Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 77907

Forests: Climate Change and Ecology

Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 16 October 2025

Question

Paul Davies

LabourColne Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that newly created woodlands are (a) ecologically diverse and (b) climate-resilient.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Both the Woodland Creation Planning Grant and England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) enables landowners to design woodlands that fit with their own and Government objectives for woodland creation. EWCO includes maintenance grants for 15 years to ensure su...

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