Table <strong>6.</strong>8. Area <strong>of</strong> woodl<strong>and</strong> in Britain by planting year classes (000s ha) (Forestry Statistics 2002) Much modern day planting has been eligible for government grant aid under the Forestry Commission’s Woodl<strong>and</strong> Grant Scheme (WGS). Table <strong>6.</strong>9 issued by the Forestry Commission (2003) shows that the total amount <strong>of</strong> money paid by the Forestry Commission in grant for new planting <strong>of</strong> private woodl<strong>and</strong>s since 1993 is nearly £200 million. These figures under new planting include additional contributions such as Better L<strong>and</strong> Supplement, Community Woodl<strong>and</strong> Supplement <strong>and</strong> Locational Supplement. 86
Table <strong>6.</strong>9.WGS monies paid to private British woodl<strong>and</strong>s ‘93–‘03(Source Forestry Commission’03) Year New Planting Restocking AMG WIG (2&3) BRITAIN TOTAL: £195,757,551 £34,919,126 £62,997422 1993/94 £16,872,970 £3,509,551 £1,780,028 £0 1994/95 £19,789,478 £4,232,650 £4,460,194 £0 1995/96 £17,346,046 £3,948,481 £6,398,329 £0 1996/97 £16,227,836 £3,438,277 £7,240,837 £0 1997/98 £17,936,988 £3,384,297 £8,463,722 £0 1998/99 £23,576,663 £3,748,750 £8,048,144 £1,865,364 1999/2000 £21,011,571 £3,671,733 £6,911,947 £2,116,844 2000/2001 £23,905,524 £3,570,093 £6,818,353 £1,910,532 2001/2002 £19,230,293 £2,763,657 £6,364,192 £1,827,279 2002/2003 £19,860,182 £2,651,637 £6,511,676 £2,350,113 SCOTLAND TOTAL: £105,140,059 £18.426,165 £16,735,155 1993/94 £8,014,876 £1,677,232 £180,863 £0 1994/95 £11,807,908 £2,214,448 £924,884 £0 1995/96 £9,760,130 £2,297,793 £1,674,320 £0 1996/97 £9,821,447 £1,816,755 £2,118,587 £0 1997/98 £10,660,644 £1,655,595 £2,453,100 £0 1998/99 £12,563,611 £1,826,318 £2,533,709 £218,530 1999/2000 £10,512,461 £1,924,980 £2,021,948 £333,292 2000/2001 £12,853,950 £1,953,950 £1,779,373 £331,273 2001/2002 £10,175,640 £1,593,093 £1,608,226 £853,145 2002/2003 £8,969,392 £1,466,001 £1,440,145 £1,157,870 ENGLAND TOTAL: £81,984751 £12,632,360 £43,199,978 1993/94 £8,183,087 £1,640,661 £1,518,222 £0 1994/95 £7,306,114 £1,665,946 £3,346,918 £0 1995/96 £7,005,449 £1,314,285 £4,453,869 £0 1996/97 £5,861,691 £1,226,504 £4,761,536 £0 1997/98 £6,453,708 £1,319,808 £5,607,942 £0 1998/99 £9,582,596 £1,432,733 £5,099,722 £1,398,018 1999/2000 £8,971,948 £1,275,445 £4,529,372 £1,373,945 2000/2001 £9,962,368 £1,188,634 £4,659,397 £1,157,718 2001/2002 £8,588,644 £765,153 £4,437,965 £853,145 2002/2003 £10,069,146 £803,191 £4,785,035 £1,157,870 WALES TOTAL: £8,632,741 £3,860,601 £3,062,289 1993/94 £675,007 £191,658 £80,943 £0 1994/95 £675,456 £352,256 £188,392 £0 1995/96 £580,467 £336,403 £270,140 £0 1996/97 £544,698 £395,018 £360,714 £0 1997/98 £822,636 £408,894 £402,680 £0 1998/99 £1,430,456 £489,699 £414,713 £248,816 1999/2000 £1,527,162 £471,308 £360,627 £409,607 2000/2001 £1,089,206 £427,509 £379,583 £421,541 2001/2002 £466,009 £405,411 £318,001 £120,989 2002/2003 £821,644 £382,445 £286,496 £34,373 87