| Heading: |
Sites of Special Scientific Interest |
| Question ID: |
1807803 |
| UIN: |
HL7914 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4098 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Coffey
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Coffey
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government how many sites of special scientific interest in England were assessed in (1) 2021, (2) 2022, (3) 2023, and (4) 2024. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-13 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4395 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
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| Answering Member handle: |
suehayman1
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@suehayman1
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| Answer text: |
On 1 April 2023 Natural England changed from a unit (or area)-based assessment and corresponding reporting process to one based on the features within each site, called Whole Feature Assessment. A feature is a habitat, species or geological characteristic... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |