Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 94125

Forests: Conservation

Tabled: 24 November 2025
Answered: 2 December 2025

Question

John Whitby

LabourDerbyshire Dales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hectares of privately-owned Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites have received public subsidies to restore them into good ecological condition in the last 2 years.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) scheme supports the restoration of Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS). In 2023 there was around 1,100 ha that received subsidies for the restoration of Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS) u...

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