Agenda: Forest Services board meeting 28 January 2025
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Forest Services (FS) board 29th meeting, Tuesday 28 January 2025, 10:30–13:00 via MS Teams.
Purpose
To review key management and financial information and risks, including business plan activities, and an update on current Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) issues. Discussions to focus on the spending review, the land use framework and Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) and woodland and the UK emissions trading scheme.
Agenda
Invitees: Sir William Worsley, Hilary Allison, Edward Barker, Anna Brown, John Lockhart, Ross Murray, Derrick Osgood, Steph Rhodes and Sandy Storrie
Presenters: Sam Malpass (items 3.4, 3.5), Mark Broadmeadow (item 4.1), Ian Tubby (item 4.2)
Apologies: Richard Stanford
Minutes: Gemma Thomas
1. Welcome and Chair’s Update – Sir William Worsley
10:30 (10 mins)
Chair welcomes members to this 29th meeting of the board, and updates the board on activities across the Forestry Commission and the sector.
2. Minutes of the last meeting and declarations of interest – Sir William Worsley
10:40 (10 mins)
Agree minutes, update any recent declarations of interest and discuss matters arising.
2.1 (Paper) Minutes of the last meeting (7 November 2024)
2.2 FS Register of Interest
3. Key management and financial information
3.1 Directors’ Update – Anna Brown
10:50 (15 mins)
Consider key issues arising from the Directors’ Update.
3.1 (Paper) Directors’ Update
3.2 Risk Register and Dashboard – Anna Brown
11:05 (10 mins)
Consider key issues arising from the Risks, Issues and Opportunities Register, and from the dashboards, noting the focus for this meeting on the ‘Expand and Connect’ agenda.
3.2A (Paper) FS Risks and Issues Dashboard
3.2B Risks, Issues and Opportunities Register
3.2C Dashboards
3.3 Defra Update – Edward Barker
11:15 (10 mins)
An update from Defra.
3.3 (Paper) An update from Defra
3.4 Finance Report and Spending Review – Derrick Osgood, Sam Malpass
11:25 (30 mins)
A deep dive into FS finances AP12.
3.4 (Paper) Board Finance Report
3.5 Update on FS Business Plan and Spending Review Work – Sam Malpass
11:55 (10 mins)
A update on the FS business plan for 2024/25.
3.5 (Paper) FS Business Plan Update January 2025
3.5 Annex 1 – Business Plan Activity Dashboard
Comfort break
12:05 (5 mins)
4. Items for discussion
4.1 Woodland and the UK Emissions Trading Scheme – Mark Broadmeadow
12:10 (25 mins)
An update on progress to date and next steps for the woodland greenhouse gas removals to enter the UK emissions trading scheme.
4.1 (Paper) Emissions Trading Consultation
4.2 EIP Review and Land Use Framework – Ian Tubby
12:35 (20 mins)
An update on progress to date and next steps for the land use framework and EIP.
4.2 (Paper) EIP Review and Land Use Framework
5. Any other business – Sir William Worsley
12:55 (5 mins)
13:00 Close
Anna Brown – Director, Forest Services 21 January 2025.