Forests
(asked on 27th June 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on biodiversity on the public forest estate in each year since 2004-05.
This question was answered on 3rd July 2014
While all sustainable forest management on the public forest estate can benefit biodiversity, the following table shows the money spent by the Forestry Commission specifically for the benefit of biodiversity:
Financial year | Spend on public forest estate (£) |
2004-05 | 2,719,442 |
2005-06 | 3,673,847 |
2006-07 | 4,785,114 |
2007-08 | 3,871,339 |
2008-09 | 4,456,223 |
2009-10 | 4,787,026 |
2010-11 | 5,196,665 |
2011-12 | 4,132,597 |
2012-13 | 3,730,628 |
2013-14 | 3,831,024 |