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57972

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Biofuels: Air 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, with reference to the Answer of 8 May 2014, Official Report, column 272W, on biofuels: air pollution, for what reasons estimated social costs of biomass emissions of fine particles contained in his Department's Answer of 26 March 2009, Official Report, column 697W, on air pollution, were not reflected in that Answer; and for what reasons his Department no longer estimates the social costs of fine particles emitted by biomass combustion.
	tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
	tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
	uin	198818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The social (health) costs included in the answer of 26 March 2009 were calculated by Defra to evaluate specific scenarios of uptake of biomass heat in 2020. These costs were calculated for policy development purposes in accordance with Treasury Green Book guidance and methodologies developed with the support of the Interdepartmental Group on Costs and Benefits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Estimates of emissions by source (including biomass emissions) are updated annually and reported in the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory, but social (health) costs by emissions source are not routinely calculated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Estimates of the health burden due to total anthropogenic fine particulate matter (PM<sub>2.5</sub>) in the UK are calculated as part of the Public Health Outcomes Framework indicator. This is based on modelled annual population weighted mean total anthropogenic PM<sub>2.5 </sub>levels in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/06/2014 13:31:59 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

78127

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	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: Business
	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 the Answer of 3 March 2014, Official Report, column 624W, on Floods: Business, how many Repair and Renewal Grant applications have been (a) received and (b) processed.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	206039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The ‘Repair and Renew’ grant was launched on 1 April 2014. Applications for the grant are being received and processed by local authorities, who may then invoice Defra every quarter. Defra began receiving invoices from local authorities in July.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 22/07/2014 10:45:25 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

62285

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	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	Drinking Water: Contamination
	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 the Answer of 196584 6 May 2014, Official Report, column 41W, on drinking water, what plans his Department has to test for the levels of tranquillisers and antidepressants in drinking water; and if his Department will conduct a study into levels of psychotropic drugs in UK river and seawater.
	tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
	tabling member printed	Jim Dobbin
	uin	201036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In 2012, the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) published research looking at pharmaceuticals likely to present the worst case scenario in drinking water. Fluoxetine was included in the study, the outcome of which was that these pharmaceuticals presented no concern for public health. The research is part of an ongoing risk assessment which is revisited in the event of new information. The DWI has also responded to the earlier PQ (0019) on this matter.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Monitoring river water and seawater is driven by requirements under the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). As psychotropic drugshave not been identified as harmful chemicals under the WFD they are not routinely monitored, although they may be detected in less-specific investigations<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The water industry has undertaken collaborative research into chemicals in sewage effluent through the UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) Chemicals Investigation Programme. Some medicines were included in the first Programme of 2010-13, including fluoxetine. A second Chemical Investigations Programme, beginning in 2015, will look at the psychoactive medicines fluoxetine and sertraline in sewage effluent.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 23/06/2014 10:09:48 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	446 label Biography information for Jim Dobbin

61696

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	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	Forests
	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 the Answer of 10 April 2014, Official Report, column 394W, on forests, for what reasons the Government did not announce in the Queen's Speech legislative proposals to protect the public forest estate.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	200611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There were many proposals competing for the limited space within the Fourth Session programme and the proposed forestry measures could not be accommodated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government stands by its commitment to establish a new public body to hold the Public Forest Estate in trust for the nation, as set out in its Forestry and Woodlands Policy Statement of January 2013, as soon as Parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/06/2014 09:33:44 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

57729

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Glyphosate
	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 the Answer given in the House of Lords of 28 October 2013, Official Report, column 208W, on Agriculture: Pesticides, if he will place in the Library a list of the (a) published research being considered by the current review of the EU approval of glyphosate and (b) ongoing or completed research relating to potential links between glyphosate and chronic diseases and conditions in humans.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	198628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Lists of the studies found by a search of published literature and of those determined to be relevant by the German regulatory authorities, who are assessing the data on behalf of the EU, can be found in Volume 3 of the Renewal Assessment Report. This was published on 12 March 2014 on the European Food Safety Authority's website at <a href="http://dar.efsa.europa.eu/dar-web/provision" target="_blank">http://dar.efsa.europa.eu/dar-web/provision</a>. The Government does not plan to publish a separate list of ongoing or completed research.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/06/2014 09:48:07 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

47589

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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
	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 his Department's biodiversity offsetting schemes, what spatial constraints will be placed on the location of such schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	195680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra is currently considering its policy options on offsetting which include what spatial constraints there might be on the location of offsets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These considerations are being made in light of feedback and evidence from several sources. These include our public consultation on biodiversity offsetting in England, the Environmental Audit Committee's report and evidence from the six offsetting pilots.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 24/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

65132

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	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: Lancashire
	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 Lancaster City Council's Local Plan for Lancaster District 2011-2031: Strategic Options for Land Allocations, what assessment his Department has made of the drainage and flood prevention measures that would be required in respect of the 5,000 new homes in the rural area of the Lune Valley that would be required under Option 5 of that plan.
	tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
	tabling member printed	David Morris
	uin	203505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We have not made any specific assessment as the drafting of a Local Plan is a matter for the local council.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Planning guidance is clear that infrastructure requirements must be considered by councils when making plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 07/07/2014 13:59:19 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

49491

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who is responsible for the collection and disposal of clinical waste from patients' homes.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	197597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Local authorities have duties to arrange for the collection and disposal of household waste. Clinical waste produced at domestic property is treated as household waste.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

64724

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	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	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, which organisations collect subscriptions through the employers' payroll service in his Department and its agencies.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	203104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This response covers Core Defra, Animal Health Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA), the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), the Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA), the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) and the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra and its agencies allow the following organisations to collect subscriptions through its payroll services:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>AXA Sun Life (FERA only)</p><p> </p><p>Benenden Healthcare Society</p><p> </p><p>Birmingham Hosp Saturday Fund (AHVLA and RPA only)</p><p> </p><p>Charitable Giving</p><p> </p><p>Charity for Civil Servants</p><p> </p><p>Civil Service Benevolent Fund</p><p> </p><p>Civil Service Club</p><p> </p><p>Civil Service Pension Scheme (inc stakeholder)</p><p> </p><p>Civil Service Retirement Fellowship</p><p> </p><p>Civil Service Sports Council</p><p> </p><p>Commercial Union Life Assurance</p><p> </p><p>Customs &amp; Excise Sports Club (core Defra only)</p><p> </p><p>Customs Fund Insurance (core Defra only)</p><p> </p><p>Cyclescheme (FERA only)</p><p> </p><p>Defra Lottery</p><p> </p><p>Department of Environment Recreational Association (core Defra only)</p><p> </p><p>Dimensions Fitness</p><p> </p><p>Fideliti</p><p> </p><p>First Division Association</p><p> </p><p>Forester Health Plan Scheme</p><p> </p><p>General, Municipal &amp; Boilermakers (AHVLA only)</p><p> </p><p>Give As You Earn (RPA and CEFAS only)</p><p> </p><p>Halfords</p><p> </p><p>HAS Crown Plan &amp; Individual (RPA only)</p><p> </p><p>Hospital Savings Association</p><p> </p><p>Land Registry Sports &amp; Social (VMD only)</p><p> </p><p>Leeds Hospital Fund (AHVLA only)</p><p> </p><p>Medicash Health Scheme (CEFAS and RPA only)</p><p> </p><p>Minerva Sports &amp; Social (VMD only)</p><p> </p><p>Prospect</p><p> </p><p>Public and Commercial Services Union</p><p> </p><p>Simply Health (core Defra and FERA only)</p><p> </p><p>Sodexo (FERA only)</p><p> </p><p>Sovereign Health Care (core Defra and FERA only)</p><p> </p><p>SSA Lottery (CEFAS only)</p><p> </p><p>Sun Life Assurance Company</p><p> </p><p>Welsh Hospitals (AHVLA only)</p><p> </p><p>Welsh Office Sports &amp; Social Association (core Defra only)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 04/07/2014 13:11:22 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

63497

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	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
	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 local authorities have been sent letters indicating that they may have to pay part or all of the fines arising from infraction proceedings following the European Court of Justice's finding against the UK for breach of nitrogen dioxide limit values under the EU Air Quality Directive.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	201997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In March this year, Defra sent letters to all local authorities in England to inform them of the Commission's decision to commence infraction procedures against the UK for non-compliance with NO<sub>2</sub> limit values, what it means and the next steps that should be taken by the Government in response. As part of this, local authorities were reminded of the discretionary power in Part 2 of the Localism Act under which the Government could require responsible authorities to pay all or part of an infraction fine.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 30/06/2014 14:15:37 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith