HL Deb 12 June 2003 vol 649 cc70-2WA
Lord Fearn

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Which sites of scientific interest have been given government or European grants on the north-west coast of England in the past five years. [HL.3168]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (Lord Whitty)

In the past five years, the following sites of special scientific interest have received the government or European grants listed below.

SSSI Scheme
Solway Firth European Marine Sites LIFE Project
Estuary Partnership Funding
Local Nature Reserve Grant
Morecambe Bay European Marine Sites LIFE Project
(inc a number of SSSI) Estuary Partnership Funding
Wildlife Enhancement Scheme
Duddon Estuary Estuary Partnership Funding
Wildlife Enhancement Scheme
Local Nature Reserve Grant

SSSI Scheme
Ribble Estuary Estuary Partnership Funding
Wildlife Enhancement Scheme
Mersey Estuary Estuary Partnership Funding
Wildlife Enhancement Scheme
Dee Estuary Estuary Partnership Funding
Sefton Coast EU LIFE funding
Solway Firth (Maryport Harbour) European Marine Sites LIFE Project
Drigg Coast Publicity Grant
Wildlife Enhancement Scheme
Annaside Wildlife Enhancement Scheme

SSSI Scheme
Silloth Dunes & Mawbray Banks Wildlife Enhancement Scheme
South Walney & Piel Channel Flats Wildlife Enhancement Scheme
Reserves Enhancement Scheme
Upper Solway Flats and Marshes Wildlife Enhancement Scheme
Lune Estuary Wildlife Enhancement Scheme
Dee Cliffs Wildlife Enhancement Scheme
Hesketh Golf Links Wildlife Enhancement Scheme
Eskmeals Dunes Reserves Enhancement Scheme
Foulney Island Reserves Enhancement Scheme
Rockcliffe Marsh Reserves Enhancement Scheme