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969217

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date	06/09/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: World Health Organization
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have met officials from the World Trade Organisation since the EU referendum in June 2016; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	171332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK is a full and founding member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Since June 2016, Defra officials have consulted with a range of partners, including the WTO Secretariat and other WTO members, as we re-establish our independent membership upon leaving the EU. The Department for International Trade is primarily responsible for the government’s relationship with the WTO, as such Defra Ministers have not met with any WTO officials.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/09/2018 14:54:22 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

968016

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Agriculture: Weather
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the approach taken by the devolved administrations in supporting farmers and food producers during the dry weather in summer 2018.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	170548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>As agricultural policy in the UK is devolved, it is for each administration to decide its approach and what measures it should adopt according to its evaluation of the situation which pertains to its area. Accordingly, it would not be appropriate for Defra to comment on the approach which the devolved administrations have taken.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/09/2018 14:43:15 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

968207

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Rivers: Sewage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of sewage and waste water entering rivers and streams from misconnected water and sewage pipes.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	170839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Water companies, the Environment Agency and local authorities are working to address misconnections and raise awareness with householders, the building trade and other professionals. This is being targeted by the ConnectRight campaign and the trade accreditation scheme, WaterSafe.</p><p> </p><p>This work is being coordinated by the National Misconnections Strategy Group, which in addition to the organisations named above includes Defra and the Consumer Council for Water. The group has also developed good practice for the industry, as well as looking at measures to limit misconnections being made in the first place.</p><p> </p><p>Further work to limit and reduce misconnections is also being planned as part of the planning for the next water company investment round in the period 2020-2025 to maintain a resilient wastewater and drainage system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 13/09/2018 10:36:05 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

968209

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed by his Department in (a) London and (b) each regions of England.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	170841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The breakdown of staff employed by the Department by Full-time Equivalent (FTE) as at 31 August 2018 is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full-time Equivalent</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>1733.42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>275.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>133.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>39.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber</p></td><td><p>438.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>103.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>187.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>611.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home based Staff</p></td><td><p>47.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staff employed in Wales and Scotland</p></td><td><p>10.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3773.46</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We have included home-based staff and those staff employed outside of England in order to give a full picture of the total FTE in the Department.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/09/2018 15:05:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord