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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what mechanisms are in place to co-ordinate new woodland planting throughout the UK.

Forestry is a devolved matter and this response relates to forestry in England only.

New woodland planting in England is supported by the Rural Development Programme Countryside Stewardship woodland creation grant scheme. We also launched the second round of the Woodland Creation Planning Grant last September to encourage further uptake of Countryside Stewardship Grants. To support tree planting further throughout England, the Forestry Commission opened the Woodland Carbon Fund, which will aim to boost woodland creation rates and help to meet the Government’s future carbon targets. This fund was launched last November.