Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 72917

Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Coastal Areas

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 3 September 2025

Question

Anna Gelderd

LabourSouth East Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the enforcement of environmental protections on Sites of Special Scientific Interest in rural coastal areas; and

Answer

Mary Creagh
Natural England works with Defra to highlight any gaps in the regulatory and enforcement regime for protected sites. Natural England has a suite of regulatory remedies and enforcement sanctions (including civil and criminal) to address issues on protected...

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