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446309

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
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	Floods: Ayrshire
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 information her Department holds on who took the decision to request the use of a helicopter to winch passengers off the bus in Dailley, Ayrshire, during the floods of December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	23256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>These decisions would have been taken by the Scottish Government, as flooding is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 23257 question first answered 25/01/2016 12:38:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

446310

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
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	Floods: Ayrshire
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 information her Department holds on who took the decision not to use a professional heavy vehicle recovery operator to recover the bus which was trapped in floodwater in Dailley, Ayrshire, in December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	23257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>These decisions would have been taken by the Scottish Government, as flooding is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 23256 question first answered 25/01/2016 12:38:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

446312

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
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	Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade: Hanoi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Ministers and staff of her Department will be attending the Hanoi Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade in November 2016; and what the projected cost of that attendance will be in (a) staff salaries, (b) travel and (c) other costs.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	23306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to its global leadership role in helping to tackle the illegal wildlife trade. During his visit to Vietnam in July 2015, the Prime Minister confirmed that the UK would provide £200,000 to support Vietnam in hosting a third high level international conference on the illegal wildlife trade. The Conference, to be held on 24-25 November 2016, will build on the successful London and Kasane Conferences of 2014 and 2015. Decisions about who will represent the UK at the Vietnam Conference have not yet been made.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/01/2016 14:50:19 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

446315

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
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	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, whether it is her policy to make funding available for woodland planting to help with water retention during times of flooding.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	23364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>Flood risk management is one of the targeting criteria for woodland creation funded through the new Countryside Stewardship scheme. The Forestry Commission also continues to undertake research into understanding what role woodlands can play in managing flood risk. Defra and the Environment Agency will continue to support investigations into the potential benefits of land management change on flood risk - including tree planting.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/01/2016 15:15:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

446319

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
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	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, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of measures to stimulate demand for recycled material; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	23375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>Incentivising recycled content in new products has environmental benefits, and consumers generally have a positive image of products with recycled content.</p><br /><p>Working through the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), we have developed and delivered a number of activities in support of both the use of recycled materials in new products, and on activities to stimulate its demand. Developing and securing sustainable end markets for recycled materials is key to ensuring the UK meets its statutory recycling targets and supports growth of the waste reprocessing sector. For example, recycled bottle plastic now has a number of end markets, including “back to bottles” and plastic packaging such as trays, as well as its more traditional end market of fibre.</p><br /><p>We have significant ongoing work in the area, including the delivery of the Plastics Industry Recycling Action Plan. This includes projects on design for recyclability and development of suitable end markets for plastic recyclate; and the coordinated development and delivery of a Food Waste Recycling Action Plan by industry and Local Authorities to disseminate and promote current research and best practice to increase the supply and quality of household and commercial food waste to the food waste recycling industry.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 25/01/2016 12:51:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

446321

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
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	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 estimate she has made of the proportion of farmers who will have received their payments under the Basic Payments Scheme by the end of January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	23371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>When part payments have been made in the past this has led to years of confusion for farmers and additional costs in processing and disallowance for the Rural Payments Agency. This is why the RPA continues to focus on making full payments on the remaining claims as quickly as possible.</p><br /><p>As at 18 January the RPA had paid around two thirds of eligible Basic Payment Scheme claims received. The Agency continues to focus on making payments on the remainder of claims as soon as possible and remains on track to pay the vast majority of claims by the end of this month.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 23370 question first answered 25/01/2016 12:17:54 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

446323

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
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	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, if she will make it her policy to introduce interim payments under the Basic Payments Scheme for farmers who have not received their payments by the end of January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	23370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>When part payments have been made in the past this has led to years of confusion for farmers and additional costs in processing and disallowance for the Rural Payments Agency. This is why the RPA continues to focus on making full payments on the remaining claims as quickly as possible.</p><br /><p>As at 18 January the RPA had paid around two thirds of eligible Basic Payment Scheme claims received. The Agency continues to focus on making payments on the remainder of claims as soon as possible and remains on track to pay the vast majority of claims by the end of this month.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 23371 question first answered 25/01/2016 12:17:54 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

446324

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
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	Recycling: EU Action
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 implications for her policies of the European Commission's Circular Economy Action Plan proposals, published in December 2015; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	23430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>The European Commission's Circular Economy Action Plan sets out a large number of proposed measures to be delivered between 2015 and 2019 and we are currently considering those in more detail. An Explanatory Memorandum on the Action Plan has been submitted and can be found on the Cabinet Office’s website under European Memoranda:</p><p>(<a href="http://europeanmemoranda.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/memorandum/communication-from-the-commission-to-the-ep-council-the-eesc-cor-closing-the-loop-an" target="_blank">http://europeanmemoranda.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/memorandum/communication-from-the-commission-to-the-ep-council-the-eesc-cor-closing-the-loop-an</a>)</p><br /><p>That document provides further information on the Action Plan and outlines our current views on the policy implications of its proposals.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 25/01/2016 12:32:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

446326

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
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	Farms: Floods
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 government funding is available to pay farmers to allow parts of their land to flood to avoid flooding elsewhere.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	23442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>If land is flooded as part of a deliberate and managed scheme to avoid flooding elsewhere the authority responsible would need to buy a right to flood or make a similar binding agreement with the landowner. The prices paid for that agreement would be subject to negotiation between the authority and the landowner and take into consideration such matters as any loss of value caused by flooding and debris in fields</p><br /> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/01/2016 11:40:43 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

446329

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
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	Flood Control: Per Capita Costs
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 Answers of 11 January 2016 to Question 21375 and of 18 January 2016 to Question 22215 on flood control: per capita costs, what steps she took to ensure that the geographical boundaries of Environment Agency areas and census regions matched for the purposes of those calculations.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	23408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>Public facing Environment Agency Areas match local council boundaries used by the Office of National Statistics (with the exception of ‘Central Bedfordshire’) and so census figures can be scaled to the Environment Agency Areas that the flood risk management Grant in Aid allocations were taken from. As Central Bedfordshire is wholly within the Areas that make up our eastern hub this does not change the per capita calculation.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 25/01/2016 12:29:43 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland