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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of current tree cover in the South Somerset District.

Through the National Forest Inventory (NFI), Forest Research, part of the Forestry Commission, gathers data on woodland in England.

The NFI shows that South Somerset District has approximately 6% woodland cover, which amounts to an area of 5,332 hectares.

More details of the work carried out and information the NFI publishes can be found here: https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/national-forest-inventory/about-the-nfi/