Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 18 December 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many ash tree new planting sites are still to be surveyed in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales, from tracking forward from tree nurseries and planting stock infected with Chalara fraxinea.
The Forestry Commission and the Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) are carrying out trace forward surveys. The number of sites identified is continuing to increase.
The Forestry Commission currently has 472 sites in England, 241 sites in Scotland and 363 sites in Wales to survey. A total of 690 sites in England and Wales are still to be surveyed by Fera.
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