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931312

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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	Livestock: 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, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the consultation on the live exports of farm animals.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	157655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>We are currently analysing the responses from the Call for Evidence on controlling live exports of farm animals for slaughter and how to improve animal welfare during transport once the UK leaves the EU. We also asked the Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC) to look at what improvements could be made to the transport regulatory regime for all animals. We hope to receive the recommendations from the FAWC later in the year. In light of the evidence obtained and the FAWC report, we are planning to issue a Consultation setting out proposed policy reforms.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/07/2018 10:57:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

931315

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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, what the Government’s policy is on the provision of fiscal incentives for the redistribution of surplus food for human consumption.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	157657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>Retailers and manufacturers can already get tax relief on food they donate. Companies can get tax relief on trading stock that is produced but not sold. This includes food donated to charities - the cost of producing stock which is donated is deducted from their profits before tax is calculated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The issue of food waste will continue to be a priority for the UK. The Government recently announced the creation of a new £500,000 Food Waste Reduction Fund to support projects that help increase redistribution in communities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 28/06/2018 16:57:14 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

931508

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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	Dogs: Electronic Training Aids
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 introduce legislative proposals to ban the use of (a) electric remote hand-held devices on dogs and (b) electric containment devices for use near dogs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	157622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>Defra ran a public consultation exercise between 12 March and 27 April on a proposal to ban the use of electronic training collars. We are currently analysing the responses and will publish a summary of those responses and a way forward in due course.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/07/2018 11:04:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

931549

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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	Tree Planting: Schools
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 schools in (a) Barnsley and (b) South Yorkshire have received a portion of the money invested in the Trees for Schools Programme.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	157750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>Over the lifetime of the Trees for Schools programme, tree packs have been provided to 16 schools in South Yorkshire, four of them in Barnsley. This equates to 2,640 trees in South Yorkshire, 900 of them in Barnsley.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/07/2018 12:42:44 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

931550

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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	Air Pollution: South Yorkshire
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 has taken to improve air quality and reduce air pollution throughout South Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	157751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is firmly committed to improving the UK’s air quality and ensure we leave our environment in a better state than we inherited it. This is supported by a £3.5billion plan to improve air quality.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have required 61 local authorities to develop local plans to deliver compliance with nitrogen dioxide limits as soon as possible. It is right that local authorities take the lead in developing local air quality plans as they know their local area best. The Government is supporting the local authorities with technical support in developing their plans and has committed £475m through the Implementation Fund and Clean Air Fund to provide them with funding for air quality improvements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In South Yorkshire Sheffield City Council and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council have been required to develop a local plan and to date have been awarded £2,502,100 from the Implementation Fund to date to help carry out the work needed to develop air quality plans and to implement a number of early measures including: a project to install rapid charging points at key locations across Sheffield; a project to purchase electric taxis and lease them out to taxi drivers to raise awareness of the ULEV experience; a project to adapt traffic signals on Abbeydale Road to reduce the occasions when traffic stops, with a reduction in sitting traffic lowering emissions; and funding for air quality communications. Further funding will be made available when they present their final plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Additionally, since 2017 South Yorkshire has received nearly £10m to improve air quality with Sheffield City Region awarded £7,500,000 in 2017 to support active travel, Sheffield City Council awarded £1,946,800 through the Clean Bus Technology Fund 2017-19 to enable 117 buses to be retrofitted with pollution-reducing technology, and £125,000 awarded to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council through the air quality grant to improve local air quality in Barnsley and Doncaster.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authorities currently have a range of tools they can use to reduce local air pollution which includes the powers to introduce a Clean Air Zone voluntarily. The Government also provides guidance and technical support to local authorities via a dedicated local air quality management Helpdesk and has provided an air quality toolkit for Directors of Public Health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Government has launched a consultation on a new Clean Air Strategy seeking views on a wider range of national measures and more powers to local authorities that can tackle non-transport sources of air pollution.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 158260 question first answered 02/07/2018 16:31:21 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

931554

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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: Wales
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 make an estimate of the total cost of flooding in Denbighshire and Conwy to (a) the private sector, (b) the public sector, and (c) householders over the past 30 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	157663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>Flood management in Wales is a matter for the Welsh Government.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/07/2018 13:25:14 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

931566

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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	Fly-tipping: Urban Areas
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 effectiveness of the powers available to local authorities to tackle fly-tipping in urban areas.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	157807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling fly-tipping in both urban and rural areas. It is for local authorities to use the full range of enforcement powers available to tackle fly-tipping in their areas. We have recently strengthened these powers by introducing fixed penalty notices for small scale fly-tipping and enhancing the ability of local authorities to search and seize vehicles of suspected fly-tippers. We have also consulted on proposals to introduce a new fixed penalty for householders who pass their waste to a fly-tipper. As two thirds of fly-tipping contains household waste, these additional measures will give local authorities another tool to tackle fly-tipping.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 2016/17 fly-tipping statistics for England were published last October. The statistics show a year-on-year increase in the number of fly-tipping incidents over the last five years. The statistics cover all local authorities and so represent both urban and rural areas. They are available publically and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fly-tipping-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fly-tipping-in-england</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We engage with a variety of local authorities and the Local Government Association through the Defra-chaired National Fly-tipping Prevention Group (NFTPG) and work flowing from that. The NFTPG has been meeting regularly for over 10 years to share best practice in partnership working with a common aim to help prevent and tackle fly-tipping together.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 157808 157809 question first answered 02/07/2018 17:24:36 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

931567

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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	Fly-tipping: Urban Areas
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 trends in the level of fly-tipping in urban areas.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	157808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling fly-tipping in both urban and rural areas. It is for local authorities to use the full range of enforcement powers available to tackle fly-tipping in their areas. We have recently strengthened these powers by introducing fixed penalty notices for small scale fly-tipping and enhancing the ability of local authorities to search and seize vehicles of suspected fly-tippers. We have also consulted on proposals to introduce a new fixed penalty for householders who pass their waste to a fly-tipper. As two thirds of fly-tipping contains household waste, these additional measures will give local authorities another tool to tackle fly-tipping.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 2016/17 fly-tipping statistics for England were published last October. The statistics show a year-on-year increase in the number of fly-tipping incidents over the last five years. The statistics cover all local authorities and so represent both urban and rural areas. They are available publically and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fly-tipping-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fly-tipping-in-england</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We engage with a variety of local authorities and the Local Government Association through the Defra-chaired National Fly-tipping Prevention Group (NFTPG) and work flowing from that. The NFTPG has been meeting regularly for over 10 years to share best practice in partnership working with a common aim to help prevent and tackle fly-tipping together.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 157807 157809 question first answered 02/07/2018 17:24:36 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

931568

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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	Fly-tipping: Urban Areas
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 representations his Department has received from local authorities on fly-tipping in urban areas in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	157809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling fly-tipping in both urban and rural areas. It is for local authorities to use the full range of enforcement powers available to tackle fly-tipping in their areas. We have recently strengthened these powers by introducing fixed penalty notices for small scale fly-tipping and enhancing the ability of local authorities to search and seize vehicles of suspected fly-tippers. We have also consulted on proposals to introduce a new fixed penalty for householders who pass their waste to a fly-tipper. As two thirds of fly-tipping contains household waste, these additional measures will give local authorities another tool to tackle fly-tipping.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 2016/17 fly-tipping statistics for England were published last October. The statistics show a year-on-year increase in the number of fly-tipping incidents over the last five years. The statistics cover all local authorities and so represent both urban and rural areas. They are available publically and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fly-tipping-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fly-tipping-in-england</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We engage with a variety of local authorities and the Local Government Association through the Defra-chaired National Fly-tipping Prevention Group (NFTPG) and work flowing from that. The NFTPG has been meeting regularly for over 10 years to share best practice in partnership working with a common aim to help prevent and tackle fly-tipping together.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 157807 157808 question first answered 02/07/2018 17:24:36 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

931575

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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	Game: Animal Welfare
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 his Department has had with the devolved administrations on the future review of each Code of Practice for the Welfare of Gamebirds Reared for Sporting Purposes applying to the respective nations.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	157623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>We have an ongoing dialogue with the devolved administrations on animal welfare matters, which includes discussing plans to update the animal welfare codes. The case for reviewing the gamebird code remains under consideration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/07/2018 15:31:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff