Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru
The National Assembly for Wales
WRITTEN ASSEMBLY QUESTION
TABLED ON 15 MARCH 2000
FOR ANSWER BY THE SECRETARY FOR ENVIRONMENT
ON 20 MARCH 2000
Alun Cairns (South Wales West): What is the amount of sand that has been taken off the Nash and Helwick Banks individually over the past 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and all other 5 year stages that have been recorded.(WAQ4313)
Sue Essex: Figures provided by the Crown Estate, for the years for which detailed figures exist, indicate that between 1989-1994 inclusive, 6,424,917 tonnes of sand were removed from Nash Bank and 87,570 tonnes from Helwick Bank. For the period 1995-1999 inclusive the figures are 3,479,094 tonnes from Nash Bank (a revised figure for the period), and 439,080 tonnes from Helwick Bank.