Therese Coffey – 2022 Statement on Funding for Woodlands and Timber Industry
The statement made by Therese Coffey, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in the House of Commons on 29 November 2022.
Today we announced £20 million of funding to improve tree planting stocks, woodland resilience and domestic timber production, and to accelerate tree planting across England.
The £10 million has been awarded through the Woods into Management Forestry Innovation Funds and the Tree Production Innovation Fund to support projects that explore new technologies and business models to improve tree planting stocks and woodland resilience.
In addition, 57 local authorities have been awarded nearly £10 million to accelerate tree planting.
These initiatives will see hundreds of thousands of trees planted in communities across England. They represent another step forward in the Government’s drive to treble tree planting rates across England by the end of this Parliament.
The Local Authority Treescapes Fund and the Urban Tree Challenge Fund will reopen for new applications early in 2023.
| Applicant | Total Grant £ |
|---|---|
| Oxfordshire County Council | 150,000 |
| Lancashire County Council | 300,000 |
| Tees Valley Combined Authority | 299,996 |
| Nottinghamshire County Council | 149,845 |
| Kent County Council | 299,642 |
| West of England Combined Aut. | 299,738 |
| Rotherham Metropolitan BC | 107,000 |
| North Yorkshire County Council | 150,000 |
| City of York Council | 149,800 |
| Warwickshire County Council | 150,000 |
| City of Trees | 299,880 |
| Gateshead Council | 147,886 |
| Wakefield Metropolitan DC | 147,921 |
| Gloucestershire County Council | 149,853 |
| Lambeth Council | 142,024 |
| London Borough of Enfield | 144,042 |
| London Borough of Hillingdon | 148,712 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council | 103,153 |
| City of Bradford Metropolitan DC | 150,000 |
| Portsmouth City Council | 147,116 |
| Calderdale Borough Council | 55,332 |
| Devon County Council | 298,476 |
| Lincolnshire County Council | 283,387 |
| Doncaster Council | 138,108 |
| Shropshire Council | 149,618 |
| Hertfordshire County Council | 148,500 |
| Halton Borough Council | 148,402 |
| Knowsley Metropolitan BC | 150,000 |
| Newcastle City Council | 290,000 |
| Buckinghamshire Council | 144,778 |
| North Somerset Council | 150,000 |
| Kirklees Council | 80,524 |
| Worcestershire CC | 149,708 |
| North Lincolnshire Council | 149,932 |
| Surrey County Council | 150,000 |
| London Borough of Islington | 146,411 |
| Haringey Council | 88,296 |
| Somerset County Council | 296,948 |
| Sheffield City Council | 147,520 |
| Leicestershire County Council | 149,577 |
| London Borough of Barnett | 100,000 |
| Walsall Council | 149,624 |
| Cheshire West and Chester Council | 144,520 |
| Royal Borough of Greenwich | 135,488 |
| Wirral Council | 85,274 |
| Hampshire County Council | 150,000 |
| Norfolk County Council | 148,225 |
| Leeds City Council | 125,176 |
| Central Bedfordshire | 140,028 |
| Solihull MBC | 149,215 |
| Wiltshire Council | 294,800 |
| Bedford Borough Council | 150,000 |
| Cambridgeshire County Council | 300,000 |
| St Helens Council | 149,000 |
| North Northamptonshire | 150,000 |
| City of London Corporation | 88,292 |
| Peterborough City Council | 149,809 |
