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1737167

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date	25/10/2024
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	Butterflies
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 he has made of trends in the level of swallowtail butterfly numbers in (a) North Norfolk constituency and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Steff Aquarone
uin	11197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2024 answer text <p>The swallowtail is a nationally rare butterfly and is restricted as a breeding species to the Norfolk Broads. The species was categorised as Vulnerable in the 2022 International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Regional Red List for Great Britian, moving from the near threatened category in 2010. This was due to a substantial population reduction in England of more than 30% in the previous 10 years. We have no separate trend data for the North Norfolk constituency.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 30/10/2024 13:05:20 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	5164

1737182

registered interest
date	25/10/2024
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff
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 staff employed by his Department work exclusively on farming issues.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Rupert Lowe
uin	11205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 31/10/2024 15:39:16 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
tabling member	5158

1736877

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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	Plastics: 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 steps his Department is taking to reduce pre-consumer plastic waste in supply chains.
tabling member constituency	Cannock Chase
tabling member printed	Josh Newbury
uin	11063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has convened a Small Ministerial Group on Circular Economy and asked his Department to work with experts from industry, academia, civil society, and the civil service to develop a Circular Economy Strategy for England. The Strategy will include a series of roadmaps detailing the interventions that the Government will make in particular sectors and value chains; supporting Government’s Missions to kickstart economic growth and make Britain a clean energy superpower.</p><p> </p><p>We will consider the evidence for action right across the economy and evaluate what further interventions may be needed in the plastics sector as we develop the Circular Economy Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>It’s also worth noting that there is a legal obligation for waste producers to manage their waste, including plastic waste, in accordance with the Waste Hierarchy. The Hierarchy puts waste management options into priority order: prevention, reuse, recycle, recovery (including energy recovery), disposal (landfill). Landfill must always be a last resort.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 30/10/2024 12:21:01 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	5034

1736878

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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	Plastics: 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 discussions he has had with businesses on steps to reduce the (a) manufacture and (b) distribution of single-use plastic products other than wet wipes.
tabling member constituency	Cannock Chase
tabling member printed	Josh Newbury
uin	11064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not held discussions on reducing the manufacture and distribution of single-use plastic products with businesses.</p><p> </p><p>However, officials have met with industry stakeholders through the Ocean Plastics Leadership Network (OPLN), this includes producers, brands and retailers. Discussions involved reducing plastic production, including single-use plastics, and working towards a circular economy for plastics, including encouraging design for reuse and recycling.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, legislation that will ban the sale and supply of single-use vapes was laid in parliament on 23 October. Officials have consulted and are having ongoing discussions with various industrial stakeholders regarding the ban, which is due to come into force in England on 1 June 2025. The Devolved Governments are also introducing bans, and we anticipate a shared UK wide implementation date.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 30/10/2024 16:32:33 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	5034

1736879

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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	Plastics: 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 make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the recycling rates of plastic film.
tabling member constituency	Cannock Chase
tabling member printed	Josh Newbury
uin	11065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2024 answer text <p>Yes, Defra is supporting the multi-million-pound FlexCollect project, launched in May 2022, funding local authorities to roll out kerbside plastic film collection trials. This will help gather insights to support effective collections more widely ahead of the requirement to collect plastic film from workplaces and households under Simpler Recycling.</p><p> </p><p>Kerbside plastic film collections from workplaces and households will be introduced by 31 March 2027 in England. Defra is only directly responsible for delivering this in England via Simpler Recycling. The devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are working on their own plans to introduce plastic film collections under extended producer responsibility for packaging.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 30/10/2024 13:00:37 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	5034

