Sites of Special Scientific Interest

HC Deb 09 June 1992 vol 209 cc155-6W

Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment pursuant to his answer of 2 June,Official Report, columns 369–70, whether sites of special scientific interest will, in future, be protected from any depradation by agriculture, quarrying or any other activity.

	G5	G7	SEO	HEO	E0	AO	AA	Salary cost £
FLT	1	3	3	4.5	7	8	4	604,000
FLG	1	3	—	4	7	2	1	392,000
FLGR	1	3	—	2	3	2	—	248,000
FLER	1	4	1	3	2	3	1	191,000
FLC	1	2	—	3	1	3	1	224,000
FLAS	1	5	3	4	8	10	1	598,000

PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL

For the purposes of MINIS the Directorate's declared objectives and proposed tasks are compared with what has been achieved during the year, taking into account all relevant factors including the resources used.

Mr. Maclean

[holding answer 9 June 1992:] Development proposals in or near sites of special scientific interest are strictly controlled either through the measures set out in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, as amended, or the planning system.