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date	14/05/2019
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	Plastics: Waste
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 estimate he has made of the amount of plastic waste which will be produced per annum in the event that avoidable plastic waste is reduced to zero by 2050 in accordance with the Government's strategic ambition.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	254215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to eliminating all avoidable plastic waste throughout the lifetime of the 25 Year Environment Plan. Our working definition of ‘avoidable plastic waste’ is plastic waste that is technically, economically, and environmentally feasible to reuse or recycle, or, where this does not apply, it is (technically, economically, and environmentally) feasible to replace with alternatives that are reusable or recyclable. It is our intention that there will not be any avoidable plastic waste by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>We will be publishing an evaluation plan and indicator framework for the Resources and Waste Strategy later this year. This will set out further details on how we intend to monitor progress to reduce avoidable waste. This will be a living document where we will publish updates as we develop our methodologies to better capture the data and as new evidence comes to light, particularly with the indicator framework. We are confident that we have set out an ambitious programme of reform which will ensure that we meet our strategic goals.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/05/2019 10:40:54 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1126243

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Electrical Goods: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made any assessment of the environmental effect of white goods manufacturers building in obsolescence to their products.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	253628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government wants to become a world leader in using resources efficiently and cutting the amount of waste we create. This includes prolonging the lives of the materials and goods that we use, and moving away from the traditional ‘linear’ economic model of ‘take, make, use, and throw’.</p><p>For this reason the Government has supported new requirements agreed in the EU for 11 energy related product groups from November 2018 to January 2019.</p><p>The products subject to new requirements include white goods such as household refrigerators, dishwashers and washing machines and washer-dryers. Some of the requirements agreed in these new regulations for white goods related to improving the resource efficiency of the product. They include obligations for manufacturers to design products for ease of dismantling/disassembly and reuse; make spare parts available to repairers and/or end users for ease of repair; provide information on the length of commercial guarantees; provide information as to repair; and provide information as to critical raw material content to facilitate material recovery.</p><p>In the Resources and Waste Strategy for England, we have also committed to drive more sustainable consumption through providing consumers with better information as to the sustainability of their purchasing decisions. This may include requiring consumer information be provided to support the purchase of products that have been designed, produced and packaged to minimise waste, for example by being more repairable, having longer warranties, produced with recycled material, or remanufactured.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 17/05/2019 12:31:04 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1110417

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	Floods: Housing
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 homes in England have been deemed to be at risk of flooding in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	242170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The total number of residential properties at risk of flooding from rivers, the sea, surface water and groundwater over the past 5 years is:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of residential properties at risk of flooding from rivers, the sea, surface water and groundwater (Millions)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Total properties at risk of flooding increased between 2015 and 2016 because of better property information from the Ordnance Survey.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency’s programme of investment in Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management will reduce the risk of flooding to 300,000 homes in the six year period to March 2021. However, it does not eliminate the risk of flooding in these areas entirely.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 11/04/2019 14:52:36 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens