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519147

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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	Rural Payments Agency: Performance Related Pay
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 direct the Rural Payments Agency not to make any bonus payments to its Chief Executive until payments to eligible farmers have been completed.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	37217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>Senior Civil Servants (SCS) who are moderated as top performers at the end of the performance management year are eligible to receive a bonus payment.</p><p> </p><p>The performance management year for the SCS runs from 1 April to 31 March. Performance markings for 2015/16 will be determined by the end of May 2016. Only then will the eligibility of SCS for bonus payments be known.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/05/2016 16:54:05 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

506463

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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: Cumbria
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 her Department's news story, £700 million boost for flood defences brings £150 million more for Yorkshire and Cumbria, published on 17 March 2016, how much funding the Government plans to allocate to flood defences in (a) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency and (b) Kendal in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	32909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>In the Budget, the Government recently announced that it will invest up to £24 million in flood defences in the Kendal area in the Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency, subject to the Environment Agency concluding a review of its need. This is in addition to other schemes within the Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency, such as £450,000 being spent on the Arnside embankment.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency will shortly publish their initial assessments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 13/04/2016 11:19:17 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

449371

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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
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 proportion of the total spending allocation her Department has made to supporting communities affected by recent floods has been spent to date.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	25051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>Defra is administering a Farming Recovery Fund to support farmers affected by the flooding. Further support to communities is available through the Communities and Business Recovery Scheme provided by the Department for Communities and Local Government. Farmers affected by flooding will be able to claim grants of between £500 and £20,000 to cover the cost of restoring their farmland. The RPA will pay out on all eligible claims. The deadline for Fund applications is 1 April 2016.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 04/02/2016 17:51:46 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

179296

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
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	National Parks
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 she has had on the inclusion of proposals to introduce direct elections to National Park authorities through the draft Governance of National Parks (England) and the Broads Bill; and with which people or organisations those discussions have taken place.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	224250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State regularly meets with a wide range of people and organisations to discuss a wide number of issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 26/02/2015 15:33:18 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

179297

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
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	National Parks
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 the draft Governance of National Parks (England) and the Broads Bill will be published.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	224249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The draft Bill on governance in English national parks and the Broads, announced in the Queen’s Speech, will be published when it is ready and is the next step in the Government’s review of their governance and local accountability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 23/02/2015 11:57:04 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

173395

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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	Lake District National Park and Yorkshire Dales National Park
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 her Department plans to announce whether Natural England's Variation Orders of 2012 extending the boundaries of the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales national parks will be confirmed.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	220639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>A public inquiry into Natural England’s proposals to extend the boundaries of the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales national parks was held in June 2013. The inspector’s report has been submitted to Defra and is now being considered. The Secretary of State will issue her decisions in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 16/01/2015 11:58:53 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

78699

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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 assessment her Department has made of the annual cost of invasive species to the forestry industry.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	206543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A 2010 report entitled “The Economic Cost of Invasive Non-Native Species on Great Britain”, based on research commissioned jointly by the GB Administrations, estimated that the annual cost of invasive non-native species to forestry was £109,396,000. The table below provides a breakdown of this figure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The types of impact costs taken into account are provided in the report, which is available on the on the website of the GB Non-native Species Secretariat at <a href="http://www.nonnativespecies.org/downloadDocument.cfm?id=487" target="_blank">http://www.nonnativespecies.org/downloadDocument.cfm?id=487</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Eng</strong><strong>l</strong><strong>and</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sco</strong><strong>tland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Great Britain</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rabbit</p></td><td><p>£24,352,000</p></td><td><p>£37,899,000</p></td><td><p>£7,766,000</p></td><td><p>£70,017,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deer</p></td><td><p>£10,886,000</p></td><td><p>£3,866,000</p></td><td><p>£2,626,000</p></td><td><p>£17,378,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edible Dormouse</p></td><td><p>£250,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£250,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grey Squirrel</p></td><td><p>£3,963,000</p></td><td><p>£1,219,000</p></td><td><p>£915,000</p></td><td><p>£6,097,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhododendron</p></td><td><p>£2,874,000</p></td><td><p>£2,874,000</p></td><td><p>£2,873,000</p></td><td><p>£8,621,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Insects</p></td><td><p>£612,000</p></td><td><p>£2,603,000</p></td><td><p>£517,000</p></td><td><p>£3,732,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plant Pathogens</p></td><td><p>£1,195,000</p></td><td><p>£8,000</p></td><td><p>£153,000</p></td><td><p>£1,356,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Quarantine and research</p></td><td><p>£1,648,000</p></td><td><p>£197,000</p></td><td><p>£100,000</p></td><td><p>£1,945,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>T</strong><strong>o</strong><strong>tal</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£45</strong><strong>,</strong><strong>780</strong><strong>,</strong><strong>000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£48</strong><strong>,</strong><strong>666</strong><strong>,</strong><strong>000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£14</strong><strong>,</strong><strong>950</strong><strong>,</strong><strong>000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£109</strong><strong>,</strong><strong>396</strong><strong>,</strong><strong>000</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 01/09/2014 14:26:39 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

78700

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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 her Department is taking to promote the forestry industry.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	206547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is committed to promoting the forestry industry in line with its Forestry and Woodlands Policy Statement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to supporting the industry-led Grown in Britain initiative, which has already gained commitment from 26 major UK Contractors Group companies, with a collective turnover of over £26 billion, to buy British timber preferentially where possible, we are providing support to the sector though the Rural Development Programme, which has provided over £167 million over the past seven years. The new Farming and Forestry Productivity Scheme will further improve the forestry industry’s productivity by supporting new business entrants, innovative practice and our forestry skills base.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Renewable Heat Incentive has funded over 3,400 woodfuel boilers, helping to create a new sustainable market for British timber. In addition, our £15 million Rural Community Energy Fund is supporting 12 projects enabling communities to utilise local woodlands to meet their biomass energy requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 22/07/2014 11:39:08 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

78701

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2014, Official Report, column 611W, on Biofuels, what steps her Department has taken to embed the importance of food security across her Department's policies; and what research her Department supports in this area.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	206548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Through business planning Defra is able to ensure that food security is embedded as a priority objective across all relevant policy areas. For example, Defra’s policy to improve the openness of world markets will not only promote growth, but also ensure the diversity of the UK’s food supply. Pressing for reform of agricultural and trade policies will also contribute to future food security by increasing agricultural productivity and reducing inefficiencies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In terms of research, the Government’s Agri-Tech Strategy, published last July, sets out our approach to helping improve global food supply while maximising the economic potential of the UK’s agri-food science base. This is on top of the more than £400 million a year the Government was already spending on research into different aspects of food security, funded by the Research Councils, Department for International Development and Devolved Administrations as well as Defra.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 22/07/2014 11:03:51 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

76756

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Biofuels
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 future prospects for farmlands and the pressures posed by a growing population and increased use of energy crops.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	204831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Crops can be a useful source of energy but we need to balance the need for new forms of energy with the need to grow crops for food, and we are working with other government departments to make sure we get this balance right. The Government's bioenergy strategy makes clear that food production must remain the primary goal of agriculture and bioenergy must not undermine food security in the UK or internationally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra is commissioning a collaborative project with the Energy Technology Institute to examine data from 32 existing bioenergy production businesses in England and Wales on food production and environmental sustainability. The project will deliver a set of indicators to help identify the types of bioenergy that can complement food production and those that present risk. Where there is risk to food production the project will consider mitigation measures and issues will be drawn out through case studies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2011 Defra and the Department for International Development co-sponsored the Government Office for Science's Foresight report which explores the increasing pressures on the global food system between now and 2050 and asks how a future global population of nine billion people can all be fed healthily and sustainably. The Report highlights the decisions that policy makers need to take today, and in the years ahead, to ensure that a global population can be fed sustainably and equitably. Defra has embedded the importance of food security across the Department's policies, recognising the many areas of policy that impact on food security outcomes, and we continue to invest significantly in research in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/07/2014 10:35:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron