Official Statistics

Forestry Commission Key Performance Indicators: Headline Performance Update at 30 September 2021

Quarterly report on the Forestry Commission's six headline key performance indicators (KPIs).

Applies to England

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Forestry Commission Key Performance Indicators: Headline Performance Update at 30 September 2021

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This statistical report presents the Forestry Commission’s six headline key performance indicators (KPIs). It includes quarterly interim updates where data available for 3 headline indicators. The three other headline indicators are updated annually. This is an Official Statistics publication.

The main findings for the quarterly updated indicators are:

  • 383 hectares of new planting of woodland in England was reported for the second quarter of 2021-22, bringing total new planting of woodland in England to 856 hectares for the first half of 2021-22 (provisional statistics)
  • 59% of woodland is sustainably managed in England at 30 September 2021. The figure is 51% for woodland other than that in the nation’s forests managed by Forestry England
  • 99.76% of known tree felling in England was carried out with Forestry Commission approval in the year to 30 June 2021
Published 18 November 2021