HC Deb 14 July 1997 vol 298 c10W
Mr. Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many stop notices have been served in each year from 1985 to date to prevent damage to sites of special scientific interest; and in how many of those cases the stop notice was subsequently lifted and damage caused. [7611]

Angela Eagle

Nature Conservation Orders made by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions are listed below:

Year Number of Orders (stop notices)
1985–86 5
1986–87 1
1987–88 2
1988–89 0
1989–90 6
1990–91 3
1991–92 0
1992–93 1
1993–94 2
1994–95 2
1995–96 2
1996–97 2
1997– 1

Eleven Orders have subsequently been revoked. There have been no instances of damage following revocation.

Mr. Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many sites of special scientific interest were damaged in each year from 1985 to date; and what were the causes. [7610]

Angela Eagle

Details of the number of incidents, area damaged, outcomes of the damaging activity and the type of activity are published in the annual reports produced by the respective country agencies, English Nature, Scottish Natural Heritage and the Countryside Council for Wales and, prior to 1991, by the Nature Conservancy Council, all of which are held in the Library of the House.