HC Deb 19 September 2003 vol 410 cc1196-7W
Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of sites of special scientific interest owned by the Environment Agency are assessed as in a favourable condition. [129341]

Margaret Beckett

Scientific assessment by English Nature shows that 76.1 per cent. of the area covered by its sites of special scientific interest is either in favourable or recovering from unfavourable condition. The remaining 23.9 per cent. is not in favourable condition and the agency is drawing up plans to remedy the situation.

Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the sites of special scientific interest in the ownership of her Department and its agencies. [129343]

Margaret Beckett

There is one site, Boxworth Experimental Husbandry Farm, Boxworth, Cambridge that includes land designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

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