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754693

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	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	Air Pollution: EU Law
	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 EU Directive 2008/50/EC on Air Quality will be transposed into UK law.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	6471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The EU Ambient Air Quality Directive (2008/50/EC) has already been transposed into UK law.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/09/2017 17:25:08 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

753687

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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	Elephants: Conservation
	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 the Government is taking to protect elephants against the illegal wildlife trade.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	5888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>Tackling the illegal wildlife trade and bringing an end to elephant poaching is a priority for this government.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking practical action to tackle the illegal wildlife trade, particularly through the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund. Many projects funded through the challenge fund work to protect elephants from poaching. Defra also funds the British Army training for park ranges in key African countries. UK law enforcement agencies are active around the world, sharing expertise and intelligence to help tackle poaching and trafficking.</p><p> </p><p>Here in the UK there are strict rules controlling the sale of ivory. This is backed up by robust enforcement from Border Force and the National Wildlife Crime Unit. The UK prohibits all commercial trade in raw ivory of any age, going further than the EU regulations. We are considering options for taking further action to address the UK ivory market.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/09/2017 10:32:46 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

754691

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	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	Sewers
	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 he is taking to upgrade the sewage system and phase out combined sewers.
	tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
	tabling member printed	Steve Double
	uin	6432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>Sewerage undertakers have duties to provide, maintain and improve a public sewer system to effectually drain their area. The Government’s draft strategic policy statement to Ofwat makes it clear that we expect the regulator to challenge sewerage undertakers to improve planning and investment to meet the wastewater needs of current and future customers, while protecting the environment.</p><p> </p><p>Sewerage undertakers must identify solutions that are most effective to carry out their duties. Replacing combined sewers can be part of the solution; elsewhere doing this would be prohibitively expensive. We continue to work with the industry to make sure that sewer overflows that remain an unavoidable part of such systems in extreme conditions are properly controlled. In particular:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Mandating monitoring of the vast majority of overflows by 2020 so their performance is understood, allowing water users and customers to hold water companies to account.</p></li><li><p>Introducing frequency triggers to permits for overflows associated with bathing and shellfish waters from 2017. This should ensure that, as pressures on sewer systems increase, their performance does not deteriorate.</p></li><li><p>Working collaboratively with the industry group 21<sup>st</sup> Century Drainage to develop tools to adequately address the highest spilling overflows.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/09/2017 11:40:34 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

754700

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many actions were taken against fly-tipping in (a) Barnsley and (b) nationally in each of the last seven years; and how many of those actions took the form of fixed penalties.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	6686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The number of recorded actions taken against fly-tipping for both England and for Barnsley over the last seven years is set out in the table below together with the number of fixed penalty notices.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Actions relating to fly-tipping for Barnsley and England - 2009/10 to 2015/16</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>England</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Barnsley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total Actions</p></td><td><p>Fixed Penalty Notice</p></td><td><p>Total Actions</p></td><td><p>Fixed Penalty Notice</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>537,123</p></td><td><p>25,874</p></td><td><p>737</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>568,052</p></td><td><p>32,963</p></td><td><p>699</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>489,815</p></td><td><p>39,314</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>425,235</p></td><td><p>35,433</p></td><td><p>503</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>499,563</p></td><td><p>36,835</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>514,914</p></td><td><p>38,149</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>494,460</p></td><td><p>35,888</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>sourced from the Fly-tipping Module in WasteDataFlow which replaced Flycapture in October 2015</p><p> </p><p>Fly tipping data is routinely collected at a local level and collated nationally. The data is published annually on the GOV.UK website.</p><p>Local authorities adopt different strategies for dealing with fly tipping. Some have well developed procedures for issuing fixed penalty notices. Alternative enforcement options include prosecution, vehicle seizure, formal caution and warning letter.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/09/2017 17:24:28 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

754694

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	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	Air Pollution: Dementia
	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 analysis his Department has undertaken of scientific evidence linking air pollution to dementia, and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
	uin	6763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department secures advice on effects of air pollution on public health from Public Health England, and the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP).</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England continues to keep the evidence under review. COMEAP has been commissioned to further consider the available evidence and will report in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 07/09/2017 10:40:48 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

754696

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	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	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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing an air quality strategy to improve the capacity of the Government to meet its air quality targets.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	6798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>Cleaning up the UK’s air quality and cutting harmful emissions is a priority for this Government.</p><p> </p><p>In July the Government launched the UK plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations. This will require local authorities to produce local air quality plans which reduce NO2 levels in the shortest possible time.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to our work on NO2 we will deliver an updated Clean Air Strategy in 2018. This will set out how we will work towards our international commitments to significantly reduce damaging emissions of five major air pollutants by 2030.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/09/2017 17:07:27 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

754086

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	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	Lynx: Kielder Forest
	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 he has made of the potential safety risk to the public of reintroducing the Eurasian lynx to the Kielder Forest.
	tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	uin	6163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The application to reintroduce the Eurasian lynx to the Kielder Forest will be considered carefully in accordance with international guidelines and taking account of the impacts on affected communities, including public safety and the wider environment.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/09/2017 10:41:18 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

754085

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	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	Water Abstraction
	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 Government's policy is on preventing incidences of rivers drying up as a result of unsustainable water abstraction.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	6068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Since 2008 the Environment Agency has made changes to over 270 abstraction licences to prevent over 27 billion litres of water per year being removed from the environment. This is enough water to supply half a million people, with water for one year.</p><p> </p><p>The government is updating its plan for managing abstraction and will publish in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 11/09/2017 15:55:11 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

754664

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	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	Air Pollution: Schools
	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 his Department is taking to monitor air pollution at (a) state schools in urban areas and (b) any school near an A road or motorway.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	6595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The UK monitors air quality and its environmental impacts via a network of over 270 monitoring stations. The location and density of monitoring stations is greatest within areas where the highest concentrations of pollutants occur. The number and location of stations is regularly reviewed to ensure sites are appropriately located.</p><p>Defra provides guidance and support to local authorities in England on local monitoring. Positioning of local monitors is expected to be in line with national and local priorities, which may include schools and other locations where there is high risk of public exposure to air pollutants. Local authorities in England operate over 700 local monitoring stations.</p><p>The Department has not made an estimate of the number of schools in England that are in areas known to breach EU limits on nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>).</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 6596 question first answered 06/09/2017 10:52:27 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

754666

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	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	Air Pollution: Schools
	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 his Department has made of the number of schools in England that are in areas known to breach EU limits on nitrogen dioxide pollution.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	6596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The UK monitors air quality and its environmental impacts via a network of over 270 monitoring stations. The location and density of monitoring stations is greatest within areas where the highest concentrations of pollutants occur. The number and location of stations is regularly reviewed to ensure sites are appropriately located.</p><p>Defra provides guidance and support to local authorities in England on local monitoring. Positioning of local monitors is expected to be in line with national and local priorities, which may include schools and other locations where there is high risk of public exposure to air pollutants. Local authorities in England operate over 700 local monitoring stations.</p><p>The Department has not made an estimate of the number of schools in England that are in areas known to breach EU limits on nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>).</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 6595 question first answered 06/09/2017 10:52:27 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran