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1092067

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Rural Areas: Bus 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, how much funding UK National Park Authorities has provided to rural bus services in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	234765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>National Park Authorities are not strategic transport authorities and do not have statutory responsibility for the provision of transport. Defra does not hold information on how much funding National Park Authorities have provided to rural bus services in each year since 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 27/03/2019 11:12:14 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1092071

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Horses: Transport
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 (a) trends in the level of non-compliant movement of equines with (i) fraudulent and (ii) non-existent documentation and (b) the potential effect on biosecurity and animal welfare of conducting spot checks on equines entering at ports after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	234700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency does not hold the information requested because fraudulent or non-compliant movements are not recordable on the TRACES system. It also does not record, in most cases, the ports of departure or entry for equines moving to or from the EU. The information requested is best covered by the local authority and the Intelligence and Regulation Hub.</p><p> </p><p>However, horses with fraudulent or non-existent documentation that are illegally moved would be covered by equine identification legislation in England. The local authorities have a statutory duty to enforce the regulations. Also, there is statutory duty on local authorities to deliver an annual prosecutions return under the Animal Health Act 1981. This information is collated and presented to Parliament at the end of March by APHA and subsequently published (on GOV.UK). This return provides details of expenditure incurred and prosecutions taken under the Act and incidences of disease in imported animals, which details successful prosecutions undertaken by local authorities in England.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 28/03/2019 16:49:03 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

1092100

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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: 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 changes there have been in the Environment Agency flood prevention budget for rivers in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	234777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) develops flood and coastal risk management schemes where the risk is highest, wherever it is across the country. It uses a consistent set of criteria to prioritise funding for schemes which ensures a fair distribution of funding based on agreed priorities, principles and needs. It does not allocate or collate information separately for rivers or the coast.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the EA’s total capital Grant in Aid (GIA) spend on flood and coastal erosion risk management and total revenue maintenance spend in each year since 2010/11 for which data is available. Capital GIA spend includes the construction of new flood and coastal erosion schemes as well as capitalised salaries and other flood risk management activity such as mapping, modelling and flood warning. Revenue maintenance spend includes developing technology and direct maintenance work such as dredging, inspecting assets, and carrying out repairs. Included in the figures is funding to support repairs from significant flood events.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total FCERM Capital Grant in Aid (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Revenue Maintenance Allocations (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>476</p></td><td><p>- *</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>554</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>432</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,379</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,231</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*2010/11 revenue maintenance figure is unavailable</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 234779 234780 question first answered 25/03/2019 09:52:44 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1092102

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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: 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 the reduction has been in the end agency flood prevention budget for maintenance of existing defences since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	234779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) develops flood and coastal risk management schemes where the risk is highest, wherever it is across the country. It uses a consistent set of criteria to prioritise funding for schemes which ensures a fair distribution of funding based on agreed priorities, principles and needs. It does not allocate or collate information separately for rivers or the coast.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the EA’s total capital Grant in Aid (GIA) spend on flood and coastal erosion risk management and total revenue maintenance spend in each year since 2010/11 for which data is available. Capital GIA spend includes the construction of new flood and coastal erosion schemes as well as capitalised salaries and other flood risk management activity such as mapping, modelling and flood warning. Revenue maintenance spend includes developing technology and direct maintenance work such as dredging, inspecting assets, and carrying out repairs. Included in the figures is funding to support repairs from significant flood events.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total FCERM Capital Grant in Aid (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Revenue Maintenance Allocations (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>476</p></td><td><p>- *</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>554</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>432</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,379</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,231</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*2010/11 revenue maintenance figure is unavailable</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 234777 234780 question first answered 25/03/2019 09:52:45 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1092104

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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: 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 the budget for the maintenance of existing defences in the end agency flood prevention budget has been in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	234780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) develops flood and coastal risk management schemes where the risk is highest, wherever it is across the country. It uses a consistent set of criteria to prioritise funding for schemes which ensures a fair distribution of funding based on agreed priorities, principles and needs. It does not allocate or collate information separately for rivers or the coast.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the EA’s total capital Grant in Aid (GIA) spend on flood and coastal erosion risk management and total revenue maintenance spend in each year since 2010/11 for which data is available. Capital GIA spend includes the construction of new flood and coastal erosion schemes as well as capitalised salaries and other flood risk management activity such as mapping, modelling and flood warning. Revenue maintenance spend includes developing technology and direct maintenance work such as dredging, inspecting assets, and carrying out repairs. Included in the figures is funding to support repairs from significant flood events.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total FCERM Capital Grant in Aid (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Revenue Maintenance Allocations (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>476</p></td><td><p>- *</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>554</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>432</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,379</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,231</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*2010/11 revenue maintenance figure is unavailable</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 234777 234779 question first answered 25/03/2019 09:52:45 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1092120

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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
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 plans to provide companion dogs with the same protections as assistance dogs under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Ross Thomson
uin	234786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The offence of allowing a dog to be dangerously out of control (section 3 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991) applies to attacks on other dogs, livestock and any other animals including companion dogs, as it does to attacks on people and assistance dogs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This is based on the judgement in the Court of Appeal in R v Gedminintaite [2008] EWCA Crim 814. This case has shown that consideration of a dog being dangerously out of control is not restricted to situations where a person is present.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 26/03/2019 11:20:21 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4599 label Biography information for Ross Thomson

1092125

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Clean Air Zones
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 estimate he has made of the average cost to (a) residents and (b) businesses of the imposition of a Clean Air Zone.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	234787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the below information relates to England only. Local authorities already have the power to create clean air zones.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working closely with those English local authorities where exceedances have been identified to introduce measures to bring forward compliance with nitrogen dioxide limits as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the 2017 UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations, the Government assessed the costs and benefits of introducing a hypothetical national network of clean air zones. This work estimated the total costs to residents and business at £0.5 billion - £2 billion (central estimate £1.2 billion, 2017 prices).</p><p> </p><p>In developing their plans, local authorities are required to carry out a more detailed and localised assessment of the impact of their proposed measures, which may include a clean air zone, on residents and businesses.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 28/03/2019 12:09:24 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1092132

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Bus Services: Portsmouth
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 potential effect of a new bus depot in Portsmouth on the the level of air pollution in the city.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	234791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that local authorities are best placed to come up with solutions to deliver compliance of NO<sub>2</sub> in their own areas as local knowledge is crucial in solving air pollution problems. Portsmouth City Council needs to consider measures that deliver NO<sub>2</sub> compliance in the shortest possible time.</p><p> </p><p>These may include bus measures providing there is a strong, robust evidence base showing they are necessary to deliver compliance as quickly as possible. The Government is continuing to work closely with Portsmouth City Council on the development of its plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 25/03/2019 09:59:25 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1092135

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Fruit: Imports
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 it will remain his Department's policy to retain the ban on the importation of citrus products that have been treated with (a) oxytetracycline and (b) streptomycin after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	234720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s policy is to agree a deal with the EU in which case the UK will enter an implementation period. During this time, EU law will continue to apply whilst the Future Economic Partnership is negotiated. Longer term policy on plant protection will depend on the outcome of those negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>At the point of departure from the EU in a no deal scenario, the UK will retain current EU maximum residue levels (MRLs) for pesticides in UK law, along with the existing regulatory processes for determining whether any new UK MRLs should be set.</p><p> </p><p>Oxytetracycline and streptomycin are not approved as active substances for use in the EU and no food, irrespective of its origin, is permitted to have residues at levels consistent with use of the substances. This applies to all food placed on the market, including imports. This will remain the position under UK law unless revised UK MRLs are requested and found to meet all the legal requirements. These requirements include demonstrating, on the basis of scientific data, that the proposed MRL does not put consumers’ health at risk.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 28/03/2019 14:50:09 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1092236

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Dairy Farming
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 support his Department will provide to British dairy farmers in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	234746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognizes the concerns of stakeholders and is determined to get the best deal for the UK in our negotiations to leave the EU, including for our world-leading dairy sector.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst preparing for all outcomes, as any responsible Government would, we have also been preparing for the possibility of no deal, which is why we have contingency plans in place to minimize disruption for the food and farming sector as much as possible.</p><p> </p><p>We remain confident in the resilience of our agricultural sectors, including our dairy industry, and their ability to thrive outside of the EU.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 28/03/2019 14:27:56 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones