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<p>Natural England (NE) expenditure on monitoring sites of special scientific interest
(SSSIs) is set out in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Expenditure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£1,570,755</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£1,517,691</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£1,797,287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£1,420,892</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£1,381,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£900,633</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£1,028,533</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£700,452</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£700,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>This includes NE staff time and the costs of specialist surveys.</p><p> </p><p>This
year NE is prioritising actions to address particular issues on SSSIs, especially
those affecting upland SSSIs. NE continues to support and encourage partners in the
work they do themselves to undertake SSSI monitoring.</p><p> </p><p>NE is also developing
an approach to the monitoring of SSSIs which will make better use of new technologies,
such as remote sensing and greater partnership involvement. This is intended to improve
efficiency of SSSI monitoring.</p>
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