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Further to my statement on 9 November 2012, Official Report, column 48WS, I am today setting out plans for the next few months to control Chalara and also publishing the interim report by the independent taskforce on tree health and plant biosecurity. The taskforce’s initial recommendations lay the groundwork for...
Further to my statement on 9 November 2012, Official Report, column 48WS, I am today setting out plans for the next few months to control Chalara and also publishing the interim report by the independent taskforce on tree health and plant biosecurity. The taskforce’s initial recommendations lay the groundwork for...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Owen Paterson) has today made the following Statement.
Further to my Statement on 9 November, I am today setting out plans for the next few months to control Chalara and also publishing the interim report by the...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Owen Paterson) has today made the following Statement.
Further to my Statement on 9 November, I am today setting out plans for the next few months to control Chalara and also publishing the interim report by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the horticultural trade of the ash tree import ban.
[130066]
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the horticultural trade of the ash tree import ban.
[130066]
There is no official data for the volume or value of imported ash trees but estimates do exist. The Forestry Commission estimates an average of 580,000 ash plants are imported each year, although annual figures vary considerably. A recent survey of nurseries by the Horticultural Trades' Association estimated that about 1.5 million ash trees are imported annually. Taking these two figures and applying Forestry Commission estimates of wholesale prices, the aggregate value added from growing and selling on imported ash trees is estimated, at £120,000 - £300,000 annually. This range does not include potential consequential losses for individual horticultural businesses from the import ban such as contract losses. Neither does it include ash trees imported directly by end users and contractors. This estimate of
loss of annual value added could be offset over time as the market and businesses adjust by sourcing and trading alternative species.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what information his Department holds on the number of apprenticeships registered and completed in (a) ornamental horticulture, (b) production horticulture and (c) amenity horticulture in each of the last five years.
[109589]
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what information his Department holds on the number of apprenticeships registered and completed in (a) ornamental horticulture, (b) production horticulture and (c) amenity horticulture in each of the last five years.
[109589]
Table 1 shows the number of Apprenticeship programme starts and achievements in the Amenity Horticulture, Horticulture, and Production Horticulture apprenticeship frameworks between the 2006/07 and 2010/11 academic years, the latest full year for which final data are available. Data for the ornamental horticulture framework are not available.
| Table
1: Apprenticeship Starts and Achievements by Framework, 2006/07 to
2010/11 | ||||||
| Framework | 2006/07 | 2007/08 | 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | |
| Starts | Amenity
Horticulture | 980 | 1,110 | 1,250 | 70 | * |
| Horticulture | * | * | * | 1,440 | 2,100 | |
| Production
Horticulture | 20 | 10 | 20 | * | * | |
| All
Frameworks | 184,400 | 224,800 | 239,900 | 279,700 | 457,200 | |
| Achievements | Amenity
Horticulture | 580 | 540 | 620 | 800 | 320 |
| Horticulture | * | * | * | 40 | 730 | |
| Production
Horticulture | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | |
| All
Frameworks | 111,800 | 112,600 | 143,400 | 171,500 | 200,300 | |
| '*'
Indicates a base value of less than
five. Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 except for totals which are rounded to the nearest 100. Source: Individualised Learner Record |
Information on the number of Apprenticeship starts by framework is published as a supplementary table to a quarterly Statistical First Release (SFR). The latest SFR was published on 29 March 2012:
http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/statistics/statisticalfirstrelease/sfr_supplementary_tables/
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her policy is on exempting landscape gardeners from a hosepipe ban; and if she will make a statement.
[109327]
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her policy is on exempting landscape gardeners from a hosepipe ban; and if she will make a statement.
[109327]
The Government continues to work closely with all sectors to understand and mitigate the impacts of the continuing drought. Temporary water use bans are applied by water companies. However, restrictions have been kept under regular review and an exemption was made for landscaping, turf and gardening businesses on 21 May following the recent heavy rainfall. The exemption applies to the first 28 days from the day of planting, sowing or turf-laying.