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758165

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date	06/09/2017
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: Sign Language
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 takes to provide (a) information on its services in British Sign Language (BSL) and (b) correspondence in BSL to people whose principal language is BSL.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	9004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department communicates in the best way for our audiences and aims to meet specific communication or access to information requirements as requested or when a specific need has been identified.</p><p>Under the Equalities Act 2010, we have a duty to make reasonable adjustments to ensure that customers with disabilities can use our services as close as it is reasonably possible to get to the standard usually offered to non-disabled customers. To achieve this, we offer a variety of ways for customers to contact us, either with a general enquiry or to make a complaint, including by letter, telephone or email. We will always try to accommodate any request for adjustments from our customers to aid their communications with us.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 25/09/2017 09:16:52 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

753632

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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: Manufacturing Industries
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 3 July 2017 to Question 1825, what financial support he plans to give to companies in the food manufacturing sector to secure jobs in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	5848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>Food and drink is the UK’s largest manufacturing sector employing 400 000 people. The success of the industry is crucial to driving growth across the country.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to support the sector through raising the profile and reputation of British food and drink overseas through the Food is GREAT campaign. Defra and DIT are also opening new markets and supporting exports in priority markets such as China, USA and India. We are opening up public procurement to more SMEs and local producers and funding the Food Innovation Network to help the spread of innovation.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/07/2017 16:04:26 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

753633

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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: Manufacturing Industries
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 is taking to improve productivity in food manufacturing.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	5849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>Food and drink is the UK’s largest manufacturing sector employing 400,000 people. The success of the industry is crucial to driving growth across the country. <br></p><p>Through our International Action Plan, Defra and DIT are helping the sector to export more. This is through opening new markets, supporting new exporters and targeted export campaigns in priority markets such as China, USA and India. We are opening up public procurement to more SMEs and local producers and funding the Food Innovation Network to help the spread of innovation.</p><p>There is extensive interest in the Industrial Strategy across the sector as evidenced by their response to the Industrial Strategy green paper. The sector is also keen on a sector deal and we look forward to seeing detailed proposals.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/07/2017 13:20:20 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

632001

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	Food: Manufacturing Industries
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 she has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the food manufacturing industry in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	52438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>Food and drink is hugely important to the UK. It is our biggest manufacturing sector and a key element of our £100 billion agri-food chain. In 2015, the UK exported over £18 billion worth of food, feed and drink to more than 200 countries and territories. The joint Defra and Department for International Trade Food and Drink International Action Plan, published last month, sets out how the Government will work with the sector to champion UK food and drink overseas, break down trade barriers and open up new international markets.</p><p> </p><p>Since the EU Referendum, Defra has continued to meet regularly with the food manufacturing sector to listen to their views and better understand key issues for the sector about leaving the EU. We will continue to engage constructively with the sector to ensure we get the best deal for the industry that we possibly can.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/11/2016 12:08:37 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

438001

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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	Pets: Poisoning
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 make an estimate of the number of (a) cats and (b) dogs killed by accidental ingestion of poisonous antifreeze in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	19839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>We have no estimates of the numbers of cats or dogs killed by antifreeze.</p><br /><p>However there are periodically reported cases where antifreeze may have contributed to the death of pet animals. This issue was most recently debated in Parliament on the 2 December 2014.</p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm141202/halltext/141202h0002.htm#14120263000003" target="_blank">www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm141202/halltext/141202h0002.htm#14120263000003</a></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/12/2015 13:25:20 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

176086

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
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	Employment Agencies
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 staff in her Department were recruited through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	222251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>For permanent and fixed term staff on the core Defra payroll the information is not held centrally and could only be provided by incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department also uses workers for a time-limited period, who are not on the core Defra payroll, but are paid by a recruitment or employment agency. The number of such staff since 2010-11 is shown below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15 (to Sept 2014)</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 03/02/2015 10:17:51 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson