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1675045

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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 Banks
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 increase support for food banks in winter 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government does not have any role in the operation of foodbanks. Foodbanks are independent, charitable organisations which bring people in local communities together to support one another. This is a great example of the generosity of spirit of communities across the country.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is providing over £100 million of support for charities and community organisations in England to support the impacts of the increase in cost of living. This funding is supporting charities and community organisations right now through the £76 million Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund. This fund has closed for applications and is awarding funding to frontline organisations supporting vulnerable households, including those which deliver food. The second strand of the package, the £25.5 million VCSE Energy Efficiency Scheme, will provide investment in energy efficiency measures, with more details to be announced in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Taken together, total support over 2022/23-2024/25 to help households with the high cost of living amounts to £104 billion – an average of £3,700 per UK household.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 11/12/2023 13:37:12 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1675089

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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	Hornets: Pollinators
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 his Department has made of the potential impact of the Asian Hornet on (a) honey bees and (b) other wild pollinators (i) since January 2023 and (ii) from January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
tabling member printed	Sarah Dyke
uin	5049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the essential role played by honey bees and wild pollinators in our environment, acknowledging their contribution to crop pollination. Additionally, pollinators play a vital role in supporting the natural ecosystem.</p><p> </p><p>Asian hornets prey on honey bees and other pollinators so pose a significant threat to the pollination services that these insects provide. To date, rapid action has been taken in the UK to find and destroy Asian hornet nests. We would expect that there has been a localised impact on honey bee colonies and other pollinators. The Government remains committed to taking swift and effective contingency action against Asian hornet in 2024 thereby continuing to minimise the impacts on honey bees and other pollinators.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 11/12/2023 13:33:56 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4995 label Biography information for Sarah Dyke

1675117

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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: Reviews
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 much his Department spent on Henry Dimbleby's independent review of England's food chain.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	4904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>We are unable to provide this information as it is not disaggregated in the manner requested and manually calculating it in the time available would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 11/12/2023 13:30:37 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1675227

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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	Waste Management: Business
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 and what proportion of the large businesses that responded to the consultation entitled Improving food waste reporting by large food businesses in England were in favour of mandatory waste reporting by large businesses.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	5090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>46 respondents to the consultation on Improved food waste reporting were large businesses. 30 large businesses (65%) were in favour of introducing mandatory food waste reporting for large businesses.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 11/12/2023 16:48:09 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1674586

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
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 (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018
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 undertake a post-implementation review of the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	4851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>Defra has been working on a post-implementation review (PIR) of the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 in line with the requirements of the regulations’ review clause. This review considers whether the regulations have met their objectives, and where there could be scope for further improvements.</p><p>Defra values the engagement of sector partners, local authorities, animal welfare groups, and licensed and unlicensed businesses working in the sector. We will continue a close dialogue with these stakeholders as we work to implement the review’s recommendations.</p><p>We recognise the importance of this PIR, and thus want to ensure that we have had sufficient time to properly consider the findings. The PIR will be published soon.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 11/12/2023 13:27:23 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1674595

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
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	Packaging: Recycling
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 his Department will undertake an impact assessment of the cumulative impact of extended producer responsibility, the Deposit Return Scheme, and the Packaging Recovery Note system on the brewing and hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	4856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>Final Impact Assessments will be published for the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) to allow us to update the analysis to accurately reflect the January 2023 government response, and for extended producer responsibility for packaging (pEPR). These impact assessments will assess the impact on businesses which includes these sectors.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 11/12/2023 16:48:36 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1674597

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
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	Packaging: Recycling
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 his Department will publish detailed delivery plans for (a) Extended Producer Responsibility, (b) Consistent Collections, and (c) the Deposit Return Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	4858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>An updated, outward facing roadmap for these reforms will be shared with impacted stakeholders early next year. This sits alongside a comprehensive stakeholder communications and engagement approach which includes monthly delivery forums and a fortnightly newsletter to ensure access to detailed delivery information.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 11/12/2023 16:42:06 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1674598

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
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	Waste Management
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 he will publish proposals for refill/reuse obligations as part of the Government’s waste and resource strategy.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	4859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The introduction of Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging, as part of the Collection and Packaging reforms, will move the full cost of dealing with packaging waste generated by households from local taxpayers and councils to businesses that handle and use packaging (applying the ‘polluter-pays principle’). This will encourage businesses to think carefully about how much packaging they use and how easy it is to recycle. It will also encourage use of refillable and reusable packaging which will have a great role to play in driving down unnecessary waste.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with WRAP to identify and analyse measures that could be used to encourage greater use of refillable and reuseable packaging. We remain committed to introducing refill/reuse obligations and will bring forward our proposals shortly.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 11/12/2023 16:37:19 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1674599

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
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	Packaging: Recycling
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 taken recent steps to identify measures that could be used to encourage greater use of (a) refillable and (b) reusable packaging.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	4860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>We are working with WRAP to identify and analyse measures that could be used to encourage greater use of refillable and reuseable packaging. We remain committed to introducing refill/reuse obligations and will bring forward our proposals shortly.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 11/12/2023 16:31:50 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1674614

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
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	Forests
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 his Department is taking to meet its target to create 30,000 hectares of new woodland each year from May 2024.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	4862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>After the Nature for Climate Programme ends, the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) and Woodland Creation Planning Grant (WCPG) will transition to become part of the Countryside Stewardship scheme – one of the new environmental land management (ELM) schemes. We will take a phased approach to the transition of EWCO and WCPG into the ELM schemes to ensure there is no gap in offering grants to applicants for woodland creation. The future Countryside Stewardship woodland creation offer will largely mirror the EWCO offer.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 11/12/2023 13:15:59 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain