To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many sites of special scientific interest have been identified by Natural England as requiring a (a) management notice and (b) management scheme to secure their condition. (137527)

To date, one management scheme has been served. Natural England is currently identifying and assessing the appropriateness of a number of other potential management schemes. It is envisaged that two further schemes will be served before March 2008. It is not possible, at this time, to predict how many management schemes might require subsequent enforcement by way of a management notice. A management notice can be considered only where an owner or occupier has not given effect to a management scheme.