To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list, based on responses to the Environment Minister's letter on timber procurement from 19 September 2002, the local authorities which have timber procurement policies in place.

All the local authorities that responded to the Environment Minister's letters dated 19 September 2002 and 7 April 2003 described their various policies for purchasing timber. Some authorities were in the process of reviewing their policies and others reported plans to undertake reviews or were considering making such plans. The authorities that responded are listed as follows:

Amber Valley Borough Council, Arun District Council, Ashford Borough Council, Aylesbury Vale District Council, Babergh District Council, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Basildon District Council, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, Bath and North East Somerset Council, Bedfordshire County Council, Berwick-Upon-Tweed Borough Council, Birmingham Metropolitan City Council, Blaby District Council, Blackpool Borough Council, Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council, Boston Borough Council, Bournemouth Borough Council, Bradford City Council, Braintree District Council, Brentwood Borough Council, Brighton and Hove Council, Bristol City Council, Broadland District Council, Bromley London Borough, Broxtowe Borough Council, Buckinghamshire County Council, Burnley Borough Council, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council, Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, Cambridge City Council, Camden London Borough, Canterbury City Council, Charnwood Borough Council, Chelmsford Borough Council, Chesterfield Borough Council, Chester-le-Street District Council, Chichester District Council, Chiltern District Council, Colchester Borough Council, Congleton Borough Council, Copeland Borough Council, Cornwall County Council, Cotswold District Council, Coventry City Council, Croydon London Borough, Darlington Borough Council, Derby City Council, Derbyshire County Council, Devon County Council, Dorset County Council, Dover District Council, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Durham County Council, East Cambridgeshire District Council, East Devon District Council, East Dorset District Council, East Lindsey District Council, East Northamptonshire District Council, East Staffordshire Borough Council, East Sussex County Council, Eastbourne Borough Council, Eastleigh Borough Council, Epping Forest District Council, Essex County Council, Exeter City Council, Fareham Borough Council, Forest Heath District Council, Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, Gloucester City Council, Gloucestershire County Council, Gosport Borough Council, Greenwich London Borough, Guildford Borough Council, Hambleton District Council, Hampshire County Council, Harlow District Council, Harrogate Borough Council, Harrow London Borough Council, Hart District Council, Havant Borough Council, Havering London Borough, Herefordshire Council, Hertsmere Borough Council, High Peak Borough Council, Horsham District Council, Hounslow London Borough, Huntingdon District Council, Ipswich Borough Council, Kensington and Chelsea Royal Borough, Kent County Council, Kerrier District Council, Kingston Upon Hull City Council, Kirklees Metropolitan Council, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Lancashire County Council, Lancaster City Council, Leicester City Council, Leicestershire County Council, Lewes District Council, Lincolnshire County Council, Liverpool City Council, Luton Borough Council, Macclesfield Borough Council, Maldon District Council, Malvern Hills District Council, Manchester City Council, Mansfield District Council, Medway Towns Council, Melton Borough Council, Mid Bedfordshire District Council, Mid Devon District Council, Mole Valley District Council, New Forest District Council, Newark and Sherwood District Council, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, Newham London Borough, Norfolk County Council, North Cornwall District Council, North Devon District Council, North East Derbyshire District Council, North East Lincolnshire Council, North Kesteven District Council, North Lincolnshire Council, North Norfolk District Council, North Shropshire District Council, North Somerset Council, North Yorkshire County Council, Northampton Borough Council, Northumberland County Council, Norwich City Council, Nottinghamshire County Council, Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council, Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, Portsmouth City Council, Purbeck District Council, Reading Borough Council, Redbridge London Borough, Redcar and Cleveland Council, Ribble Valley Borough Council, Richmondshire District Council, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council, Rossendale Borough Council, Rugby Borough Council, Rushmoor Borough Council, Salford City Council, Salisbury District Council, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Scarborough Borough Council, Sedgefield Borough District Council, Sedgemoor District Council, Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, Selby District Council, Sheffield City Council, Shepway District Council, Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council, Somerset County Council, South Gloucestershire Council, South Hams District Council, South Lakeland District Council, South Norfolk District Council, South Northamptonshire Council, South Oxfordshire District Council, South Ribble District Council, South Somerset District Council, South Staffordshire District Council, Spelthorne Borough Council, St. Albans City and District Council, St. Edmundsbury Borough Council, Staffordshire County Council, Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Stratford-on- Avon District Council, Stroud District Council, Suffolk Coastal District Council, Suffolk County Council, Surrey County Council, Swale Borough Council, Swindon Borough Council, Tamworth Borough Council, Tandridge District Council, Telford and Wrekin Council, Tendring District Council, Thanet District Council, Thurrock Borough Council, Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, Torbay Council, Torridge District Council, Tower Hamlets London Borough, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, Wakefield Metropolitan District Council, Wandsworth London Borough, Warwick District Council, Waveney District Council, Wear Valley District Council, Wellingborough Borough Council, West Dorset District Council, West Lancashire District Council, West Lindsey District Council, West Somerset District Council, Westminster City Council, Wiltshire County Council, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough Council, Wirral Borough Metropolitan Council, Wokingham District Council, Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough, Worcester City Council, Worcestershire County Council, Wycombe District Council, Wyre Forest District Council,