§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all the sites of special scientific interest in England, showing who has ownership or responsibility for the management of those areas and what financial support for their upkeep was given by his Department in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. AtkinsInformation on individual SSSI management agreements is confidential. The number of SSSIs with management agreements and the total amounts of 765W payments for England are detailed in the second annual report of English Nature. The total cost of these payments in 1993–94 was £7.2 million which came from the grant in aid provided to English Nature by my Department.