Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the condition report on the Plymouth Sound Special Area of Conversation to be completed; and what guidance her Department issues on how frequently such condition reports should be completed.

The last site specific assessment of the Plymouth Sound and Estuaries SAC took place in 2012. Natural England is currently revising its Condition Assessment methodology for Marine Protected Areas and plans to commence feature based assessments from the next financial year on a six yearly cycle.