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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(13 March 2025)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many trees he plans to plant in Bedfordshire as part of plans to increase woodland cover.

Asked by:
Blake Stephenson (Conservative)

Answer

Tree planting grant schemes are demand led so it is not generally possible to state where the trees will be newly planted, although a range of sensitivities will prevent permission to plant being granted in some locations. Additional planting will be dependent on future applications.

The Forestry Commission publishes statistics on new planting of woodland, and trees outside woodland, in England. These can be found in Forestry Commission Key Performance Indicators. These statistics are reported for each financial year in thousands of hectares. This government has not set specific targets for individual constituencies and the reporting statistic the hon. Member has requested is not currently available. The statistics are produced annually and show recorded new planting from administrative records and grant schemes with estimates for planting without grant aid.


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