§ Mr. HardyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many sites of special scientific interest have been damaged or destroyed in each of the last three years and to date in the current year.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 11 November 1992]: The latest available information on damage to SSSIs is contained in the 17th and final report of the former Nature Conservancy Council, a copy of which is in the Library. Information in respect of the year ending 31 March 1992 is currently being gathered by English Nature and will be published in its first anniversary report to be presented to Parliament later in the year.