Sites of Special Scientific Interest

HC Deb 27 January 2003 vol 398 cc559-60W

Mr. Paul Marsden

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many Sites of Special Scientific Interest there were in (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (b) Shropshire for each year since 1997. [93075]

Mr. Morley

The figures for the number of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Shrewsbury and Atcham in each year since 1997 are:

	Number
1997	125
1998	26
1999	26
2000	28
2001	28
2002	28
2003	28
1 One more than previously reported in 2001 due to improved mapping and boundary definition.

In Shropshire as a whole:

	Number
1997	1103
1998	2107
1999	2108
2000	2110
2001	2110
2002	2110
2003	2110
1Of which two are partly in Shropshire
2Of which three are partly in Shropshire.