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227518

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Off-payroll Working
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 and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	227599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department’s Annual Report and Accounts set out the number of off-payroll workers employed by the Core Department, its Executive Agencies and Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies each year. The table below shows the information requested in each financial year from 2009-10 to 2013-14 (the last financial year for which a set of accounts has been published).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Core Defra</p></td><td><p>362</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Executive Agencies:</em></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (see Note)</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food and Environment Research Agency (see Note)</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural Payments Agency</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Veterinary Medicines Directorate</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies:</em></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (see Note)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consumer Council for Water</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Environment Agency</p></td><td><p>868</p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p>687</p></td><td><p>764</p></td><td><p>403</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Joint Nature Conservation Committee</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marine Management Organisation</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Forest Company</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Natural England</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sea Fish Industry Authority</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Note: the figures for the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency reflect the organisation’s then structure, which was created from a merger of the Animal Health agency and the Veterinary Laboratories Agency on 1 April 2011. The figures do not reflect the restructuring into the Animal and Plant Health Agency on 1 October 2014, when some areas of work undertaken previously by Fera (Food and Environment Research Agency) were brought into the new organisation.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 19/03/2015 11:36:06 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227519

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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 factors her Department uses to determine the relative level of central Government funding given to each National Park authority; and what weight is given in that process to the minimum funding required to operate planning functions in the least well-funded National Parks.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Sir Alan Beith
uin	227721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>Overall funding levels for national park authorities are calculated based on a range of demographic and other factors relevant to delivery of the national parks’ statutory purposes and their planning function. Factors include the size of the park, the population and the number of planning cases. Within that, national park authorities are independent bodies and it is for them to decide how best to allocate their funding to deliver their functions and the locally determined priorities as set out in their Management Plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 19/03/2015 11:26:56 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	513 label Biography information for Lord Beith

227293

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
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	Antisocial Behaviour: Noise
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 the Government plans to take to protect residents from persistently noisy neighbours.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	227573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Noise Act 1996 already provide local authorities with the necessary powers to tackle problem neighbour noise. This legislation allows local authorities to serve notices to stop the noise and prevent it from happening again.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has also introduced more effective anti-social behaviour powers under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. One of the powers is the Community Protection Notice which the police and local authorities can use to tackle behaviour that is having a detrimental effect on the quality of life of the community, is persistent or continuing and is unreasonable. In addition, apart from the statutory guidance, the Government has also published an information note highlighting how the new powers can be used to deal with noisy neighbours.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 19/03/2015 11:39:25 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

227123

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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	Air Pollution: York
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 air quality in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area in 2010 and each subsequent year.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
uin	227379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Defra uses both monitoring and modelling to assess air quality in the UK. Information about recent and historic levels of pollution, pollution forecasts, health advice and background modelled data is available on the UK-AIR website: <a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra has two monitoring stations in the City of York Local Authority area, both of which are located in the York Central constituency. Information about the sites and the pollutants measured is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· York Fishergate: <a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00524" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00524</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· York Bootham: <a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00523" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00523</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Monitoring is supported by modelled data. Information on modelled background and roadside levels for major roads in the UK can be found at: http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/data/gis-mapping.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The results of both monitoring and modelling for compliance with European Directives are assessed annually and reported to the EU. ‘Air Pollution in the UK’ reports from 2010 to the present can be found at: <a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annualreport/" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annualreport</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for reviewing and assessing air quality under the Local Air Quality Management system. As part of this assessment, the City of York Council undertakes additional monitoring. Information can be found at: <a href="http://www.jorair.co.uk/index.php?page=stations" target="_blank">http://www.jorair.co.uk/index.php?page=stations</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 18/03/2015 10:58:43 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

227124

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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	Drinking Water
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 much her Department spent on bottled water in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	227423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Bottled water is only purchased by the core Defra for water coolers in our Nobel House, London office. In 2014, the core Department spent £1,406.00 on this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/03/2015 14:11:24 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

227125

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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	Flood Control
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 the Environment Agency's flood and coastal erosion risk management investment programme 2015 to 2021, what estimate she has made of the number of properties that will be protected in the (a) Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, (b) Thames Valley and (c) UK by that programme.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Environment Agency has estimated that its flood and coastal erosion risk management investment programme 2015-2021, will reduce the risk of flooding to:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· around 400 households in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead;</p><p> </p><p>· over 3,000 households in the Thames Valley - this number is based on delivery of schemes across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, including schemes around Oxford, Abingdon, Slough, Marlow, Newbury, Winnersh, Bicester, Northway and Marston;</p><p> </p><p>· at least 300,000 households in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/03/2015 14:39:03 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227126

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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	Animal Welfare: Circuses
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 (a) wild animals and (b) different species of animal are licensed under the Welfare of Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (England) Regulations 2012.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	227431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>There are currently 19 wild animals licensed to be used by travelling circuses in England under the Welfare of Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (England) Regulations 2012. This includes: 7 reindeer, 3 camels, 3 zebra, 3 snakes, an ankole, a fox, and a raccoon.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/03/2015 14:32:32 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

227127

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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	Animal Welfare: Convictions
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 people have been convicted of animal abuse since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	227427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of offenders found guilty at all courts of offences related to animal abuse, in England and Wales, from 2005 to 2013 can be seen in the table attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Criminal court proceedings data for 2014 are planned for publication in May 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/03/2015 14:51:15 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice attachment 1 file name 1498 - Animal abuse offences.pdf title Animal abuse offences
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

227128

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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	HMS Victory
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 10 March 2015 to Question 226362, whether the preparation of cannon for lifting and the dusting of mobile sediments on the wreck site of HMS Victory 1744 by Odyssey Marine Exploration in the summer of 2012 was included in the Marine Management Organisation investigation into unauthorised work on the HMS Victory 1744 wreck site.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	227478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Based on the evidence available, it is understood that a cannon was lifted prior to the introduction of the marine licensing system in April 2011. However, the investigation carried out by the MMO into the carrying out of licensed marine activities also obtained evidence of dusting of mobile sediments and other preparatory activities which would have required a marine licence, when there was in fact no such licence in place. As a result of this evidence, the MMO issued Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. with an official written warning for these activities on 7 November 2014, in accordance with its published compliance and enforcement strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/03/2015 14:24:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

227129

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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	Pollinators
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 she is taking to support businesses in developing areas which support pollinators.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	227445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The National Pollinator Strategy, launched in November last year, is a shared plan of action for Government, businesses and others to support the health and resilience of England’s pollinators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of the strategy, the Bees’ Needs website (<a href="http://www.beesneeds.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.beesneeds.org.uk</a>) offers guidance to businesses and individuals on the steps that they can take to support pollinators. The website includes tailored guidance for land managers on how to implement the Bees’ Needs actions on a variety of land uses, and case studies which showcase best practice by local authorities, businesses and other organisations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Lord de Mauley has also contacted major retailers, DIY outlets and garden centres to encourage them to have pollinator-friendly plant and product displays in their shops. Their positive responses have highlighted the range of important actions that businesses can and are already taking to support bee and other insect pollinators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 18/03/2015 15:25:51 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon