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1219851

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
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	Peatlands: Controlled Burning
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 he will bring forward legislative proposals to ban the burning of peatland in protected areas.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	67652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government has always been clear of the need to phase out burning of protected blanket bog to conserve these vulnerable habitats. We are currently looking at how legislation could achieve this and considering next steps. Real progress is being made in promoting sustainable alternatives. We have urged landowners to adopt these and continue to work with them constructively.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 10/07/2020 14:31:54 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1219853

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
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	Peatlands: Fires
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 is taking to (a) ban burning of peatland and (b) tackle accidental peat fires.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	67653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government has always been clear of the need to phase out burning of protected blanket bog to conserve these vulnerable habitats. We are currently looking at how legislation could achieve this and considering next steps. Real progress is being made in promoting sustainable alternatives. We have urged landowners to adopt these and continue to work with them constructively.</p><p> </p><p>We are working across Government with a wide range of stakeholders including land managers, conservation bodies and wildfire management groups to ensure that we promote better planning for wildfire locally and take measures to mitigate against the risk of wildfire. We undertook a review of the impact of wildfire and upland environments in 2019 and will publish the findings in due course.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 10/07/2020 13:38:51 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1219854

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
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	Pest Control: Crime
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 is taking to tackle the laying of illegal poison baits.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	67654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2020 answer text <p>Biocidal products, including rodenticides and insecticides, have to be authorised under the Biocidal Products Regulation. The use of biocides must comply with specific terms and conditions, including on the placing of baits. Where the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has enforcement responsibility, it seeks to ensure that high standards of compliance with biocides are achieved and maintained. The Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme (WIIS), operated by HSE on behalf of Defra, investigates the deaths, not just of wildlife, but also of livestock and some pets, where there is evidence that biocide poisoning may be involved. Where poison baits are used illegally to harm wildlife, such as raptors, responsibility for enforcement lies with the police.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 08/07/2020 12:44:50 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1173956

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
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	Sites of Special Scientific Interest
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 cost to the public purse was of Natural England’s programme of monitoring of SSSIs in each calendar year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	9028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Natural England (NE) expenditure on monitoring sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) is set out in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Expenditure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£1,570,755</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£1,517,691</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£1,797,287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£1,420,892</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£1,381,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£900,633</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£1,028,533</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£700,452</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£700,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This includes NE staff time and the costs of specialist surveys.</p><p> </p><p>This year NE is prioritising actions to address particular issues on SSSIs, especially those affecting upland SSSIs. NE continues to support and encourage partners in the work they do themselves to undertake SSSI monitoring.</p><p> </p><p>NE is also developing an approach to the monitoring of SSSIs which will make better use of new technologies, such as remote sensing and greater partnership involvement. This is intended to improve efficiency of SSSI monitoring.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 03/02/2020 15:48:54 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1173957

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
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	Sites of Special Scientific Interest
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 and what proportion of SSSI units were monitored (a) by number of units and (b) by area, in hectares as part of Natural England’s SSSI monitoring programme in each calendar year from 2009.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	9029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The numbers of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) units monitored and the area of units monitored in each calendar year from 2009 to 2019 are given below. The proportions of SSSI units and SSSI area have been expressed against a single common figure, reflecting the current SSSI extent, rather than the extent in each year. This is because the area and number of SSSI units have changed within the individual years from 2009 to 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Area monitored (ha)</p></td><td><p>Number of units monitored</p></td><td><p>Proportion of SSSI units (based on current number of SSSI monitoring units)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of SSSI area (based on current area of SSSI monitoring units)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>204,465</p></td><td><p>3,655</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>339,441</p></td><td><p>5,009</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>79,753</p></td><td><p>2,349</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>108,615</p></td><td><p>2,689</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>91,471</p></td><td><p>1,993</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>67,274</p></td><td><p>1,437</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>72,115</p></td><td><p>1,599</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>61,983</p></td><td><p>1,097</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>36,187</p></td><td><p>769</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>38,987</p></td><td><p>968</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>75,619</p></td><td><p>1,275</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 03/02/2020 10:58:04 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1173958

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
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	Sites of Special Scientific Interest
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 full-time equivalent staff were employed by Natural England’s SSSI monitoring programme in each calendar year from 2009.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	9030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The information is only available for financial years rather than calendar years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>33.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>24.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>22.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>16.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 03/02/2020 15:44:59 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams