Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when and by whom his Department was first made aware of (a) the Crown Estate's round 3 zone selection process and (b) the potential effect of that process on (i) the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Sites and (ii) tourism in that area; and what responses his Department made to consultations on that matter.

There is no record of when and by whom this department was made aware of the Crown Estate's round 3 selection process which was launched in 2008. Records have not been kept of any assessment done on the potential effects of the process on the World Heritage Site or tourism in that area, nor of any response made to consultations.