To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what measures are being taken to protect vulnerable areas of the Welsh coast from damaging erosion; and if he will make a statement.

District councils in Wales have spent over £32 million during the past 10 years protecting vulnerable areas of the Welsh coast from erosion, with some £21 million of this being provided by the Welsh Office as grant aid under the Coast Protection Act 1949.Maritime district councils, the National Rivers Authority and other bodies whose interests involve coastal defence have formed themselves into coastal groups

Information is not collected in the form requested. The available information is as follows:extending around the Welsh coast. These groups ensure that protection of the coastline is managed strategically. The Welsh office is working closely with these groups to co-ordinate a new survey of the complete Welsh coastline and its defences.