1736906

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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: Biodiversity and Finance
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 help (a) increase biodiversity on farms and (b) ensure that farms are financially sustainable.
tabling member constituency	Cannock Chase
tabling member printed	Josh Newbury
uin	11077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2024 answer text <p>This Government will champion British farming. Our new deal for farmers will build a resilient and healthy food system, that works with nature and supports British farmers.</p><p> </p><p>We have already delivered on our commitment to restore stability by continuing the rollout of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), whose objectives include increase of biodiversity on farms. We are optimising SFI and other farming schemes that include biodiversity objectives. This includes Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier and Landscape Recovery’s Round 1, both of which support farmers in protecting and enhancing the natural environment and increasing biodiversity. We will ensure these schemes work efficiently for farmers, food security and the environment.</p><p> </p><p>To support British farmers, we will also:</p><ul><li>Get British food exports moving again.</li><li>Protect farmers from being undercut by low welfare and low standards in trade deals.</li><li>Use Government purchasing power to back British produce.</li><li>Steer private investment in rural areas including broadband rollout in our rural communities.</li><li>Speed up the building of flood defences and natural flood management schemes, including through a new flood resilience taskforce to protect our rural homes and farms.</li><li>Introduce a land-use framework which balances long-term food security and nature recovery.</li></ul> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 30/10/2024 13:14:37 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
tabling member	5034

1736908

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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	Landfill: Regulation
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 made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the (a) powers and (b) resources of the Environment Agency to regulate landfill sites.
tabling member constituency	Cannock Chase
tabling member printed	Josh Newbury
uin	11079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2024 answer text <p>The regulatory framework in place is designed to serve operators and protect the local community. Where poor performance does occur the Environment Agency has a range of powers to bring sites back into compliance and, where necessary, to take enforcement action against operators. Regulatory oversight of permitted sites is funded by permitting fees, which are calculated on a full cost recovery basis, in line with the Polluter Pays principle and HM Treasury’s managing public money guidance.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 31/10/2024 10:51:46 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	5034

1736922

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Labour Turnover
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 staff turnover rate in his Department was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Rupert Lowe
uin	11109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2024 answer text <p>Figures are taken from the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey for the core department. The data reference point in time is 31 March at each year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Reference Period</p></td><td><p>Civil Service Turnover*</p></td><td><p>Departmental Turnover**</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months up to 31 March 2024</p></td><td><p>7.4%</p></td><td><p>14.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months up to 31 March 2023</p></td><td><p>8.6%</p></td><td><p>15.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months up to 31 March 2022</p></td><td><p>7.3%</p></td><td><p>13.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months up to 31 March 2021</p></td><td><p>5.1%</p></td><td><p>13.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months up to 31 March 2020</p></td><td><p>8.1%</p></td><td><p>14.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* includes all moves out of the Civil Service over the specified year.</p><p>**includes moves between Civil Service departments within the year, in addition to moves included under the Civil Service turnover rate.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 31/10/2024 15:37:38 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
tabling member	5158

1736940

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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	Hunting: Foxes
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 tackle illegal fox hunting.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Abtisam Mohamed
uin	11101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2024 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter with regard to Scotland and Northern Ireland; hunting with dogs is a reserved matter with respect to Wales and therefore, the information provided relates to England and Wales only.</p><p> </p><p>The Hunting Act 2004 makes it an offence to hunt a wild mammal with dogs except where it is carried out in accordance with the exemptions in the Act. Those found guilty under the Act are subject to the full force of the law. Enforcement of the Hunting Act is an operational matter for the police.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government made a manifesto commitment to ban Trail Hunting as part of a set of measures to improve animal welfare. Work to determine the best approach for doing so is ongoing. Further announcements will be made in due course.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 31/10/2024 15:16:49 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	5142

1736948

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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	Marine Protected Areas: Fisheries
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 14 October 2024 to Question 6253 on Marine Protected Areas: Fisheries, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to allow bottom trawl fishing in parts of the Farnes East marine protected area on (a) the ecological integrity of the site and (b) meeting its conservation objectives.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	11005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>The Marine Protected Areas Bottom Towed Fishing Gear Byelaw 2023, which came into force on 22 March 2024, prohibited the use of bottom-towed gear over the rock and reef habitats of Farnes East Marine Protected Area. The Marine Management Organisation has been making further assessments of the impact of fishing activities on other designated habitats throughout the site and, if needed, will consult on further fishing restrictions. As mentioned in my answer to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-10-04/6253" target="_blank">PQ 4529</a>, the Department is considering next steps for this and other sites.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice answering member printed Emma Hardy question first answered 29/10/2024 12:07:58 answering member 4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion