Question follow-through · 126950
Forests: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of supporting the restoration of plantations on ancient woodland sites.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 13 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 16 Apr 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of supporting the restoration of plantations on ancient woodland sites.
16 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Government has committed to restoring plantations on ancient woodland sites (PAWS) back to semi-natural woodland habitat. There are approximately 365,000 hectares (ha) of ancient woodland in England of which approximately 150,000 ha are under plantati...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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