Question follow-through · 55707

Trees: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to support the natural regeneration of trees in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) England.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
30 May 2025
Target answer date
3 Jun 2025
Answer
6 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 30 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to support the natural regeneration of trees in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) England.

  2. 3 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 6 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Across England, Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier does provide grant support for natural regeneration (including WD2 and WS2) in line with a UK Forestry Standard approved Woodland Management Plan. These grants are demand led, which means that the Forest...

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