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

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.

This data is published in Forestry Statistics 2018.

Source: Forestry Statistics 2018 (Forestry Commission, September 2018),

based on data from: Wood Panel Industries Federation

Notes:

1. UK roundwood derived from stemwood.
2. Imports include roundwood, wood products and products from imported wood.
3. 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.
4. 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.

Notes:

1. UK roundwood derived from stemwood.

2. Imports include roundwood, wood products and products from imported wood.

3. 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.

4. 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.

Notes:

1. Excludes inputs of recycled paper and cardboard. All inputs are softwood.

2. UK roundwood derived from stemwood.

Source: Forestry Statistics 2018 (Forestry Commission, September 2018),

based on data from: industry surveys, industry associations, Wood Recyclers Association.

Notes:

1. 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.

1. 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.

1. Material reported as sales/use for woodfuel by sawmills and round fencing manufacturers, but may have been used for other purposes.
2. Post consumer recovered wood, comprising wood originally grown in the UK and wood originally grown in forests outside the UK.
3. Figures for 2014 to 2017 relate to capacity, rather than consumption.
4. 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.