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Written Question · S2W-17543 · Session 2

What the extent of Forestry Commission Scotlands estate is, broken down by local authority area.

Answered Asked by Rob Gibson SNP Lodged 22 Jun 2005

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the extent of Forestry Commission Scotlands estate is, broken down by local authority area.

The answer

Answered by Rhona Brankin on 19 Jul 2005 · 27 days after it was lodged, on time

The following table provides details of Forestry Commission Scotland’s estate broken down by local authority area.
A map providing a breakdown of woodlands managed by Forestry Commission Scotland, by local authority area, is available on the Commission’s website at:
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/fe_bdys_within_la.pdf/$FILE/fe_bdys_within_la.pdf
Forestry Commission Scotland Estate Broken Down into Local Authority Area
Council Estate
| Hectares

Aberdeenshire
| 33,643.79

Angus
| 5,104.51

Argyll and Bute
| 116,151.94

City of Aberdeen
| 842.05

City of Edinburgh
| 30.65

City of Glasgow
| 0

Clackmannanshire
| 129.84

Dumfries and Galloway
| 97,925.5

East Ayrshire
| 16,210.23

East Dumbartonshire
| 441.52

East Lothian
| 0

East Renfrewshire
| 967.3

Falkirk
| 520.38

Fife
| 4,365.47

Highland
| 224,658.56

Inverclyde
| 0

Midlothian
| 26.79

Moray
| 24,679.52

North Ayrshire
| 11,065.11

North Lanarkshire
| 2,628.15

Perth & Kinross
| 30,304.74

Renfrewshire
| 0

Scottish Borders
| 25,330.39

South Ayrshire
| 25,421.81

South Lanarkshire
| 4,374.98

Stirling
| 38,681.61

West Dumbartonshire
| 1,386.26

West Lothian
| 1,546.82

Western Isles
| 0

Total
| 666,437.92

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-17543 by reference.