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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

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

155883

	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	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, what her policy is on long-term commercial forestry.
	tabling member constituency	Hexham
	tabling member printed	Guy Opperman
	uin	214611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>We are actively implementing our Forestry and Woodlands Policy commitments to protect, improve and expand our forests. Specifically in relation to commercial forestry, this includes working with the sector’s Grown in Britain initiative to make planting new commercial woodland more economically attractive, and encouraging private sector investment through our Woodland Carbon Code. We are also looking at ways of reducing red tape affecting woodland planting and helping forestry businesses to become more competitive through the Rural Development Programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 24/11/2014 08:14:37 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman

156238

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	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
	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 she is taking to reduce the amount of (a) chemicals and (b) toxic metal being sprayed into the atmosphere above the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	214954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>We are committed to improving air quality through reducing harmful emissions. We have reduced emissions to the atmosphere (including toxic metals) significantly over the last 20 years through a range of measures including implementation of European Legislation. These trends are reported in the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory at: <a href="http://naei.defra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://naei.defra.gov.uk/</a> and also reported in the annual report, Air Pollution in the UK at: <a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annualreport/" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annualreport/</a> .</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 25/11/2014 17:50:21 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

156239

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	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
	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 she made of the volumes of (a) chemicals and (b) toxic metals sprayed annually into the atmosphere above the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	214955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory compiles estimates of emissions to the atmosphere from UK sources. It is updated annually and covers a range of sources and sectors. A full list of sources included in the inventory can be found here: <a href="http://naei.defra.gov.uk/data/data-selector?view=air-pollutants" target="_blank">http://naei.defra.gov.uk/data/data-selector?view=air-pollutants</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 25/11/2014 17:51:20 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

156254

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	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, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by her Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their services since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	214985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Controls in core Defra ensure that for any contract over £10k any changes in prices require prior formally agreed changes to contracts. Reviewing all contracts signed since 2010 to identify such changes to the cost of the contract would entail disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 24/11/2014 15:20:20 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

156732

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	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	Flexible Working
	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 and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in her Department; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	215185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on requests received and granted for flexible working in core Defra is not held centrally and could be provided only by incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 25/11/2014 16:06:14 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

156965

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	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
	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 much her Department has spent on reducing nitrogen dioxide and improving air quality in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	215499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>We have spent the following on improving air quality, including reducing nitrogen dioxide, since 2010-11.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Evidence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Air Quality Grant</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£10,964,000</p></td><td><p>£2,361,000</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£10,947,000</p></td><td><p>£3,078,745</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£10,131,000</p></td><td><p>£3,100,000</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£9,958,000</p></td><td><p>£1,000,000</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Evidence expenditure includes money spent on air quality monitoring as well as research work to gather evidence and develop methodologies for assessing and improving air quality. The Air Quality Grant Programme supports actions by local authorities to improve local air quality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 27/11/2014 14:06:04 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

156966

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	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	Flood 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 much her Department plans to spend on capital investment to improve flood defences in each year from 2015-16 to 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	215496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>This Government plans to spend the following each year from 2015/16 to 2020/21 on capital investment to reduce the risks of flooding and coastal erosion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Capital </strong></p><p><strong>Investment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£395m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£376m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£383m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£389m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£396m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£403m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 27/11/2014 14:07:50 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle