HL Deb 14 July 1998 vol 592 c10WA
Lord Hardy of Wath

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many incidents of loss, damage or destruction have occurred in Sites of Special Scientific Interest during the 1990s. [HL2631]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Baroness Hayman)

Details of the number of incidents of loss, damage, or destruction 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.

Such figures are not available for ASSIs in Northern Ireland.