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724556

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2017
	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	Microplastics: Animal Welfare
	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 18 April 2017 to Question 69988, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of the effect of microplastics on the welfare of land animals.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	72012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2017 answer text <p><B>The House of Commons was prorogued before the earliest date of answer for this Question.</B></p> answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered 02/05/2017 10:00:00 answering member 0
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

724557

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2017
	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	Ivory: Sales
	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 18 April 2017 to Question 69979, for what reason that Answer does not refer to any assessment of the effectiveness of the ban on the sale of antique ivory objects made after 1947.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	72014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2017 answer text <p><B>The House of Commons was prorogued before the earliest date of answer for this Question.</B></p> answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered 02/05/2017 10:00:00 answering member 0
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

147496

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	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	Buildings
	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 buildings her Department sold in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	213997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>We have interpreted ‘buildings’ to mean ‘sites’. A site can be made up of several of buildings.</p><p>The table below shows the number of sites sold by core Defra by financial year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>14/15 to date.</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of sites sold</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/11/2014 15:45:30 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

147497

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	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	Procurement
	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 contracts signed by her Department with suppliers of services or consultants include a clause providing that if the contract is abrogated by the Government, the provider or consultant will be compensated for lost income since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
	tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
	uin	214007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The standard terms and conditions used by core Defra do not include compensation clauses in the event of termination of the contract. Reviewing all contracts signed since 2010 to identify possible exceptions to our standard terms would entail disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since January 2011, as part of the Government’s transparency programme, details of contracts worth over £10,000 are published online on Contracts Finder (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder). </a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 19/11/2014 13:45:48 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

155460

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	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: Greater London
	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 assessment her Department has made of air quality in London; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	214312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Defra uses both monitoring and modelling to assess air quality in the UK. Data is updated hourly on our website at: <a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/</a>. For the 17 automatic monitoring sites in London, modelled data for previous years and projections for the achievement of EU air quality limit values for nitrogen dioxide are also available on the website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/11/2014 13:23:37 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

155461

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	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: Greater London
	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 assessment her Department has made of public health risks from air pollution in London; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	214313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP) advises the Government on all matters concerning the health effects of air pollutants. COMEAP has previously assessed the effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on mortality. It has also assessed mortality effects from particulate matter specifically, which included an assessment for London. The reports are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/comeap-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/comeap-reports</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Mortality attributable to particulate air pollution is included in the Public Health Outcomes Framework, used to assess progress by local authorities in addressing this health issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/11/2014 13:23:08 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

155463

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	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	Correspondence
	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 often her Department reviews its processes regarding the logging of emails, letters and other correspondence received; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	214250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Core Defra keeps processes under continuous review to improve the services we provide.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/11/2014 13:23:59 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

155804

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	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	Landfill: North of England
	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 10 November 2014 to Question 213275, how many of the seven landfill operators in the North East of England to which enforcement notices have been issued in the last 12 months have owned a landfill site in that region.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	214699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The Environment Agency does not hold information on land ownership for landfill sites. Records on land ownership can be obtained from Land Registry.</p><p>The landfill operators on which the seven enforcement notices were served and site details are:</p><p>Caird Peckfield Ltd</p><p>Peckfield Landfill Site</p><p>Ridge Road</p><p>Micklefield</p><p>Leeds</p><p>West Yorkshire</p><p>LS25 4DW</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(four notices were served on this operator in relation to this site)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>City Plant Ltd</p><p> </p><p>Gilberdyke Landfill</p><p> </p><p>Leatherdog Lane</p><p> </p><p>Newport</p><p> </p><p>East Yorkshire</p><p> </p><p>HU15 2QG</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(two notices were served on this operator in relation to this site)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Bradley Park Waste Management Ltd</p><p> </p><p>Bradley Park Landfill Site</p><p> </p><p>Occupation Lane</p><p> </p><p>off Lower Quarry Road</p><p> </p><p>Huddersfield</p><p> </p><p>West Yorkshire</p><p> </p><p>HD2 1FN</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(one notice was served on this operator in relation to this site)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 24/11/2014 17:11:25 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

155881

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	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: Insurance
	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 17 November 2014 to Question 213979, what steps she has taken to gather evidence to inform her Department's monitoring of the insurance market; and whether there will be an opportunity for (a) hon. Members, (b) small businesses and (c) members of the public to inform her Department's work in this area.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	214805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>Evidence on the availability of flood insurance has been provided and considered by Defra at various stages, including during the passage of the Water Act 2014 through Parliament and following the Downing Street Floods summit on 18 February.</p><p>I met representatives of small businesses in June to listen to their concerns and to provide an outline of our plans for market monitoring. Findings of the Defra research contract will be published next year. I intend to have another meeting when this work is completed.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 20/11/2014 13:53:10 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

155882

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	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	Public Footpaths: Coastal Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department will complete the coastal footpath project by the target year of 2020; what the cost to date of that project is; and from which budgets funds have been allocated for the completion of the path.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	214716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>We are committed to completing the coastal path around England by 2020. As announced by the Deputy Prime Minister, extra funding will be made available and we are discussing this with HM Treasury.</p><p>To date, Natural England has incurred establishment costs of £137,238 on the three stretches of the coast where the right of access under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 has been implemented. Natural England has estimated further establishment costs of £851,730 on the six stretches where it has submitted coastal access reports to the Secretary of State, but where the right of access has not yet been implemented.</p><p>Natural England's staff costs for delivering costs coastal access are included within its overall staff budget. Natural Englad is also incurring additional costs for publishing and advertising coastal access reports, and for agreements which it has entered with access authorities to provide it with a range of access advice and to carry out preliminary work in relation to the coastal path.</p><p>The Department has spent £85,590 in meeting the costs incurred by the Planning Inspectorate in determining a number of objections which have been made to proposals in Natural England's coastal acces reports.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 20/11/2014 09:39:45 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith