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178680

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2015
	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	European Union
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total cost of the Review of the Balance of Competences between the United Kingdom and the European Union to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and its associated agencies, broken down by (1) staff time, (2) printing costs, (3) running of engagement events, (4) witness expenses, (5) publicity of the reports, and (6) any and all other associated costs.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Scott of Needham Market
	uin	HL4830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Defra was responsible for the following reports as part of the Balance of Competences Review:</p><ul><li>Animal Health and Welfare and Food Safety (which was produced jointly with the Food Standards Agency);</li><li>Environment and Climate Change (which was produced jointly with DECC);</li><li>Agriculture; and</li><li>Fisheries.</li></ul><p> </p><p>1) Staff costs</p><p>The cost of the Defra team which led on producing the four reports between 2012 and 2014 was approximately £500,000. The team drew on expert advice from staff across the Department. Providing a full breakdown of all staff time and costs would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold.</p><p> </p><p>2) Printing costs</p><p>Defra paid approximately £13<del class="ministerial">0</del>,000 to print and publish the four reports.</p><p> </p><p>3) Running engagement events</p><p>Engagement events were held in Brussels, various locations in all parts of the UK, and at Defra’s London and York offices. The total cost of events, including refreshments and Defra staff travel, was approximately £4,000. To provide a full breakdown of staff time and costs would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold.</p><p> </p><p>4) Witness expenses</p><p>Defra did not incur any expenses for witnesses.</p><p>5) Publicity</p><p>Defra did not incur expenses for publicity of the reports.</p><p> </p><p>6) All other associated costs</p><p>There were no other associated costs.</p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 23/02/2015 13:02:07 question first ministerially corrected 11/03/2015 13:09:46 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley previous answer version 45712 answering member printed Lord De Mauley answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
	tabling member	2542 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Needham Market

578582

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2016
	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	Tree Planting
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 4 April (HL7141), whether they are on target to meet their commitment to plant 11 million trees by 2020, and what are the latest figures for trees planted to date.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL1726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Figures published by the Forestry Commission show that 546 hectares of woodland was created in England during the financial year 2015-16. This was supported by the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE).</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Forestry Commission estimates that a further 165 hectares of woodland was created without RDPE support, bringing the total created during 2015-16 to 711 hectares.</p><p> </p><p>In the period April 2016 - June <ins class="ministerial">2016</ins> <del class="ministerial">2017</del>, a further 422 hectares of woodland was created with RDPE support. This amounted to 1,292,000 trees planted in England.</p><p> </p><p>This Government remains committed to planting 11 million trees during this Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 19/09/2016 09:02:42 question first ministerially corrected 27/01/2017 12:02:23 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble previous answer version 11436 answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

723733

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2017
	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	Pesticides
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the recommendations of the March 2017 report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food on pesticide use in agriculture, what steps they are taking to protect rural residents and communities from the detrimental health impact of pesticides.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL6775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial"><em>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</em></del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Pesticides can only be sold and used if they are authorised. Authorisation is only granted if scientific data demonstrate that the proposed use of the pesticide will not have any harmful effects on human health or any unacceptable effect on the environment. The assessment of risks to human health takes account of the potential for exposure of rural residents.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 27/04/2017 10:57:38 question first ministerially corrected 27/04/2017 15:07:17 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble previous answer version 46574 answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

723742

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2017
	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	Supermarkets: Marketing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what evidence they have that UK supermarkets sell products using the names of non-existent farms and other businesses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL6784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial"><em>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</em></del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Brand names can be used but this must be done in line with the Food Information for Consumers Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 which prohibits food labelling from misleading the consumer. The way that product brands influence consumers’ choices will vary between cases, depending on the circumstances. Enforcement authorities will take action if there is evidence that a food business operator is labelling food in a way that is misleading.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 27/04/2017 10:58:14 question first ministerially corrected 27/04/2017 15:06:56 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble previous answer version 46575 answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

723775

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2017
	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	Fly-tipping
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proposals they have to reduce the amount of fly tipping in the UK; and when any such proposals will be introduced.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL6817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial"><em>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</em></del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Fly-tipping is unacceptable whether it occurs on public or private land. Not only does it blight the areas in which it occurs but may also pose a risk to the environment and human health.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In May 2016 we gave local councils the power to issue fixed penalty notices of up to £400 for small-scale fly-tipping as an alternative to more costly prosecutions. This built on other action to tackle fly-tipping, including: working with the sentencing Council on its sentencing guideline for environmental offences; making it easier for vehicles suspected of being involved in waste crime to be stopped, searched and seized; continuing to chair the National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group to promote and disseminate good practice for tackling fly-tipping; strengthening the waste Duty of Care by publishing a revised Code of Practice and supporting the industry-led Right Waste Right Place campaign to promote Duty of Care to small businesses.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 27/04/2017 10:57:54 question first ministerially corrected 27/04/2017 15:06:17 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble previous answer version 46577 answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

833627

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	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	Non-native Species
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they spent in the 2016–17 financial year on biosecurity measures relating to invasive non-native species, broken down by (1) policy functions, (2) inspectorate functions, (3) technical support functions, for example, risk assessments and diagnostics, (4) response functions, including control activities, and (5) research.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
	uin	HL5245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) spent £3.8m on invasive non-native species in 2016/17 including both direct costs and apportioned support staff and overheads.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">APHA do not keep the split as requested but can further subdivide the cost between direct costs (£2.2m) and apportioned support staff and overheads (£1.6m).</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Biosecurity and control of invasive non-native species are devolved matters.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In England in 2016/17 the government spent an estimated total of £922,000 on biosecurity measures relating to invasive non-native species.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The overall cost can be apportioned as £145,000 for policy functions, £90,000 on risk analysis, £335,000 for early warning and rapid response measures, £210,000 on coordination, £80,000 on communication and awareness raising activities, and £62,000 on research.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 06/02/2018 13:51:04 question first ministerially corrected 21/02/2018 18:49:37 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble previous answer version 39616 answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1041442

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Bodies
	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 staff at the (a) Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, (b) Animal and Plant Health Agency, (c) Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, (d) Rural Payments Agency and (e) Veterinary Medicines Doctorate (i) inside and (ii) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	208407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of staff paid below the London Living Wage, working inside and outside of Greater London, in the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences, Rural Payments Agency and Veterinary Medicines Directorate.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Inside Greater London</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outside Greater London</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Animal and Plant Health Agency</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural Payments Agency</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Veterinary Medicines Directorate</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All permanent staff working outside of Greater London are paid above both the National Living Wage (£7.83 per hour) and non-London Living Wage (<del class="ministerial">£8.75</del> <ins class="ministerial">£9.00</ins> per hour).</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/01/2019 17:00:10 question first ministerially corrected 24/01/2019 10:25:57 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 96787 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1050404

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2019
	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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease 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 many herds in (a) Area 01, Gloucestershire and (b) Area 02, West Somerset badger control areas were tested with interferon gamma in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	213909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The number of holdings in a) Area 01, Gloucestershire and b) Area 02, West Somerset that were subject to interferon gamma testing is set out below. This includes the number of samples that were positive. In this instance, ‘herd’ has been interpreted to mean ‘holding (County Parish Holding - CPH)’.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Our policy of applying the interferon gamma test in TB affected herds in badger control areas was introduced in April 2017. The data you requested, from that date, is:</del></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Gloucestershire</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Somerset excluding North</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2017</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2018</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">23</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">14</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The number of holdings in a) Area 01-Gloucestershire and b) Area 02-Somerset that were subject to interferon gamma testing is set out below. In this instance, ‘herd’ has been interpreted to mean ‘holding (County Parish Holding - CPH)’.</ins></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Year</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Area 1-Gloucestershire</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Area 2-Somerset</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2010</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2011</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2012</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2015</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2016</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2017</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2018</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">13</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 05/02/2019 16:29:49 question first ministerially corrected 03/04/2019 10:50:29 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 99818 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1050406

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2019
	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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease 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 many herds in Area 03, Dorset (03) badger control areas were tested with interferon gamma in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	213911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The number of holdings in Area 03, Dorset that were subject to interferon gamma testing is set out below. This includes the number of samples that were positive. In this instance, ‘herd’ has been interpreted to mean ‘holding (County Parish Holding - CPH)’.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Our policy of applying the interferon gamma test in TB affected herds in badger control areas was introduced in April 2017. The data you requested, from that date, is:</del></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Dorset</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2017</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2018</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">25</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The number of holdings in Area 03-Dorset that were subject to interferon gamma testing is set out below. In this instance, ‘herd’ has been interpreted to mean ‘holding (County Parish Holding - CPH)’.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Year</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Area 3-Dorset</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2012</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2015</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2016</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2017</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">13</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2018</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">17</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 05/02/2019 16:50:53 question first ministerially corrected 03/04/2019 10:50:09 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 99848 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1051349

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease 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 many holdings were tested for bovine tuberculosis using interferon gamma testing; how many animals were tested in each of those holdings using interferon gamma tests; and of those animals tested, how many tested positive in each county of England in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	214456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The number of holdings in English counties that were subject to interferon gamma testing is set out in the attached table. This includes the number of animals that were tested and the number of samples that were positive.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/02/2019 16:37:28 question first ministerially corrected 07/02/2019 10:22:17 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice attachment 1 file name Gamma testing - all counties.docx title Gamma testing data for England previous answer version 99444 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice attachment 1 file name PQ 214456 - Gamma testing - all counties.docx title Gamma testing - all counties
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew