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

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many hectares of land were owned by the Forestry Commission in (1) 2000, (2) 2005, (3) 2010, (4) 2015, and (5) 2018.

The public forest estate in England is owned by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and placed at the disposal of the Forestry Commissioners under section (3)1 of the Forestry Act 1967.

Figures for the area of land managed by the Forestry Commission in England are given below. The area includes land in both freehold and leasehold ownership. The majority of this is woodland, but it also includes associated open habitats, some agricultural land and land used for quarries, car parks and built development.