asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total grant awarded to private landowners and others but excluding voluntary nature conservation bodies, by the Nature Conservancy Council in the last financial year for management agreements made under section 15 of the Countryside Act 1968, in order to protect sites of special scientific interest notified under section 23 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.

The total grant awarded in the 1978–79 financial year was £10,322.