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1700287

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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	Wildlife: 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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) classifying wildlife crimes as either-way offences with a maximum sentence of up to five years imprisonment, (b) giving wildlife crime notifiable status and (c) incorporating wildlife crime into the Policing Education Qualification Framework.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	21038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government takes crimes against wildlife seriously. In 2022 Defra more than doubled its funding of the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) from a total of £495,000 over the three previous years to £1.2 million for the three-year period of 2022-25.</p><p> </p><p>Significant sanctions are already available to judges to hand down to those convicted of wildlife crimes - up to an unlimited fine and/or a six-month custodial sentence. Furthermore, the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021 realises the Government’s manifesto commitment to increase the sentences available to our courts for the most serious cases of animal cruelty – including acts against wildlife - by increasing the maximum penalty for this offence to five years’ imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine. Sentencing those convicted of wildlife crimes is, however, a matter for judges; these decisions are rightly taken independently of Government.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has actively supported stakeholders in making representations to the Home Office regarding the issue of making wildlife crimes notifiable. However, regardless of notifiable status, when it comes to responding to the most prevalent wildlife crimes, Chief Constables have operational independence to tackle the crimes that matter most to their communities.</p><p> </p><p>Wildlife crime is not mandated as authorised professional practice and therefore is not a training requirement via the College of Policing. However, the NWCU (funded to a large degree by Defra) currently provides training to police officers across the UK. This training reflects the National Police Chiefs' Council wildlife crime strategy and provides comprehensive training in UK wildlife crime priorities and emerging trends. Since November 2022 the NWCU has trained 890 officers and is in the process of building a comprehensive digital training platform for wildlife crime which police officers and police staff will be able to access nationwide. Additionally, the NWCU provides a digital information hub for almost 1000 police staff, with up-to-date guidance on investigating wildlife crime.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 21248 question first answered 24/04/2024 14:49:39 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1700144

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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	Swimming
	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 his Department has made of the adequacy of the guidance entitled Designate a bathing water: guidance on how to apply, published on 3 July 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	21035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The updated bathing water guidance for England, published in July 2023, makes applying for bathing water designation clearer and more streamlined for applicants.</p><p>The main changes to the designation guidance were:</p><ul><ul><li>There must be at least 100 bathers a day at the site during the bathing season.</li><li>Applicants must carry out user surveys on two days during the bathing season (15 May-30 September) to provide evidence of this.</li><li>There must be access to toilet facilities within a short distance of up to 500m of the proposed bathing water site.</li><li>Clearer guidance on seeking local views on proposals to designate sites as bathing waters.</li><li>The introduction of an application form to make it easier for people to prepare their applications.</li></ul></ul><p> </p><p>Defra engages with a range of stakeholders on bathing waters and welcomes views on the application guidance.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 23/04/2024 16:03:49 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1677155

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2023
	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	Swimming
	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 inland bathing water site applications were received in 2022; and how many and what proportion of those applications were accepted.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	6307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>In 2022 Defra received 16 bathing water applications for inland sites. Three of these sites were designated as bathing waters: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek, Rutland Water Sykes Lane and an area of the River Deben Estuary at Waldringfield, Suffolk.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 19/12/2023 12:01:01 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery