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1489245

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date	14/07/2022
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	Food: Waste
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 is taking steps to (a) help reduce (i) supermarket and (ii) other retail food waste and (b) provide an outlet so that food that would otherwise go to waste is made available to (A) food banks and (B) other means to help people in need.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	36715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is investing £2.6 million this year to combat food waste through funding the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP).</p><p> </p><p>Through WRAP we work to address food waste in households and supply chains. This includes support for the Courtauld 2030 Commitment, a voluntary agreement with industry to tackle food waste, which includes a target of a 50% per capita reduction in food waste by 2030 against a 2007 baseline. Action through Courtauld includes working with businesses to measure and reduce food waste through the Food Waste Reduction Roadmap and the key tool to Target Measure and Act on waste. The government is currently conducting a consultation on options to improve food waste reporting by large businesses as measuring leads to a reduction in waste.</p><p> </p><p>Grant-funding provided by Defra is also facilitating an increase in the availability, capacity, and capabilities of the redistribution sector laying the foundations for increasing surplus redistribution in the future. Since 2017 nearly £12 million has been awarded to over 250 redistribution organisations across the country. This funding has provided important infrastructure such as additional warehousing, vehicles, fridges and freezers. Recent data from WRAP stated that in 2021 over 106,000 tonnes was redistributed, worth over £330 million and the equivalent of over 253 million meals; over 40000 tonnes from the retail sector alone.</p><p><a href="https://wrap.org.uk/resources/report/surplus-food-redistribution-uk-2015-2021" target="_blank">Surplus food redistribution in the UK 2015 to 2021 | WRAP</a></p><p> </p><p>We also continue to support WRAP and its work with the redistribution sector in the provision of guidance and advice and the sharing of expertise and knowledge on practical ways of increasing redistribution and helping to facilitate new partnerships.</p><p><a href="https://wrap.org.uk/taking-action/food-drink/actions/surplus-food-waste-redistribution/emergency-covid-19-surplus-food-redistribution-resource-hub" target="_blank">Surplus Food Redistribution Resource Hub | WRAP</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency St Austell and Newquay answering member printed Steve Double question first answered 21/07/2022 13:50:21 answering member 4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1489313

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
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	Flood Control: Shrewsbury
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 officials in his Department have plans to hold meetings in the near future with the leadership of the River Severn Partnership on the prevention of flooding in Shrewsbury.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	36729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The former floods Minister Rebecca Pow met with the hon. Member and Professor Mark Barrow (Chair of the River Severn Partnership) on 23 May to discuss the steps to prevent flooding in Shrewsbury and managing the River Severn. Officials and the Environment Agency are continuing to follow up on the discussions from the meeting in May.</p> answering member constituency St Austell and Newquay answering member printed Steve Double question first answered 19/07/2022 13:00:14 answering member 4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1489314

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
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	Flood Control: Shrewsbury
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 plans for the installation of flood barriers in Shrewsbury.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	36730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>Significant investment in flood mitigation has taken place in Shrewsbury. The Environment Agency is looking at further options for those areas of Shrewsbury still impacted by flooding. These may include flood barriers or built solutions but could also be other forms of protection like Property Flood Resilience (PFR) measures or nature-based solutions. Efforts are currently focused on schemes to protect those communities in Shrewsbury with the highest impact from flooding and those closest to achieving the full amounts of funding required.</p> answering member constituency St Austell and Newquay answering member printed Steve Double question first answered 20/07/2022 16:32:33 answering member 4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1489370

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
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	Agriculture: Costs
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 has had recent discussions with representatives of the agricultural industry on the impact of the rising cost of (a) fuel, (b) grains and (c) fertiliser on that sector.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	36828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2022 answer text <p>The UK's food supply is highly resilient. Defra has well established ways of working with the industry and across Government to monitor risks that may arise. This includes extensive, regular and ongoing engagement in preparedness for, and response to, issues with the potential to cause disruption to food supply chains.</p><p>Agricultural commodity prices are closely linked to global gas prices. Farmers are facing increased input costs including for fertiliser, feed and fuel. We are working closely with the industry to identify where further mitigations are available to tackle the challenges they face.</p><p>The Secretary of State recently announced a range of measures in support of the current situation, such as delaying changes to the use of urea fertiliser to help farmers manage their costs and improving statutory guidance for use of slurry. There have been three meetings of the Fertiliser Taskforce (the latest of which was on 21 July) with key industry bodies to discuss potential mitigations to the challenges which global supply pressures are causing. Ministers will continue to meet with key industry bodies for further Fertiliser Taskforce sessions in the coming months, to help identify and mitigate potential risks.</p><p>In addition, the 2022 Basic Payment Scheme payment will be made in two instalments to give farmers an advance injection of cash. Farmers with eligible applications will receive half of their payment from the end of July, and the rest from December. By doing this, the Government intends to inject cash into farm businesses, helping them to make business decisions sooner, with more confidence.</p><p>We continue to keep the market situation under review through the UK Agriculture Market Monitoring Group, which monitors UK agricultural markets including price, supply, inputs, trade and recent developments.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 01/08/2022 08:47:15 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1489468

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
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	Water Supply
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, what assessment they have made of the current level of water supply given the heatwave in parts of the UK; and what plans they have to deal with any shortage of supply.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL1772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2022 answer text <p>Water companies are reporting that water storage levels are adequate for supply this summer. Water companies have a statutory duty to provide a secure supply of wholesome water at all times. They are legally required to have robust plans in place to maintain the supply of water in a range of hazards, including heatwaves.</p><p> </p><p>Water companies use a range of measures to manage higher water demand expected during heatwaves and respond to any disruption. These measures include ensuring their networks are prepared, customer communications to help manage demand, rerouting of water via their networks, and the provision of alternative water supplies, for example via tanker deliveries. In the event of disruptions, water companies also maintain priority access registers, which vulnerable customers can register with for provision of bottled water.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is communicating frequently with water companies to monitor their performance and reiterate the importance of maintaining supplies to customers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 28/07/2022 13:35:43 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1489485

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
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	Food: Imports
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 the Secretary of State for International Trade on the impact of (a) trends in the level of and (b) barriers to imports on food security and availability in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	901229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The UK has a highly resilient food supply chain, as demonstrated throughout the COVID-19 response. It is well equipped to deal with situations with the potential to cause disruption.</p><p> </p><p>The capability, levers, and expertise to respond to disruption lie with industry. They have highly resilient supply chains, and this was proven in the initial COVID-19 response. The Government’s role is to support and enable an industry-led response.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government has well established ways of working with the industry and with the Devolved Administrations to monitor risks that may arise. This includes extensive, regular and ongoing engagement in preparedness for, and response to, issues with the potential to cause disruption to food supply chains.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s high degree of food security is built on supply from diverse sources, strong domestic production as well as imports through stable trade routes. We produce 60% of all the food we need, and 74% of food which we can grow or rear in the UK for all or part of the year, and these figures have changed little over the last 20 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 21/07/2022 13:33:29 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens