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1145588

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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 Supply: Chemicals
	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 plans her Department has support water companies in the supply of purification chemicals in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	290382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>We have been working closely with all water companies in the UK, as well as chemical suppliers, regulators and the devolved administrations on contingency planning. Companies are well advanced in their preparations to make sure they can meet their statutory responsibility to maintain services. We are confident that no-deal will not have an impact on water supply.</p><p>It will be the case that our water will continue to be safe and of the same quality customers expect when we leave the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/09/2019 16:44:26 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1145866

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Plastics: 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 steps her Department is taking to encourage (a) ports and (b) transport companies involved in the movement of plastic (i) pellets and (ii) nurdles to sign up to the British Plastics Federation’s industry-led scheme Operation Clean Sweep to reduce the loss of plastic pellets in transit.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	290823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>UK ports are an important part of the pre-production plastic pellets supply chain. As such, we have welcomed the moves by PD Teesport and the Port of Felixstowe to sign up to Operation Clean Sweep and call for other UK ports to do the same. However, we must continue to engage all stages of the supply chain, such as manufacturing, logistics and processing, if we want to tackle the scourge of plastic pellet loss effectively. Collaboration with the British Plastics Federation is key to making this happen.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/09/2019 16:52:02 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1145924

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Air Pollution: Pollution 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, how much her Department has spent from the public purse on tackling poor air quality in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	290860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Joint Air Quality Unit (JAQU) is a cross-Departmental team between the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Department for Transport (DfT). It was set up in Financial Year (FY) 2016/17 and is responsible for the delivery of the UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations (NO2).</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows Defra’s spend for FY 2015/16 and JAQU’s total spend each year since FY 2016/17. Figures for FY 2014/15 are not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Defra Funding</strong> <strong>(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>DfT Funding</strong> <strong>(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong> <strong>(£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>-*</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>19.9</p></td><td><p>22.4</p></td><td><p>42.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>51.6</p></td><td><p>109.2</p></td><td><p>160.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*No DfT funding for FY 2015/16</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/09/2019 16:53:43 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1145928

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Environment Agency: Pay
	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 progress her Department has made on resolving the pay dispute at the Environment Agency.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	290863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) is in meaningful talks with its recognised trade unions. This has resulted in the suspension of action by one of the trade unions.</p><p> </p><p>The EA has a portfolio of transformational projects which will better support the development of any future pay reform, and on which the EA is working collaboratively with its trade unions.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, the EA will move forward with a pay deal for 2019 which will be in line with the Government’s Civil Service pay remit guidance for 2019 to 2020.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/09/2019 16:46:24 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1145929

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Fracking: Methane
	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 effect of fracking on trends in the level of methane emissions.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	290864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>There is currently only one operational shale gas exploration site in the UK. The Environment Agency (EA) has set legally binding conditions to require monitoring and control of methane emissions at the hydraulic fracturing site in Lancashire. Cuadrilla are required to carry out regular emissions monitoring, including continuous monitoring of methane to air before and during shale gas operations. The results are submitted regularly to the EA. The levels of methane in the ambient air are also monitored independently off site by the EA and the British Geological Survey.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/09/2019 16:55:29 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1146048

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Waste Management: Wales
	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 (a) residential, (b) commercial and (c) industrial waste originating in England has been sent for processing in Wales in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	290911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>This level of detailed information is not routinely collated and cannot be readily compiled from information held by Defra for residential, commercial or industrial waste originating in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/09/2019 16:57:21 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1146065

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Northumbrian 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, what meetings her Department has had with Northumbrian Water to discuss preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	291115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>We have been working closely with all water companies in the UK, as well as chemical suppliers, regulators and the devolved administrations on contingency planning. Companies are well advanced in their preparations to make sure they can meet their statutory responsibility to maintain services. We are confident that no-deal will not have an impact on water supply.</p><p> </p><p>It will be the case that our water will continue to be safe and of the same quality customers expect when we leave the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/09/2019 16:56:00 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1146204

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Plastics: Waste
	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 Policy Connects report entitled Plastic Packaging Plan: achieving zero 'waste' exports, published January 2019, that highlighted UK exports of plastic packaging overseas stood at 4.15 million tonnes between 2010-2017, what steps her Department are taking to ensure the UK is a net-zero exporter of plastic packaging by 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
	tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
	uin	291145
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>We have made no formal assessment of becoming a “net-zero exporter of plastic packaging”.</p><p> </p><p>The Resources and Waste strategy sets out Governments aim to significantly increase UKs reprocessing capacity, including for plastics. This will be achieved by providing a large and stable supply of recyclable waste materials, increasing the quality of the waste materials to be recycled, improving demand for recycled materials and levelling the playing field for UK reprocessors through minimising illegal waste exports.</p><p> </p><p>Government has recently consulted on wide ranging reforms to support these aims through greater consistency in household and business recycling, reform of packaging producer responsibility, and the introduction of a deposit return scheme for drinks containers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 291146 question first answered 30/09/2019 16:53:59 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

1146206

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Plastics: Packaging
	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 merits of the UK becoming a net-zero exporter of plastic packaging by 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
	tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
	uin	291146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>We have made no formal assessment of becoming a “net-zero exporter of plastic packaging”.</p><p> </p><p>The Resources and Waste strategy sets out Governments aim to significantly increase UKs reprocessing capacity, including for plastics. This will be achieved by providing a large and stable supply of recyclable waste materials, increasing the quality of the waste materials to be recycled, improving demand for recycled materials and levelling the playing field for UK reprocessors through minimising illegal waste exports.</p><p> </p><p>Government has recently consulted on wide ranging reforms to support these aims through greater consistency in household and business recycling, reform of packaging producer responsibility, and the introduction of a deposit return scheme for drinks containers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 291145 question first answered 30/09/2019 16:53:59 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

1146209

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Plastics: 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 steps she is taking to ensure the UK meets targets as set out under the European Union Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive and Circular Economy Package to (a) recycle 70% of packaging waste by 2030 and (b) recycle 65 per cent of municipal waste by 2035.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
	tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
	uin	291148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government has recently consulted on a package of measures to overhaul the waste and recycling system. This included reforms to the packaging producer responsibility system to incentivise producers to use easier to recycle packaging and ensure the UK achieves a 70% recycling rate for packaging waste by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>This consultation also proposed a system of modulated fees to incentivise design for recyclability to ensure that the majority of packaging can be easily recycled.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have consulted on measures to achieve greater consistency in recycling provision across England. Following support at consultation, we will legislate so that all local authorities in England collect the same core set of dry, recyclable materials and provide a weekly, separate food waste collection service to households, from 2023. We will also legislate so that businesses and other organisations separate dry recyclable materials and food waste from residual waste streams to be recycled also from 2023.</p><p> </p><p>These measures, together with packaging reforms, will contribute towards achieving an overall 65% recycling rate of municipal waste by 2035.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 291149 question first answered 30/09/2019 16:50:05 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin