§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table which shows the number of (a) sites of special scientific interest in Scotland which were originally notified under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, (b) sites which have been renotified under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, (c) sites awaiting renotification under the 1981 Act, (d) sites whose original boundary was altered when renotified under the 1981 Act and (e) original sites which the Nature Conservancy Council has denotified or does not intend to renotify.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 22 February 1991]: The information is shown in the table.
Sites of special scientific interest Number of sites Sites originally notified under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 905 Sites which have been renotified under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 774 Sites awaiting renotification under the 1981 Act 21 Sites where the boundary was extended on renotification under the 1981 Act 254 Original sites which the Nature Conservancy Council has denotified or does not intend to renotify 110 The figure of sites originally notified under the 1949 Act has been adjusted to take account of subsequent amalgamations and divisions. Information is not available for sites where the boundaries were altered because of partial deletions on renotification.