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1279336

registered interest
date	25/01/2021
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: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs, whether hunting is considered as exercise under the covid-19 lockdown restrictions announced in January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	141610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2021 answer text <p>There are no exemptions to the lockdown restrictions in place for organised hunting or shooting. You must only leave the home where you have a reasonable excuse. A reasonable excuse includes where reasonably necessary for exercise. As a private individual, you may leave your home to shoot where you are confident this counts towards your daily exercise and is compliant with social contact rules (see further detail on exercise <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-lockdown-stay-at-home#exercising" target="_blank">here</a> on gov.uk).</p><p>You can exercise in a public outdoor place:</p><ul><li>by yourself</li><li>with the people you live with</li><li>with your support bubble (if you are legally permitted to form one)</li><li>or, when on your own, with 1 person from another household, but should maintain social distancing under current Covid-19 guidelines and not share any equipment</li></ul><p>When deciding how to exercise, you should consider if your chosen activity and location will enable you to minimise your time away from home and risk of interacting with others.</p><p>You must also ensure that relevant regulatory and licensing requirements are met, and permission has been given by the landowner or manager. Organised shooting or hunting is not permitted during the National Lockdown.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 29/01/2021 16:51:53 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1280068

registered interest
date	25/01/2021
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: Subsidies
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 assumptions his Department has used on the level of rents for agricultural land as Basic Payment Scheme payments are phased out.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	143087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>Rent prices could fall for tenant farmers as Direct Payments are removed. There is evidence that Direct Payments inflate farm rent prices, meaning some of the payment supports the income of the landowner, not the tenant farmer.</p><p> </p><p>Academic evidence suggests that an average of 20 to 25 cents per euro paid to tenants across the EU goes to the landlord, though the land market conditions in England give reason to believe the figure could be different here. A combination of high demand for farmland, varied rental agreements and re-directed Direct Payment spend means that any fall in rents is difficult to estimate with certainty. Additionally, it's likely there would be large regional and local variations linked to considerable differences in demand and supply of land across the country.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 02/02/2021 13:13:40 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1280114

registered interest
date	25/01/2021
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	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 22 January 2021 to Question 138067 on Fisheries, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Trade and Co-operation Agreement’s content on fishing on the ability of the Government to require fish caught under a British quota to be landed in a British port.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	143088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>Reservation No 13 of the Services and Investment chapter in the UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement allows the UK to set landing requirements for vessels flying its flag. A consultation on how to strengthen the economic link licence condition in England closed in November and officials are working on the Government’s response which we will publish shortly. Fisheries is a devolved matter and so any changes to the economic link arising from the consultation will only apply to the English fleet.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 02/02/2021 13:15:38 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1279715

registered interest
date	22/01/2021
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	Gun Sports: Coronavirus
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 exemptions to the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown restrictions are in place for rough shooting.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	142056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>There are no exemptions to the current lockdown restrictions in place for shooting.</p><p> </p><p>You must only leave the home where you have a reasonable excuse. A reasonable excuse includes where reasonably necessary for exercise or for work.</p><p> </p><p>As a private individual, you may leave your home to shoot where you are confident this counts towards your daily exercise and is compliant with social contact rules (see further detail on exercise <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-lockdown-stay-at-home#exercising" target="_blank">here</a> on gov.uk). Where it is reasonably necessary for work (whether acting in a professional capacity or as an employee), you may also leave home to engage in shooting, subject to <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19/the-visitor-economy" target="_blank">Covid-secure guidelines</a>. You must also ensure that relevant regulatory and licensing requirements are met, and permission has been given by the landowner or manager.</p><p> </p><p>Organised shooting is not permitted during the National Lockdown.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 01/02/2021 17:41:08 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1277007

registered interest
date	15/01/2021
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	Fisheries: 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, whether Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities will be eligible to apply for support from the £100 million fisheries support fund.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	138513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2021 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has announced proposals to support UK fishing communities with a £100 million programme to modernise their fleets and the fish processing industry. We will provide more detail in due course.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 138060 138061 138062 question first answered 22/01/2021 14:14:18 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1277008

registered interest
date	15/01/2021
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	Fisheries: Telephone Services
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 the (a) number, (b) geographical breakdown of callers and (c) issues of concern relating to calls made to his Department’s Brexit helplines on (i) fishing, (ii) Catch App and (iii) export certificates.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	138514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2021 answer text <p>To support industry with the new requirements introduced following the end of the Transition Period, Defra has introduced contact centres to directly support businesses. The two main services managed by the department are Export Health Certificates, led by the Animal Plant and Health Agency (APHA), and Catch Certificates, led by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).</p><p>APHA does not hold a breakdown of calls received relating to queries about seafood exports specifically. The information requested is therefore not available.</p><p>For Catch Certificates, a 24/7 helpline has been introduced to support exporters in obtaining a digital catch certificate. There have been 273 calls to this helpline since 1 January 2021 and no geographical location of the caller is recorded. 204 of these calls relate to the categories requested:</p><ol><li>201 were recorded as calls relating to the fishing industry</li><li>No calls recorded the MMO &quot;Catch App&quot; as the reason for the call</li><li>3 calls were identified as being in relation to export health certificates</li></ol><p>179 of the calls received were to assist users in applying for digital catch certificates. The reason for the calls are set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Topic</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queries about the Catch Certificate service</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Catch Certificate system registration or account management issue</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queries relating to failed validation checks on the Catch Certificate online system</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assisted digital support for the Catch Certificate online system</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Catch Certificate queries</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 25/01/2021 14:38:11 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1276697

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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	Coronavirus: Clinical 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 used covid lateral flow test kits must be treated as clinical waste.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	138054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>Defra and the Environment Agency are working closely with colleagues across government, including DHSC and PHE, and the waste sector to ensure that waste arising as a result of COVID-19 protection, testing, and vaccination is managed and disposed of safely.</p><p>Clinical waste and offensive waste are legally defined in The Controlled Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012. Other than general waste and any packaging waste, waste from Lateral Flow Devices (LFDs) and the testing process is classified as non-hazardous healthcare offensive and chemical waste ( <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19-lateral-flow-tests-waste-codes%2Fwaste-codes-for-mass-testing-with-lateral-flow-antigen-testing-devices&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cemma.pryor%40defra.gov.uk%7Cbf06f7e305ba4f6be02608d8bbacbacc%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C1%7C0%7C637465697830008066%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=eKbt9StHsKukwPLxQjLWm92hqmbejeoSD%2BspISMoLR4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-lateral-flow-tests-waste-codes/waste-codes-for-mass-testing-with-lateral-flow-antigen-testing-devices</a>). DHSC has confirmed that this waste does not present any increased risk compared with, for example, personal care waste. Assessments of the chemicals used in LFD tests have been made by DHSC and have confirmed that this waste should not be classified as 'clinical waste' and does not need to be managed as such. Waste management operations should continue to follow appropriate guidance for hygiene and health and safety practices.</p><p>Householders undertaking home COVID-19 testing using a LFD test kit should dispose of the LFD test kit, in its packaging, in their residual waste bin, in a similar fashion to home pregnancy test kits.</p><p>Where a number of tests are being undertaken at the same place (e.g. mass population testing sites, workplaces etc.), LFD wastes should be segregated in accordance with DHSC guidance above, to ensure efficient and safe management of this waste. This waste must be collected from the testing location by an appropriately licensed waste carrier, such as those providing washroom services, or a general waste contractor. This waste must then be either taken directly to a municipal waste incinerator temporarily permitted to accept this waste by the Environment Agency under a Regulatory Position Statement (RPS C23: Incinerating specified healthcare wastes at a municipal waste incinerator); or to a waste transfer facility that has demonstrated to the Environment Agency that they can store these wastes in a safe and controlled manner, and have been granted a temporary formal local enforcement position to safely store and then transfer these wastes to municipal waste incinerators.</p><p>Vaccination waste will be managed within existing healthcare waste management systems. Clinical waste handling remains a devolved matter under the respective health bodies. In addition, a four nation cross government working group maintains active monitoring of the waste flows being generated and resilience measures have been put in place to support NHS Test and Trace, the vaccination programmes and PPE waste flows.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 138055 138056 138057 138058 question first answered 19/01/2021 16:38:22 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1276698

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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	Coronavirus and Pregnancy Tests: 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 (a) waste handling and (b) treatment requirements are for (a) used covid-19 lateral flow test kits and (b) used pregnancy test kits.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	138055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>Defra and the Environment Agency are working closely with colleagues across government, including DHSC and PHE, and the waste sector to ensure that waste arising as a result of COVID-19 protection, testing, and vaccination is managed and disposed of safely.</p><p>Clinical waste and offensive waste are legally defined in The Controlled Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012. Other than general waste and any packaging waste, waste from Lateral Flow Devices (LFDs) and the testing process is classified as non-hazardous healthcare offensive and chemical waste ( <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19-lateral-flow-tests-waste-codes%2Fwaste-codes-for-mass-testing-with-lateral-flow-antigen-testing-devices&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cemma.pryor%40defra.gov.uk%7Cbf06f7e305ba4f6be02608d8bbacbacc%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C1%7C0%7C637465697830008066%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=eKbt9StHsKukwPLxQjLWm92hqmbejeoSD%2BspISMoLR4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-lateral-flow-tests-waste-codes/waste-codes-for-mass-testing-with-lateral-flow-antigen-testing-devices</a>). DHSC has confirmed that this waste does not present any increased risk compared with, for example, personal care waste. Assessments of the chemicals used in LFD tests have been made by DHSC and have confirmed that this waste should not be classified as 'clinical waste' and does not need to be managed as such. Waste management operations should continue to follow appropriate guidance for hygiene and health and safety practices.</p><p>Householders undertaking home COVID-19 testing using a LFD test kit should dispose of the LFD test kit, in its packaging, in their residual waste bin, in a similar fashion to home pregnancy test kits.</p><p>Where a number of tests are being undertaken at the same place (e.g. mass population testing sites, workplaces etc.), LFD wastes should be segregated in accordance with DHSC guidance above, to ensure efficient and safe management of this waste. This waste must be collected from the testing location by an appropriately licensed waste carrier, such as those providing washroom services, or a general waste contractor. This waste must then be either taken directly to a municipal waste incinerator temporarily permitted to accept this waste by the Environment Agency under a Regulatory Position Statement (RPS C23: Incinerating specified healthcare wastes at a municipal waste incinerator); or to a waste transfer facility that has demonstrated to the Environment Agency that they can store these wastes in a safe and controlled manner, and have been granted a temporary formal local enforcement position to safely store and then transfer these wastes to municipal waste incinerators.</p><p>Vaccination waste will be managed within existing healthcare waste management systems. Clinical waste handling remains a devolved matter under the respective health bodies. In addition, a four nation cross government working group maintains active monitoring of the waste flows being generated and resilience measures have been put in place to support NHS Test and Trace, the vaccination programmes and PPE waste flows.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 138054 138056 138057 138058 question first answered 19/01/2021 16:38:22 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1276700

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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	Coronavirus: 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 assessment he has made of the capacity of waste handling and treatment operators to deal with the (a) scale and (b) complexity of (i) clinical and (ii) other waste generated by used covid-19 (A) protection, (B) vaccination and (C) testing products.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	138056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>Defra and the Environment Agency are working closely with colleagues across government, including DHSC and PHE, and the waste sector to ensure that waste arising as a result of COVID-19 protection, testing, and vaccination is managed and disposed of safely.</p><p>Clinical waste and offensive waste are legally defined in The Controlled Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012. Other than general waste and any packaging waste, waste from Lateral Flow Devices (LFDs) and the testing process is classified as non-hazardous healthcare offensive and chemical waste ( <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19-lateral-flow-tests-waste-codes%2Fwaste-codes-for-mass-testing-with-lateral-flow-antigen-testing-devices&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cemma.pryor%40defra.gov.uk%7Cbf06f7e305ba4f6be02608d8bbacbacc%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C1%7C0%7C637465697830008066%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=eKbt9StHsKukwPLxQjLWm92hqmbejeoSD%2BspISMoLR4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-lateral-flow-tests-waste-codes/waste-codes-for-mass-testing-with-lateral-flow-antigen-testing-devices</a>). DHSC has confirmed that this waste does not present any increased risk compared with, for example, personal care waste. Assessments of the chemicals used in LFD tests have been made by DHSC and have confirmed that this waste should not be classified as 'clinical waste' and does not need to be managed as such. Waste management operations should continue to follow appropriate guidance for hygiene and health and safety practices.</p><p>Householders undertaking home COVID-19 testing using a LFD test kit should dispose of the LFD test kit, in its packaging, in their residual waste bin, in a similar fashion to home pregnancy test kits.</p><p>Where a number of tests are being undertaken at the same place (e.g. mass population testing sites, workplaces etc.), LFD wastes should be segregated in accordance with DHSC guidance above, to ensure efficient and safe management of this waste. This waste must be collected from the testing location by an appropriately licensed waste carrier, such as those providing washroom services, or a general waste contractor. This waste must then be either taken directly to a municipal waste incinerator temporarily permitted to accept this waste by the Environment Agency under a Regulatory Position Statement (RPS C23: Incinerating specified healthcare wastes at a municipal waste incinerator); or to a waste transfer facility that has demonstrated to the Environment Agency that they can store these wastes in a safe and controlled manner, and have been granted a temporary formal local enforcement position to safely store and then transfer these wastes to municipal waste incinerators.</p><p>Vaccination waste will be managed within existing healthcare waste management systems. Clinical waste handling remains a devolved matter under the respective health bodies. In addition, a four nation cross government working group maintains active monitoring of the waste flows being generated and resilience measures have been put in place to support NHS Test and Trace, the vaccination programmes and PPE waste flows.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 138054 138055 138057 138058 question first answered 19/01/2021 16:38:22 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1276701

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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	Coronavirus: Clinical 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 (a) scientific and (b) other evidence his Department used when classifying used covid-19 lateral flow test kits as specialised clinical waste.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	138057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>Defra and the Environment Agency are working closely with colleagues across government, including DHSC and PHE, and the waste sector to ensure that waste arising as a result of COVID-19 protection, testing, and vaccination is managed and disposed of safely.</p><p>Clinical waste and offensive waste are legally defined in The Controlled Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012. Other than general waste and any packaging waste, waste from Lateral Flow Devices (LFDs) and the testing process is classified as non-hazardous healthcare offensive and chemical waste ( <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19-lateral-flow-tests-waste-codes%2Fwaste-codes-for-mass-testing-with-lateral-flow-antigen-testing-devices&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cemma.pryor%40defra.gov.uk%7Cbf06f7e305ba4f6be02608d8bbacbacc%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C1%7C0%7C637465697830008066%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=eKbt9StHsKukwPLxQjLWm92hqmbejeoSD%2BspISMoLR4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-lateral-flow-tests-waste-codes/waste-codes-for-mass-testing-with-lateral-flow-antigen-testing-devices</a>). DHSC has confirmed that this waste does not present any increased risk compared with, for example, personal care waste. Assessments of the chemicals used in LFD tests have been made by DHSC and have confirmed that this waste should not be classified as 'clinical waste' and does not need to be managed as such. Waste management operations should continue to follow appropriate guidance for hygiene and health and safety practices.</p><p>Householders undertaking home COVID-19 testing using a LFD test kit should dispose of the LFD test kit, in its packaging, in their residual waste bin, in a similar fashion to home pregnancy test kits.</p><p>Where a number of tests are being undertaken at the same place (e.g. mass population testing sites, workplaces etc.), LFD wastes should be segregated in accordance with DHSC guidance above, to ensure efficient and safe management of this waste. This waste must be collected from the testing location by an appropriately licensed waste carrier, such as those providing washroom services, or a general waste contractor. This waste must then be either taken directly to a municipal waste incinerator temporarily permitted to accept this waste by the Environment Agency under a Regulatory Position Statement (RPS C23: Incinerating specified healthcare wastes at a municipal waste incinerator); or to a waste transfer facility that has demonstrated to the Environment Agency that they can store these wastes in a safe and controlled manner, and have been granted a temporary formal local enforcement position to safely store and then transfer these wastes to municipal waste incinerators.</p><p>Vaccination waste will be managed within existing healthcare waste management systems. Clinical waste handling remains a devolved matter under the respective health bodies. In addition, a four nation cross government working group maintains active monitoring of the waste flows being generated and resilience measures have been put in place to support NHS Test and Trace, the vaccination programmes and PPE waste flows.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 138054 138055 138056 138058 question first answered 19/01/2021 16:38:22 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard