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348082

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	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	World Milk Day
	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 took to celebrate World Milk Day on 1 June 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Defra issued a number of supportive statements through social media to promote World Milk Day and highlight some of the key features of the UK milk industry, including the scale of UK production and the latest information on dairy exports. In particular, we celebrated the important contribution of UK dairying to the economy and as a key source of calcium in UK diets.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/06/2015 11:12:41 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

536678

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2016
	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	Fisheries
	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 estimate she has made of the value of fishing to the UK economy in each of the last five financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	42926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2016 answer text <p>The Marine Management Organisation (MMO)’s Annual Fisheries Statistics show the contribution of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors to the UK economy over the calendar year period 2010-2014, as shown in the Table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contribution of the Fisheries and Aquaculture sectors to the UK economy (£ million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>466</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>454</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>426</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table: Contribution of the Fisheries and Aquaculture sectors to the UK economy, 2010-2014 (MMO, accessed 2016).</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2015 are not yet available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/07/2016 10:26:10 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

484307

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2016
	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	Dogs: Northern Ireland
	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 recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive on the illegal dog trade.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	32157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government takes the illegal movement of dogs seriously and it is committed to working with the Devolved Administrations, delivery bodies, enforcement agencies and non-government organisations to tackle this issue.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst there have been no recent Ministerial meetings on the illegal movement of dogs, Defra’s Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) has recently discussed the issue with his Devolved Administration counterparts, including the Northern Ireland CVO.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, there have been discussions on this issue between other Defra officials and officials within the Northern Ireland Devolved Administration.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/04/2016 11:13:09 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

454156

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Ministerial Policy Advisers
	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 (a) policy and (b) other responsibilities are of each special adviser in her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	27952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, to PQ UIN 27946 on 29 March.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/03/2016 10:51:32 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

535226

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2016
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Maps
	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 estimated value is of maps held by her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	42314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2016 answer text <p>Core Defra held a full set of hard copy Ordnance Survey Landranger maps. There are 204 maps in a full Landranger set.</p><p> </p><p>The approximate second-hand sale value of all Core Defra hard copy maps is £1000.</p><p> </p><p>Most of the mapping data that Defra uses is in electronic format.</p><p> </p><p>Mapping data created by Defra, such as noise maps or maps of air quality, are made available as open data, without charge. As such, market value is difficult to ascertain.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/07/2016 08:31:31 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

536676

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2016
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Maps
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2016 to Question 42314, what the process is for disposal of outdated or damaged maps held by her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	42911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>Defra has no specific process for disposal of printed maps. A number of out of date maps were included in a sale of old library books in 2014 and the proceeds of £161.60 were donated to charity.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 25/07/2016 14:05:50 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

454157

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Health
	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 her Department's wellness strategy is.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	27931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>Our Department’s employee Wellbeing Framework complements our Health and Safety Policy and supports the implementation of the Civil Service Employee Health and Wellbeing Strategic Action Plan. Our framework has been developed collaboratively by the Defra Wellbeing network to ensure consistency across all organisations in the Defra group. It focuses on three key priorities: Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies and Healthy Lifestyles and is delivered to our employees via workshops, campaigns and other initiatives accessible to all.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/03/2016 11:21:41 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma