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1092100

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Flood Control: Finance
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 changes there have been in the Environment Agency flood prevention budget for rivers in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	234777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) develops flood and coastal risk management schemes where the risk is highest, wherever it is across the country. It uses a consistent set of criteria to prioritise funding for schemes which ensures a fair distribution of funding based on agreed priorities, principles and needs. It does not allocate or collate information separately for rivers or the coast.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the EA’s total capital Grant in Aid (GIA) spend on flood and coastal erosion risk management and total revenue maintenance spend in each year since 2010/11 for which data is available. Capital GIA spend includes the construction of new flood and coastal erosion schemes as well as capitalised salaries and other flood risk management activity such as mapping, modelling and flood warning. Revenue maintenance spend includes developing technology and direct maintenance work such as dredging, inspecting assets, and carrying out repairs. Included in the figures is funding to support repairs from significant flood events.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total FCERM Capital Grant in Aid (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Revenue Maintenance Allocations (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>476</p></td><td><p>- *</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>554</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>432</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,379</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,231</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*2010/11 revenue maintenance figure is unavailable</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 234779 234780 question first answered 25/03/2019 09:52:44 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1092102

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Flood Control: Finance
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 reduction has been in the end agency flood prevention budget for maintenance of existing defences since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	234779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) develops flood and coastal risk management schemes where the risk is highest, wherever it is across the country. It uses a consistent set of criteria to prioritise funding for schemes which ensures a fair distribution of funding based on agreed priorities, principles and needs. It does not allocate or collate information separately for rivers or the coast.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the EA’s total capital Grant in Aid (GIA) spend on flood and coastal erosion risk management and total revenue maintenance spend in each year since 2010/11 for which data is available. Capital GIA spend includes the construction of new flood and coastal erosion schemes as well as capitalised salaries and other flood risk management activity such as mapping, modelling and flood warning. Revenue maintenance spend includes developing technology and direct maintenance work such as dredging, inspecting assets, and carrying out repairs. Included in the figures is funding to support repairs from significant flood events.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total FCERM Capital Grant in Aid (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Revenue Maintenance Allocations (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>476</p></td><td><p>- *</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>554</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>432</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,379</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,231</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*2010/11 revenue maintenance figure is unavailable</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 234777 234780 question first answered 25/03/2019 09:52:45 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1092104

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Flood Control: Finance
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 budget for the maintenance of existing defences in the end agency flood prevention budget has been in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	234780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) develops flood and coastal risk management schemes where the risk is highest, wherever it is across the country. It uses a consistent set of criteria to prioritise funding for schemes which ensures a fair distribution of funding based on agreed priorities, principles and needs. It does not allocate or collate information separately for rivers or the coast.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the EA’s total capital Grant in Aid (GIA) spend on flood and coastal erosion risk management and total revenue maintenance spend in each year since 2010/11 for which data is available. Capital GIA spend includes the construction of new flood and coastal erosion schemes as well as capitalised salaries and other flood risk management activity such as mapping, modelling and flood warning. Revenue maintenance spend includes developing technology and direct maintenance work such as dredging, inspecting assets, and carrying out repairs. Included in the figures is funding to support repairs from significant flood events.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total FCERM Capital Grant in Aid (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Revenue Maintenance Allocations (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>476</p></td><td><p>- *</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>554</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>432</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,379</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,231</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*2010/11 revenue maintenance figure is unavailable</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 234777 234779 question first answered 25/03/2019 09:52:45 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1092132

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Bus Services: Portsmouth
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 he has made of the potential effect of a new bus depot in Portsmouth on the the level of air pollution in the city.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	234791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that local authorities are best placed to come up with solutions to deliver compliance of NO<sub>2</sub> in their own areas as local knowledge is crucial in solving air pollution problems. Portsmouth City Council needs to consider measures that deliver NO<sub>2</sub> compliance in the shortest possible time.</p><p> </p><p>These may include bus measures providing there is a strong, robust evidence base showing they are necessary to deliver compliance as quickly as possible. The Government is continuing to work closely with Portsmouth City Council on the development of its plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 25/03/2019 09:59:25 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1092267

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Flood Control: Oxfordshire
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 Answer of 15 March 2019 to Question 229822 on Flood Control: Oxfordshire, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Environment Agency receives adequate funding to help prevent flooding in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	234853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government invests Flood Defence Grant in Aid where it can provide the greatest benefit to people and property at risk of flooding and coastal erosion. Funding is allocated consistently across the country and the Environment Agency (EA) works in partnership to get the best value for money from Government funding. It targets national investment to reduce the risks of flooding and coastal erosion to as many people as possible, and to get the best outcome for every pound spent. The EA works with local partners including Regional Flood and Coastal Committees to take into account local needs and opportunities when deciding where to invest.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2015 the EA and its partners have spent £1.2 million to reduce flood risk in Abingdon. Some of this money has been spent on a flood wall to reduce flood risk at St. Helens Mill. Another example is the development of a plan to deploy temporary barriers to reduce the risk to over 100 properties during a flood event.</p><p> </p><p>The EA also undertakes maintenance on the River Stert, Radley Park Ditch, Radley Brook, Sandford Brook and the Larkhill Stream in Abingdon to help protect people and property from flooding. This includes weed cutting, bankside vegetation control, debris removal and trash screen clearance.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 25/03/2019 09:47:40 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1091217

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Horses: Exports
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 discussions he has had with his counterparts in EU member states on protecting the welfare of equines at border inspection posts in the event they are refused entry into the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	234100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Member states have a duty under Regulation (EC) 1/2005 to protect the welfare of animals, including at border inspection posts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are discussing a range of technical and operational issues with the EU to mitigate the risk of welfare issues arising at the border.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the event of no deal, transporters of unregistered horses must apply for a journey log in advance from the Member State at point of entry into the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 25/03/2019 16:36:04 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1090974

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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	Water Companies: Standards
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 discussions he has had with water companies on improving their performance; if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	233597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has regular discussions with the water companies on improving their performance. In a published letter to Water UK on 31 January, the Secretary of State set out his key expectations for water companies following Ofwat’s initial assessment of business plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 25/03/2019 10:08:52 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1090975

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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	Ivory
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 he is taking to help end the trade in ivory overseas; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	233598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government recently brought global leaders together in London for the fourth international illegal wildlife trade (IWT) conference. It was attended by 1,300 representatives from 73 countries and over 400 charities, conservation groups and businesses. Sixty-four countries and the UK adopted the London 2018 declaration: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/declaration-london-conference-on-the-illegal-wildlife-trade-2018. This declaration includes commitments to tackle the illegal trade in ivory and to close ivory markets.</p><p> </p><p>We established the international Ivory Alliance 2024, which was launched at the London IWT conference and is chaired by Defra’s Secretary of State; this brings together global leaders, conservationists and public figures to close ivory markets and improve enforcement. It aims to reduce the poaching of elephants for their ivory by one third by 2020 and by two thirds by 2024, through tackling ivory demand and lobbying for domestic market closure, stronger enforcement of bans or other ivory legislation in key demand and transit markets.</p><p> </p><p>Through our Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund, the UK has to date provided £18.5 million to support 61 projects to combat IWT, addressing many different ways of tackling IWT such as demand reduction, strengthening enforcement and providing alternative livelihoods. This includes projects that tackle the poaching of elephants and trade in ivory. The UK Government remains committed to stopping the abhorrent illegal wildlife trade.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 25/03/2019 10:13:18 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1090992

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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	Disposable Wipes: Biodegradability
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 the Government is taking to ban the marketing of single-use wipes as flushable if they do not conform to the Water UK approved fine to flush standard.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	233610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government set out in the Resources and Waste Strategy, the actions we will take to encourage producers to take more responsibility for the lifespan of their products and make sure these are more carefully designed with resource efficiency, and waste prevention in mind. This includes wet wipes.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working with the water industry and wet wipe manufacturers to prevent wet wipes entering our waterways and damaging our marine environment. I hosted a cross industry wet wipes roundtable in November 2016, to tackle the issue of wipes being incorrectly flushed and causing sewer blockages. Following the meeting, revised wet wipe industry guidance requires a ‘Do Not Flush’ label to be displayed far more prominently on non-flushable wipes.</p><p> </p><p>We support the water industry’s ongoing work on their voluntary ‘Fine to Flush’ label, to ensure that any wipes which are marked as being ‘flushable’, are plastic free and are truly flushable, meaning they can enter the sewage system without causing blockages or harming the environment. We are actively encouraging the water and wet wipe industries to work together to develop an agreed ‘flushability’ standard for those wipes that are intended for disposal via toilets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 25/03/2019 10:05:50 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

1091036

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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: Lancashire
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 he has made of the effect of recent flooding incidents in Lancashire on (a) local residents, (b) roads and (c) sheep; and what measures he will put in place to reduce the risk of flooding in the future.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	233456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>On 16 March 2019 there was heavy rainfall across Lancashire, and reports of flooding to highways and alongside rivers. The Environment Agency (EA) issued flood warnings for Colne Water at Lenches, around Waterside Industrial Estate, the River Ribble at Samlesbury and Walton-le-Dale. Despite heavy rainfall affecting roads in East Lancashire and in the Ribble Valley no properties were reported as having been flooded. No road or property flooding was reported in Preston, however fire crews were called to a flooded field at Samlesbury where 170 marooned sheep were successfully rescued by Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service.</p><p> </p><p>The EA is delivering a joint capital programme with other Risk Management Authorities to better protect over 34,000 homes from flooding in Lancashire between 2015 and 2021 at an estimated cost of £100 million. This programme has already delivered better protection to nearly 28,000 homes and over 1,000 businesses.</p><p> </p><p>Planned future measures include the Preston South Ribble Scheme, which will improve flood mitigation to around 3,600 residential properties as well as over 300 businesses. This scheme, which is approaching the design stage, is expected to cost around £40 million and take 5-6 years to complete. Ground investigation surveys are due to start on 25 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 25/03/2019 09:56:10 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick