Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 14 February 2018 and 31 May 2018 to Questions 125838 and 146694 on Tree Planting and Forests, what his Department's policy is on the planting of 11 million trees during the course of this Parliament as referenced in the Conservative Party manifesto 2017.

The Government is committed to achieving its manifesto commitment to plant 11 million trees over the course of this Parliament.

A number of schemes support this, including the Woodland Creation Grant under Countryside Stewardship, the Woodland Carbon Fund, the Woodland Creation Planning Grant, planting in the National Forest, and kick-starting the new Northern Forest.

The Government has recently appointed a national Tree Champion who will help drive forward the commitment to plant 11 million trees.