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1011612

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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	Bovine Tuberculosis Strategy Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Godfray Review into the Government's Bovine TB Policy, published on 13 November 2018, what steps his Department plans to take to implement the findings of that Review.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	194007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>As set out in my written statement of 13 November 2018 (HCWS1077), the Government will consider the Review recommendations carefully and a formal response will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 28/11/2018 14:46:56 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

994504

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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: Migrant Workers
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 citizens of non-UK EU countries work in (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	183813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>All government departments are bound by legal requirements concerning the right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Appointment Rules.</p><p> </p><p>There is no requirement for departments to retain information on the citizenship of employees and therefore this information is not held for the department, its agencies or its non-departmental public bodies.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/11/2018 17:54:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

988680

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
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: Contracts
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 gagging clauses have been used in contracts drawn up between his Department and any charities, voluntary sector organisations, social enterprises or companies with the intention of stopping any criticism of Ministers of his Department.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	180066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>None of Defra’s contracts include any statement that could be interpreted as a “gagging clause” of this kind.</p><p> </p><p>For some EU Exit related work, we have entered Non-Disclosure Agreements with the aim being to protect the United Kingdom’s position in relation to the ongoing negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 24/10/2018 09:52:39 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

982495

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 March 2018 on Spring Statement, HCWS540, how much of that funding he has allocated to (a) programmes, (b) administration and (c) staffing in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	175808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury has allocated over £2 billion of additional funding to departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:</p><p> </p><p>£412 million of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.</p><p> </p><p>£286 million of additional funding for 17/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 17/18)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Over £1.5 billion of additional funding for 18/19. A full breakdown of which can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13th March (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>)</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs was allocated £310 million for costs arising as the UK leaves the EU in the Spring Statement 2018. Of this additional funding around £160 million has been allocated to cover staff pay requirements. The final breakdown between programme and administration spend will be confirmed in the Supplementary Estimates.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/10/2018 13:42:33 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

964429

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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: Brexit
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 the total cost to the public purse for his Department’s work preparing for the UK to leave the EU has been since 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	168889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury has allocated over £2 billion of additional funding to departments and the Devolved Administrations for preparations for leaving the EU so far. This breaks down as:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li><p>£412m of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>£286m of additional funding for 2017/18, a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 2017/18:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Over £1.5bn of additional funding for 2018/19, a full breakdown of which can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13th March: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/09/2018 12:17:44 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

964455

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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: Brexit
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 cost to his Department of leaving the EU in accordance with (a) the proposals set out in the Government’s White Paper and (b) a no-deal scenario.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	168915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>At Autumn Budget 2017, the Chancellor set aside £1.5 billion of additional funding for preparations for leaving the EU in 2019/20. Departments will be invited to bid for funding later in the year. Details of timings and process will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/09/2018 12:20:26 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

964523

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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: Brexit
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 the cost to the public purse has been of his Department hiring additional staff to cover issues related to the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	168931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>We do not account for costs in a way that provides a record of the cost of the additional staff required to support Defra’s work preparing for the UK to leave the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/09/2018 12:15:30 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

947253

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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	Pet Travel Scheme
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 the Government plans to continue the existing pet passport scheme once the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	167837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Whilst we are a member of the EU, we continue to be signed up to the requirements of the pet travel scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is negotiating our departure from the EU and Defra is looking at future arrangements, including those for pet travel. We want pet owners to continue to be able to travel to and from the EU with the minimum of disruption, whilst maintaining high biosecurity and animal welfare standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Whatever the outcome of negotiations, owners will be able to continue to travel to the EU with their pets, but there may be changes to the system. The extent of any potential changes will depend on the outcome of negotiations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/09/2018 11:08:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

933785

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
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	Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Bill
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 he plans to publish his response to the consultation on the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	159486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>I refer my Hon Friend to the reply given to the Hon Member for Bristol East on 27 March 2018 to PQ 133919.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/07/2018 11:43:45 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

914825

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
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	Food Supply
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 assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on food security.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	148595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK has a high degree of food security, as demonstrated by the 2010 UK Food Security Assessment. Defra is currently undertaking a periodic review of the overall assessment. The UK sources food from a diverse range of countries, in addition to a strong domestic production base. The main drivers of food price changes are oil prices and weather events. This will not change after leaving the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/06/2018 12:21:20 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake