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1546982

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
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	Disease Control
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 she is taking to slow the spread of superbugs.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	99926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>Defra is a co-signatory with the Department of Health and Social Care of the UK's Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) 5 year National Action Plan (2019-2024) and the UK's 20 year Vision to Contain and Control AMR by 2040. The UK is considered a global leader on AMR.</p><p>The UK takes a One Health, holistic approach, working together to control the emergence and spread of resistant bacteria (also known as superbugs), by reducing antibiotic use in humans and animals and limiting the spread of resistant bacteria through the environment. In the UK, the use of antibiotics in food producing animals has reduced by 55% between 2014 and 2021, and in 2021 we recorded the lowest antibiotic use to date. Over the same period, the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) have reported an overall trend of decreasing antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from animals.</p><p>The UK Government funded the Pathogen Surveillance in Agriculture, Food and the Environment (PATHSAFE) programme last year, which brings together partners to better understand AMR and gather tracking and monitoring data. Over the years the government has supported several stewardship programmes to encourage the responsible use of antibiotics in humans and animals. Defra also coordinated the Annual Health and Welfare Review which is the first step farmers can take on the government's Animal Health and Welfare Pathway introducing a vet visit for farmers on a yearly basis. These programmes aim to reduce the amount of medicine used on endemic diseases in the long term, helping in the fight against superbugs.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 06/12/2022 18:50:32 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1546983

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
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	Animals: Antibiotics
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 her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of restricting the use of antibiotics in treatments for animal welfare.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	99927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>Antibiotics are an essential part of veterinary medicine. Failing to use antibiotics in animals which need them compromises animal health and welfare. The Government’s position is that we must reduce the unnecessary use of antibiotics in animals while making sure they can still be used when they are truly needed, to reduce antimicrobial resistance. In the UK, the use of antibiotics in food producing animals has reduced by 55% between 2014 and 2021, and in 2021 we recorded the lowest antibiotic use to date.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 06/12/2022 18:54:07 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1546330

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
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	Seasonal Workers: Conditions of Employment
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 there are guaranteed minimum hours of work for people on the agricultural Seasonal Worker visa working in horticulture.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	98896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>All recruitment operators for the Seasonal Workers Visa Route offer a guaranteed minimum number of hours for seasonal migrant workers, with most working in excess of these hours. Recruitment operators can transfer seasonal workers between farms to ensure these minimum hours are met and they also have welfare measures in place to ensure workers are not left without support.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 06/12/2022 19:15:11 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1546381

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
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	Birds: Conservation
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 Royal Society for the Protection of Bird's 2021 Birdcrime Report, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the finding that the second-highest amount of raptor persecution incidents occurred in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Holly Mumby-Croft
uin	98898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>Raptor persecution is a national wildlife crime priority and there are strong penalties in place for offences committed against birds of prey and other wildlife. Most wildlife crimes carry up to an unlimited fine and/or a six-month custodial sentence.</p><p>Defra supports the work of Bird of Prey Crime Priority Delivery Group, which brings together police, government and stakeholders to tackle raptor persecution. This year Defra has more than doubled its funding of the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) from £165,000 per year to over £1.2 million over the next three years to target wildlife crime priorities, in particular crimes against birds of prey. In addition, we are providing funding to Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA) to develop DNA forensic analysis for the police and other organisations investigating crimes against peregrine falcons.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 06/12/2022 18:02:45 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4867 label Biography information for Holly Mumby-Croft

1546386

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
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	Pigs: Animal 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, whether he plans to consult on the ending of farrowing crates for pigs in context of the EU Commission's announcement of intention to propose legislation in that area.
tabling member constituency	Gosport
tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Dinenage
uin	98724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to exploring the phasing out of farrowing crates, supporting the industry to do so in a way which underpins UK food production and does not have unintended animal welfare or business impacts.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 06/12/2022 18:35:03 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage

1546405

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
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	Farms: Tenants
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 she will hold discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on taking steps to implement the recommendations on taxation in the report by the Tenancy Working Group entitled The Rock Review, published on 13 October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	98796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>Defra is working closely with HM Treasury to consider the recommendations on taxation made in the Rock Review.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 06/12/2022 19:06:04 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1546458

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
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	Poultry
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 her Department has made of the number of egg laying chicken flock in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	98740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>We estimate the current size of the egg laying chicken flock in the UK is just under 38 million hens.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 06/12/2022 18:41:04 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1546463

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
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	Eggs: Supermarkets
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 her Department has made of the proportion of chicken eggs sold in UK supermarkets that were laid abroad.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	98743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>The UK egg industry operates in an open market and is both resilient and robust. We are currently around 92% self-sufficient in eggs and there are currently around 38 million laying hens across the country. There are also tried and tested routes for supplementing domestic production with imports, when necessary.</p><p> </p><p>Defra continues to monitor levels of imports through the UK Agriculture Market Monitoring Group, which is responsible for monitoring UK agricultural markets including price, supply, inputs, trade, and recent developments.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 06/12/2022 18:21:56 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1546627

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
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	Farms: Tenants
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 upland farmers are enrolled in the pilot of the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	98895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>As of 30<sup>th</sup> November 2022, there were 834 farmers taking part in the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) Pilot scheme. Using the criteria of having at least one land parcel within the categorisation of being in a Less Favoured Area, there are 109 upland farmers.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 06/12/2022 19:11:29 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1545853

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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	Hen Harriers
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 January 2021 to Question 133641 on Hen Harriers, how many hen harrier nests there were on (a) RSPB and (b) non-RSPB reserves in each of the last five years, and what information her Department holds on (a) how many failed to have any chicks fledge and (b) what the reasons were for such failures.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	97463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>Over the last five years there have been eight hen harrier nests on RSPB reserves (all Geltsdale). Based on information held by Natural England there were:</p><p> </p><ul><li>None in 2018 or 2019.</li><li>In 2020 two nesting attempts failed, likely due to the disappearance of the breeding male.</li><li>2021 three nesting attempts, one successful and two failed, likely due to disappearance of breeding males.</li><li>2022 three nesting attempts, one successful and two failed, likely due to disappearance of breeding males.</li></ul><p> </p><p>On non-RSPB reserves,</p><ul><li>Nine successful nests in 2018 and five failed nesting attempts. Three were thought to be predated, and two were deserted.</li><li>Twelve successful nests in 2019, and three failed nesting attempts. These nests likely failed due to poor weather conditions.</li><li>Nineteen successful nests in 2020, and three failed nesting attempts. Two of these nests were abandoned and one likely failed due to predation.</li><li>Twenty-three successful nests in 2021, and five failed nesting attempts. Three likely failed due to predation, one failed when the adults disappeared, one was unknown.</li><li>Thirty-three successful nests in 2022, and thirteen failed nesting attempts. The thirteen attempts failed due to a variety of reasons, including predation and the adults disappearing. The dead chicks in two failed nests tested positive for Avian Influenza, and one nest is being investigated for illegal human activity.</li></ul> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 06/12/2022 17:46:31 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell