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Agricultural Censuses run by Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and the devolved administrations collect annual information on the land-use of farms. Table 1.12 below shows the area of woodland on farms.
The area of farm woodland in the UK has increased from 606 thousand hectares in 2006 to 961 thousand hectares in 2015 (Table 1.12). Over one half (55%) of all farm woodland is in Scotland, with a further 36% in England, 8% in Wales and the remaining 1% in Northern Ireland.
| Year | England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland |
UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousand hectares | |||||
| 2006 | 296.0 | 51.3 | 249.3 | 9.6 | 606.2 |
| 2007 | 305.4 | 67.9 | 279.9 | 9.9 | 663.1 |
| 2008 | 318.8 | 59.2 | 317.3 | 9.9 | 705.2 |
| 2009 | 303.7 | 60.8 | 350.8 | 10.3 | 725.6 |
| 2010 | 295.3 | 69.1 | 399.8 | 10.2 | 774.4 |
| 2011 | 304.9 | 44.2 | 426.1 | 10.8 | 786.0 |
| 2012 | 308.4 | 62.6 | 445.4 | 11.0 | 827.4 |
| 2013 | 324.9 | 63.4 | 466.8 | 10.3 | 865.4 |
| 2014 | 331.3 | 75.7 | 479.4 | 11.1 | 897.5 |
| 2015 | 347.6 | 78.0 | 524.0 | 11.1 | 960.6 |
Source: June Agricultural Census – Defra, The Scottish Government, Welsh Government, Northern Ireland Executive.
Figure 1.5 Area of farm woodland, 1981-2015
Source: June Agricultural Census – Defra, The Scottish Government, Welsh Government, Northern Ireland Executive.