Local Wildlife Sites

HC Deb 19 September 2003 vol 410 c1185W

Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many local wildlife sites there are. [129361]

Margaret Beckett

I understand from the Wildlife Trusts' publication "Status of UK Wildlife Site Systems 2002" that there are at least 37,045 local wildlife sites in the United Kingdom.