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| Wales | |||
| Hectares—thousand | |||
| Year ended 31 March | New planting | Restocking | Total |
| Northern Ireland | |||
| Hectares—thousand | |||
| Year ended 31 March | New planting | Restocking | Total |
| United Kingdom | |||
| Hectares—thousand | |||
| Year ended 31 March | New planting | Restocking | Total |
| Note: The figures in the tables are individually rounded, so the constituent items may not sum to the total given. | |||
Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the Government plan to increase the area of coniferous woodland planted. [117715]
Barry Gardiner: The English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) provides grants to establish new multi-purpose woodlands providing public benefits, including biodiversity and social benefits. The UK Forestry Standard, which underpins the EWGS, requires the choice of species to be suited to the site conditions taking into account silvicultural and environmental needs as well as management objectives.
In recent years around 5 to 10 per cent. of the total new woodland area planted has been with conifers. The extent and type of planting over the next five to 10 years will be influenced by the outcome of the refreshed England Forestry Strategy, the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 and the budget that is agreed for the Rural Development Programme for England 2007-13.
Prime Minister
Annual Reports
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 15 January 2007, Official Report, column 787W, on annual reports, what the reasons are for the delays in publication of the reports. [117794]
The Prime Minister: I have nothing further to add to the answer I gave the hon. Member for North-East Hertfordshire (Mr. Heald) on 15 January 2007, Official Report, column 787W.
Departmental Functions
Mr. Heald: To ask the Prime Minister what the (a) remit and (b) functions are of the (i) Strategic Communications Unit and (ii) Downing Street Press Office. [112158]
The Prime Minister: Details of the remit and functions of the Strategic Communications Unit and Downing Street Press Office can be found in the answers I gave to the hon. Member for Lewes (Norman Baker) on 26 May 1999, Official Report, columns 192-3W and the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws) on 25 March 2003, Official Report, columns 125-7W.
Entertainment Budget
Mr. Heald: To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 11 January 2007, Official Report, column 650W, on entertainment budget, whether the figures referred to on the costs of official entertainment at 10 Downing street and Chequers in 2005-06 provided to the hon. Members for South Holland and The Deepings (Mr. Hayes) and for Southend, West (Mr. Amess) in answers of 11 October 2005, Official Report, column 788W, were collected using the same methodology as those in the answer of 21 July 2005, Official Report, House of Lords, column WA262. [112489]
Intelligence and Security Committee
Mark Pritchard: To ask the Prime Minister if he will bring forward proposals to make the Intelligence and Security Committee a Committee of the House. [112293]
The Prime Minister: I have no current plans to do so.
Wilson Doctrine
Mr. Heald: To ask the Prime Minister whether the Wilson Doctrine applies to hon. Members use of (a) Blackberry-devices, (b) mobile phone text messaging, (c) Voice over Internet Protocol systems, (d) internet browsers and (e) email. [112159]
The Prime Minister: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Lewes (Norman Baker) on 21 January 2002, Official Report, column 589W.
Mr. Heald: To ask the Prime Minister whether the Wilson Doctrine applies to members of the (a) Scottish Parliament, (b) National Assembly for Wales and (c) Northern Ireland Assembly. [112161]
The Prime Minister: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable) on 8 February 2006, Official Report, column 1186W, and to my written ministerial statement on 30 March 2006, Official Report, columns 95-96WS.
Duchy of Lancaster
Admiralty House
Mr. Heald: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how long the ministerial flat in Admiralty House which is not occupied by the Deputy Prime Minister or the Lord Chancellor has remained empty. [112583]
Hilary Armstrong: I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave him on 6 November 2006, Official Report, column 860W.
Departmental Costs
Mr. Heald: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 27 November 2006, Official Report, column 346W, on departmental costs, what the reasons are for the change in expenditure between 2004-05 and 2005-06. [112577]
Hilary Armstrong: The main reasons for the change in expenditure between 2004-05 and 2005-06 was the inclusion in 2004-05 of the Cabinet Office's £2 million contribution to the cross-Government “Go in, Stay in, Tune in” campaign and costs associated with the DirectGov advertising campaign.
Ministerial Residences
Mr. Heald: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 19 December 2006, Official Report, column 1853W, on ministerial residences, how much public expenditure has so far been incurred in refurbishing the flat above No. 10 Downing street. [113950]
Hilary Armstrong: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 30 November 2006, Official Report, column 890W.
Social Enterprise
Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the name and location is of each social enterprise ambassador in England. [117520]
Edward Miliband: The Government published the social enterprise action plan on 16 November 2006. It states that the Office of the Third Sector will work with the social enterprise sector to develop a programme which will appoint 20 social enterprise ambassadors to raise awareness of social enterprise and work with Government on the development of policy.
The Office of the Third Sector is currently developing the programme in partnership with the social enterprise sector. We are aiming to announce the new ambassadors in the summer to ensure that they are ready to participate fully in the run-up to the next Social Enterprise Day, which will be on 15 November 2007 as part of Enterprise Week.
Once selected, a copy of the list of the names of the social enterprise ambassadors will be placed in the Library for the reference of Members.
Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much social enterprises were worth to the UK economy in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by region. [111796]
Edward Miliband: The Government provided the latest information on the value of the social enterprise sector to the economy in the Social Enterprise Action Plan, published on 16 November 2006.
The DTI's latest Annual Small Business Survey (2005) estimated that there are 55,000 social enterprises in the UK, generating a combined turnover of about £27 billion turnover and contributing £8.4 billion to GDP.
Due to the size of the social enterprise sample it is not possible to break this figure down further by region.
Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what steps she has taken to highlight and spread best practice in the promotion of social enterprises. [111798]
Edward Miliband: The Government set out their approach to supporting the social enterprise sector in the Social Enterprise Action Plan—Scaling New Heights—published on 16 November 2006. The Action Plan aims to help create the conditions to enable the sector to succeed by helping more people to understand social enterprise, raising awareness among potential investors and customers; ensuring that social enterprises have access to business support and finance; and including social enterprises in public service delivery.
Government are working with the sector to highlight best practice and to encourage new people to start and join social enterprises. The most important elements of this work are:
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