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1151955

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
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	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
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 October 2019 to Question 1779 on Agriculture: Seasonal Workers, whether her Department plans to publish data from the seasonal workers pilot scheme prior to the conclusion of the evaluation of the outcomes of that pilot scheme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	4415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The numbers of visa applications made, approved and refused under Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme are published in the quarterly Immigration statistics. This information is available on the Gov.uk website at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables</a></p><p> </p><p>The Home Department and Defra have established a regime to monitor and evaluate the Pilot against its objectives and expected benefits. We will publish the outcomes of the evaluation process of the Pilot once that evaluation is complete.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 28/10/2019 10:55:57 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1151516

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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	Dynamic Food Procurement National Advisory Board: Devon
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 criteria were used to appoint members from Devon to the Dynamic Food Procurement Board.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	3597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Dynamic Food Procurement National Advisory Board (DFPNAB) is not a statutory body. It is an independent grass roots body with participants from member organisations, public procurers and small businesses with a shared interest in promoting the use of the dynamic purchasing model in the food supply chain. While its members are not appointed by the Secretary of State, Defra does take part in meetings.</p><p> </p><p>Trials of the dynamic procurement model have shown it can, in the right circumstances, offer greater access to public sector contracts for small, medium and local producers. The Government is investigating the larger scale use of dynamic purchasing for food procurement and the DFPNAB has freely shared its knowledge and expertise to assist with this work.</p><p> </p><p>The DFPNAB meets approximately every three months. The date of the next meeting has not been agreed, but is expected to take place in January 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The DFPNAB does not publish the minutes of meetings.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not monitor the effectiveness of independent bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith grouped question UIN 3598 3599 3600 question first answered 28/10/2019 14:37:01 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1151517

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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	Dynamic Food Procurement National Advisory Board
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 often the Dynamic Food Procurement Board will meet.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	3598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Dynamic Food Procurement National Advisory Board (DFPNAB) is not a statutory body. It is an independent grass roots body with participants from member organisations, public procurers and small businesses with a shared interest in promoting the use of the dynamic purchasing model in the food supply chain. While its members are not appointed by the Secretary of State, Defra does take part in meetings.</p><p> </p><p>Trials of the dynamic procurement model have shown it can, in the right circumstances, offer greater access to public sector contracts for small, medium and local producers. The Government is investigating the larger scale use of dynamic purchasing for food procurement and the DFPNAB has freely shared its knowledge and expertise to assist with this work.</p><p> </p><p>The DFPNAB meets approximately every three months. The date of the next meeting has not been agreed, but is expected to take place in January 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The DFPNAB does not publish the minutes of meetings.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not monitor the effectiveness of independent bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith grouped question UIN 3597 3599 3600 question first answered 28/10/2019 14:37:01 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1151519

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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	Dynamic Food Procurement National Advisory Board
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 the minutes of Dynamic Food Procurement Board meetings will be published.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	3599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Dynamic Food Procurement National Advisory Board (DFPNAB) is not a statutory body. It is an independent grass roots body with participants from member organisations, public procurers and small businesses with a shared interest in promoting the use of the dynamic purchasing model in the food supply chain. While its members are not appointed by the Secretary of State, Defra does take part in meetings.</p><p> </p><p>Trials of the dynamic procurement model have shown it can, in the right circumstances, offer greater access to public sector contracts for small, medium and local producers. The Government is investigating the larger scale use of dynamic purchasing for food procurement and the DFPNAB has freely shared its knowledge and expertise to assist with this work.</p><p> </p><p>The DFPNAB meets approximately every three months. The date of the next meeting has not been agreed, but is expected to take place in January 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The DFPNAB does not publish the minutes of meetings.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not monitor the effectiveness of independent bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith grouped question UIN 3597 3598 3600 question first answered 28/10/2019 14:37:01 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1151520

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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	Dynamic Food Procurement National Advisory Board
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 his Department measures the effectiveness of the national advisory board on dynamic food procurement.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	3600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Dynamic Food Procurement National Advisory Board (DFPNAB) is not a statutory body. It is an independent grass roots body with participants from member organisations, public procurers and small businesses with a shared interest in promoting the use of the dynamic purchasing model in the food supply chain. While its members are not appointed by the Secretary of State, Defra does take part in meetings.</p><p> </p><p>Trials of the dynamic procurement model have shown it can, in the right circumstances, offer greater access to public sector contracts for small, medium and local producers. The Government is investigating the larger scale use of dynamic purchasing for food procurement and the DFPNAB has freely shared its knowledge and expertise to assist with this work.</p><p> </p><p>The DFPNAB meets approximately every three months. The date of the next meeting has not been agreed, but is expected to take place in January 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The DFPNAB does not publish the minutes of meetings.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not monitor the effectiveness of independent bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith grouped question UIN 3597 3598 3599 question first answered 28/10/2019 14:37:01 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1151567

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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	Water: Pollution
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 publish the most recent classification by chemical status of the UK's surface water bodies.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	3754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The most recent surface classifications were published in January 2017 and can be accessed via the Catchment Data Explorer application available online at: <a href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/" target="_blank">https://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Chemicals status classifications will next be updated in 2020 as part of the work to review and update River Basin Management Plans.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 28/10/2019 12:39:10 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1151568

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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	Water: Pollution
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 proportion of surface water bodies have been tested for chemical status using a biota sampling methodology; and of those bodies so tested what proportion were classified as having a good chemical status.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	3755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>Biota testing has now been undertaken in 2.8% (130) surface waterbodies.</p><p> </p><p>Chemicals status classifications will next be updated in 2020 as part of the work to review and update River Basin Management Plans.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 28/10/2019 12:53:21 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1151569

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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	Water: Pollution
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 proportion of unmonitored surface water bodies that would be classified as having a good chemical status using a biota sampling methodology.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	3756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>It is not possible to monitor biota in every water body. The Environment Agency is considering how to assess unmonitored surface water bodies to inform the classification of chemical status when this is next undertaken in 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 28/10/2019 12:46:58 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1151570

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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	Water: Pollution
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 use a biota sampling methodology to assess the chemical status of surface water bodies in the next round of the Government's River Basin Management Plans.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	3757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The intention is to use biota sampling to inform the next chemical status classification in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 28/10/2019 12:54:29 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1151622

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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	Low Emission Zones: Greater London
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 she will provide funding for local authorities in outer London to introduce their own separate Ultra Low Emissions Zones; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	3528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Mayor of London is responsible for air quality in the capital and has reserve powers under Part IV of the Environment Act (1995) to reflect this. Under the Environment Act the Mayor may direct the boroughs in the Greater London area concerning how they should assess and prioritise action in their areas.</p><p>London received funding for air quality as part of the 2015 £5.7 billion Transport for London funding settlement. London has also received further funding for specific projects totalling almost £147 million, including almost £10 million this year to clean up London buses and £45 million in plug-in car grants.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 28/10/2019 12:44:28 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas