td><p>7,966</p></td><td><p>12,193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total hardwood</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 - 2016</p></td><td><p>249</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 - 2021</p></td><td><p>425</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>631</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 - 2026</p></td><td><p>648</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>945</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2027 - 2031</p></td><td><p>806</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>1,162</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2032 - 2036</p></td><td><p>923</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>1,330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2037 - 2041</p></td><td><p>1,176</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>391</p></td><td><p>1,738</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2042 - 2046</p></td><td><p>2,104</p></td><td><p>299</p></td><td><p>616</p></td><td><p>3,019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2047 - 2051</p></td><td><p>1,795</p></td><td><p>246</p></td><td><p>715</p></td><td><p>2,755</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2052 - 2056</p></td><td><p>1,388</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>599</p></td><td><p>2,214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2057 - 2061</p></td><td><p>791</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td><p>1,364</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: National Forest Inventory: 50-year forecast of softwood availability (Forestry Commission, April 2014), National Forest Inventory: 50-year forecast of hardwood availability (Forestry Commission, April 2014)</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The estate of the Forestry Commission and Natural Resources Wales is assumed to be managed according to current management plans; note both Forestry Commission Scotland and Natural Resources Wales intend to cap production below the level set out in this table.</li><li>For softwood, private woodland is assumed to be managed in a way that maximises total production.</li></ol><p> </p><ol><li>More recent softwood availability forecasts, covering a 25 year period only, are available from the NFI web pages at:</li></ol><p><a href="http://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/national-forest-inventory/" target="_blank">www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/national-forest-inventory/</a></p><ol><li>In private woodland, hardwood harvesting is assumed to be limited to areas with evidence of recent thinning activity. If these woodlands were managed to maximise total production, the forecast would be much higher, as illustrated in the full National Forest Inventory report available at:</li></ol><p><a href="http://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/national-forest-inventory/" target="_blank">www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/national-forest-inventory/</a></p><p> </p><ol><li>An update to these figures is due to be published in 2020.</li></ol><p> </p><p>To convert ‘overbark standing’ into green tonnes multiply by 0.818 (for softwood) and by 0.900 (for hardwood).</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 176547 question first answered 16/10/2018 13:39:52 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

982679

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Timber
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 trends in the price of (a) virgin and (b) waste wood in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	176546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission publish timber prices indices based on sales of sawlogs and standing timber from the public forest estate. No assessment of trends in the price of waste wood is made<strong>.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Forestry Commission Timber Price Indices are available online: <a href="https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/statistics-by-topic/timber-statistics/timber-price-indices/" target="_blank">https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/statistics-by-topic/timber-statistics/timber-price-indices/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 16/10/2018 14:04:18 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr