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577502

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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	Bovine Tuberculosis
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 criteria her Department used to make the decision on new licenses for badger culling in Cornwall, Herefordshire, Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Dorset.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	45471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The criteria Natural England uses when assessing applications for licences for the purpose of preventing the spread of bovine tuberculosis under section 10(2)(a) of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 can be found on the gov.uk website at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-natural-england-preventing-spread-of-bovine-tb" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-natural-england-preventing-spread-of-bovine-tb</a></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/09/2016 14:15:13 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

577503

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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: Public Expenditure
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 plans she has to amend her Department's budget to meet additional workload arising from preparation for leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	45464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>Defra is currently assessing our financial requirements for preparing to exit the European Union and once these have been identified we will be reviewing our budgets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/09/2016 12:07:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

577505

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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	Fisheries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Written Statement of 14 July 2016, HCWS89, on the June Agriculture and Fisheries Council, in what cases exceptions should be made to reaching Maximum Sustainable Yield targets.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	45492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government supports setting EU Total Allowable Catches (TACs) at Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) in 2017 wherever possible. In accordance with the provisions of Council Regulation 1380 / 2013 a delay in reaching MSY beyond 2017 would be allowed if a proposed TAC reduction would seriously jeopardise the social and economic sustainability of the fishing fleets involved. A decision may also be taken by the Council not to do so if it would merely increase the discarding of fish especially in a mixed fishery.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/09/2016 13:48:05 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

577506

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Northern Ireland
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 assessment her Department has made of the lessons to be learned from the policies undertaken by the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland in relation to the control of the spread of Bovine TB in cattle; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	45489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>Animal health is a devolved policy matter. My department liaises closely with all three devolved administrations, including Northern Ireland, on matters of common interest. It is important that all four administrations can learn from our collective experiences and we have effective arrangements in place to make sure that happens.</p><p>In June 2015, the European Commission’s Food and Veterinary Office carried out an audit of the bovine tuberculosis eradication programme in Northern Ireland, a report of which is available at:</p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/food/audits-analysis/audit_reports/details.cfm?rep_id=3560" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/food/audits-analysis/audit_reports/details.cfm?rep_id=3560</a>.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/09/2016 10:10:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

577510

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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: Subsidies
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 plans she has to recruit additional staff to meet the additional workload arising from preparations to leave the EU and the development of new arrangements for a system of post-Common Agricultural Policy farm support.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	45399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>Defra is undertaking detailed planning on our capacity and capability to develop and deliver as a result of the referendum decision. So far this has focused on assessing the immediate needs of our policy and strategy functions and we have launched targeted recruitment across the Civil Service.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/09/2016 10:06:33 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

577657

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 3 August 2016 on legislation on dangerous dogs related to a constituency case.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	45353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity, Lord Gardiner, replied to the letter of 3 August from hon. Member for Walsall North on 12 September.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/09/2016 12:08:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

576803

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	Dairy Farming
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 dairy farmers there were in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	45330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The number of dairy farms in England from 2011 to 2015 is shown below along with the number of cows in the dairy herd on these farms. The source of cattle population data is the administrative Cattle Tracing System (CTS) data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of dairy farms<sup>(a)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of cows in the dairy herd</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>9 041</p></td><td><p>1 112 459</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>8 663</p></td><td><p>1 104 676</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>8 342</p></td><td><p>1 098 610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>8 092</p></td><td><p>1 128 548</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>7 982</p></td><td><p>1 148 089</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>(a) Sourced from Cattle Tracing System (CTS). Defined as the number of holdings with more than 10 female dairy cows over 2 years old in the milking herd (i.e. with offspring)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/09/2016 14:12:30 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

576804

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	Rural Payments Agency: Telephone Services
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 Rural Payments Agency staff have been tasked with responding to telephone enquiries from farmers on the Basic Payments Scheme in each year since 2011-12.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	45230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>All staff in the RPA contact centre deal with external calls covering every part of the agency’s business, including the Basic Payment Scheme introduced in 2015. The contact centre is made up of a core telephony team but additional operational resource is deployed on the telephone lines to meet demand during peak periods. The average number of people, shown in Full Time Equivalents, is given in the table below. Accurate figures before 2013 are not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>64.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>81.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>131.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/09/2016 12:00:37 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

576806

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	Bees: Neonicotinoids
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 recent representations she has received from scientists and other experts on the use of neonicotinoids and their effect on the bee population.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	45289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>Defra has not received recent expert representations on this issue. However we do consider new studies on neonicotinoids carefully, taking advice from the independent UK Expert Committee on Pesticides, Defra’s Chief Scientific Adviser and experts in the Chemicals Regulation Division within the Health and Safety Executive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/09/2016 13:33:33 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

576807

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	Bees: Neonicotinoids
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 recent research her Department has undertaken on the link between neonicotinoids and bee populations.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	45290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>Defra has supported a range of research relevant to improving understanding of the effects of neonicotinoids and other pesticides on bees. Recent work includes the studies: quantifying the exposure of bumblebees to neonicotinoids and mixtures of pesticides (commenced 2013); interpreting pesticide residues in honeybees (published 2015); using radio-frequency identification devices to assess effects of pesticides on foraging bees (commenced 2013); and protection goals for bee colonies (commenced 2015).</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/09/2016 14:21:20 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman