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620915

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	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	Ivory: Trade
	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 representations she has received on closing the UK domestic ivory trade.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	50095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2016 answer text <p>A number of representations have been made to the Department in recent months on the issue of UK domestic ivory trade. These primarily consist of correspondence to Ministers from individuals and interested organisations calling for the Government to act in this area.</p><p> </p><p>On 21 September the Secretary of State announced plans for a ban on sales of items containing ivory dated between 1947 and the present day, putting UK rules on ivory sales among the world’s toughest. We will consult on plans for the ban early next year.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 28/10/2016 11:35:06 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

389922

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Government Bills
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, how many and which Government bills introduced in the last Parliament affected predominantly (a) England and (b) England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
	tabling member printed	Wendy Morton
	uin	7154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The following Government bills as introduced over the five years of the last Parliament affected predominantly England or England and Wales.</p><p>The proposals that were announced by my Right Honourable Friend, the Leader of the House of Commons, on 2 July on English votes for English laws provide for certification of bills and clauses or schedules by the Speaker of the House of Commons based on the devolution settlement.</p><p>This list is based on an assessment of the effects of provisions rather than the territorial extent of a bill, which concerns the legal jurisdiction to which the bill extends, which may be wider than application. For example, since England and Wales form a single legal jurisdiction a bill might extend to England and Wales but only affect England. The list does not consider whether the subject-matter of any individual clauses or schedules of a bill would be within the legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly or Scotland Parliament or, if appropriate, the National Assembly for Wales. As such this list is not a guide to the likely certification of these bills had the proposed certification process applied to them.</p><p>Some of the bills listed contain provisions which extend and/or apply to Northern Ireland, Scotland or, as appropriate, Wales. Under the proposals announced on 2 July, bills, clauses and schedules within them would be certified, and so any provisions which apply to Scotland and/or Northern Ireland would not have been subject to the new process.</p><p>The list refers to bills at the time of introduction and does not take into account amendments made during their passage. If the territorial extent and/or application of a bill is to be amended in such a way that would affect devolved matters, the consent of the relevant devolved legislature(s) would be sought. This is in accordance with the convention that the UK Parliament will not normally legislate with regard to devolved matters except with the agreement of the devolved legislature.</p><p><br>a) On introduction, applied predominantly to England</p><p>Academies Bill (which became the Academies Act 2010)</p><p>Local Government Bill (which became the Local Government Act 2010)</p><p>b) On introduction, applied predominantly to England and Wales</p><p>Charities Bill (which became the Charities Act 2011)</p><p>Education Bill (which became the Education Act 2011)</p><p>Police (Detention and Bail) Bill (which became the Police (Detention and Bail) Act 2011)</p><p>Local Government Finance Bill (which became the Local Government Finance Act 2012)</p><p>Sunday Trading (London and Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill (which became the Sunday Trading (London and Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Act 2012)</p><p>Water Industry (Financial Assistance) Bill (which became the Water Industry (Financial Assistance) Act 2012)</p><p>Defamation Bill (which became the Defamation Act 2013)</p><p>Local Audit and Accountability Bill (which became the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014)</p><p>Offender Rehabilitation Bill (which became the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014)</p><p>Modern Slavery Bill (which became the Modern Slavery Act 2015)</p><p>Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill (which became the Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Act 2015)</p><p> </p><p>The corrected totals in the Answer to Question 4228 are: a) two predominantly England-only bills; b) 11 predominantly England and Wales-only bills.</p><p>I would also like to correct my answer to the Hon Member for Arfon (Hywel Williams) of 2 July 2015, Official Report, col 1656. The number of bills in the previous Parliament that are considered to have been predominantly England-only upon introduction is two.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 16/07/2015 06:17:25 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton

604785

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2016
	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	Mink: Lincolnshire
	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 she has made of the (a) extent of the increase in numbers of North American mink in the river systems and waterways of the marshes of East Lindsey and (b) effect of that increase on (i) the water vole and (ii) other native wildlife species.
	tabling member constituency	Louth and Horncastle
	tabling member printed	Victoria Atkins
	uin	49298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>Since 2008, the Water Vole Database and Mapping Project has managed and stored water vole survey records, as well collating data on American mink. This has enabled mapping of this data and effective use of the datasets for the benefit of water vole populations. The map on page 66 of the 2014 report, found at <a href="http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/watervole-project" target="_blank">http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/watervole-project</a>, indicates a thriving population of water vole in the Lindsey Marshes. The data for East Lindsey can be requested from the Lincolnshire Environmental Records Centre.</p><p> </p><p>The project does not itself involve assessing the effect of one species on another but the presence of American mink is the most significant factor in the decline of the water vole. Ongoing control of the mink at a catchment scale is therefore a priority for water vole conservation.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 25/10/2016 14:44:23 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins

578661

	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	Flood Control: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the announcement on page 4 of her Department's publication entitled Central Government Funding for Flooding and Coastal Erosion, published in September 2016, that decisions on where to allocate the remaining funding set aside for flood defences have yet to be made, (a) which Department or agency will make those decisions and (b) when she expects those decisions to be made.
	tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
	tabling member printed	Tom Tugendhat
	uin	45646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>Decisions on allocating the remaining headroom from the £700 million uplift to flood defence and resilience measures announced at Budget 2016 will be made on the basis of a rigorous assessment of local needs and value for money. HM Treasury, in consultation with other government departments including Defra and the Environment Agency, will make allocation decisions in due course.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 13/09/2016 13:52:38 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat

595632

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	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	Flood Control: Finance
	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 13 September 2016 to Question 45646, on what basis she will make recommendations to HM Treasury on allocation of remaining funding from the £700 million uplift to flood defence and resilience measures.
	tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
	tabling member printed	Tom Tugendhat
	uin	46742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>Proposals to improve flood defences are made by Defra and its agencies on the basis of the economic benefits, which are assessed in terms of the potential flood damages avoided, the current level of risk and the number homes that would be better protected by the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 13/10/2016 11:28:47 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat

595633

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	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	Flood Control: Finance
	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 13 September 2016 to Question 45646, how she will assess local needs and value for money to inform decisions on allocating the remaining funding from the £700 million uplift to flood defence and resilience measures.
	tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
	tabling member printed	Tom Tugendhat
	uin	46743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>Local needs are assessed according to the probability of flooding in the area and the damages that could occur as a result of a flood. Investment options are assessed through an appraisal of the benefits and the costs of potential ways of reducing that risk.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 13/10/2016 11:31:20 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat

595634

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	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	Flood Control: Finance
	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 13 September 2016 to Question 45646, when her Department plans to complete the assessment of local needs and value for money to inform decisions on how to allocate remaining funding from the £700 million uplift to flood defence and resilience measures.
	tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
	tabling member printed	Tom Tugendhat
	uin	46744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>The assessment of local needs is an ongoing process. The Environment Agency and other risk management authorities are responsible for maintaining up to date assessments of local flood risk. This information, together with an assessment of options to reduce risk in each area, provides an ongoing pipeline of potential works.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 13/10/2016 11:34:52 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat

573664

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
	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 her Department has made of the effects of dumping steel flue dust on the surrounding environment; and what guidance and regulations apply to the disposal of steel flue dust.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
	tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
	uin	44216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>Defra has not undertaken an assessment of the effects of disposing of flue dust from steelworks on the environment. Impacts of direct releases to the environment from steel production are assessed on a site-specific basis during determination of applications for environmental permits. Wastes produced from flue gas abatement are disposed of through many different disposal or recovery routes. Assessment of any environmental impact of these waste operations is also done on a site-specific basis.</p><p> </p><p>Flue dust produced from steelworks will be hazardous waste to be treated and disposed of at a permitted hazardous waste disposal facility. Those who produce or handle hazardous waste have a duty to ensure that the waste causes no harm or damage. Waste producers have specific responsibilities known as 'duty of care'. Those who produce, store, collect transport or receive waste for recycling or disposal must also meet extra requirements, which are described on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/dispose-hazardous-waste" target="_blank">GOV.UK website</a>.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 08/09/2016 13:19:53 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

535521

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2016
	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	Lake Windermere: Speed Limits
	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 plans her Department has to review the speed limit on Lake Windermere.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	42480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>The speed limit on Lake Windermere is governed by local byelaws. It is for the relevant authority, in this case, the Lake District National Park Authority, to make any changes to the current speed limit, if they consider it necessary. The Secretary of State has no powers in this matter unless the authority makes changes to the current byelaws and submits them for confirmation.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/07/2016 10:55:49 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

576415

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2016
	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	Coastal Areas: 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 has spent on coastal defences for each UK region, in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	45019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>Historically the Environment Agency has not collected separate financial information for the different types of flooding it reduces through investment, but by the community that benefits. Therefore the specific information requested cannot be provided.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows Government spend on all flood and coastal erosion risk management schemes by Office of National Statistics region between 2011-2012 and 2014-15.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) Grant in Aid Capital Spend (£k)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>ONS Region </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>24,670</p></td><td><p>21,567</p></td><td><p>24,533</p></td><td><p>33,594</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East of England</strong></p></td><td><p>32,007</p></td><td><p>23,295</p></td><td><p>28,890</p></td><td><p>46,592</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p>12,818</p></td><td><p>7,802</p></td><td><p>13,340</p></td><td><p>15,039</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East</strong></p></td><td><p>17,138</p></td><td><p>23,716</p></td><td><p>11,463</p></td><td><p>13,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td><p>12,833</p></td><td><p>16,925</p></td><td><p>23,125</p></td><td><p>44,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South East</strong></p></td><td><p>32,241</p></td><td><p>46,467</p></td><td><p>38,801</p></td><td><p>63,320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West</strong></p></td><td><p>16,476</p></td><td><p>16,048</p></td><td><p>23,731</p></td><td><p>34,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>1,258</p></td><td><p>4,374</p></td><td><p>9,299</p></td><td><p>6,779</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yorkshire and the Humber </strong></p></td><td><p>20,564</p></td><td><p>22,001</p></td><td><p>37,464</p></td><td><p>59,240</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of the six year capital investment programme the Environment Agency has updated their financial systems and will be able to provide information on schemes for coastal erosion and sea flooding from 2015-16 onwards. Information on budget allocations for coastal erosion and sea flooding schemes between 2015 and 2021 have been provided in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>FCERM Grant in Aid (GiA) budget allocations</strong> <strong>for coastal erosion and sea flooding schemes</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>ONS Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016 FCERM GiA (£k)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017 FCERM GiA (£k)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018 FCERM GIA (£k) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019 FCERM GIA (£k) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-2020 FCERM GIA (£k) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-2021 FCERM GIA (£k) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>9,772</p></td><td><p>9,894</p></td><td><p>20,500</p></td><td><p>45,386</p></td><td><p>23,451</p></td><td><p>7,025</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East of England</strong></p></td><td><p>38,702</p></td><td><p>15,641</p></td><td><p>14,031</p></td><td><p>27,408</p></td><td><p>20,660</p></td><td><p>21,631</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p>9,105</p></td><td><p>9,228</p></td><td><p>5,891</p></td><td><p>12,080</p></td><td><p>15,986</p></td><td><p>18,115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East</strong></p></td><td><p>7,811</p></td><td><p>1,908</p></td><td><p>231</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>1,343</p></td><td><p>4,626</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td><p>28,291</p></td><td><p>29,365</p></td><td><p>22,209</p></td><td><p>9,730</p></td><td><p>6,030</p></td><td><p>2,918</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South East</strong></p></td><td><p>31,708</p></td><td><p>40,852</p></td><td><p>56,736</p></td><td><p>52,050</p></td><td><p>52,158</p></td><td><p>64,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West</strong></p></td><td><p>11,018</p></td><td><p>8,147</p></td><td><p>16,550</p></td><td><p>8,658</p></td><td><p>5,807</p></td><td><p>23,095</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yorkshire and the Humber </strong></p></td><td><p>7,772</p></td><td><p>21,146</p></td><td><p>21,046</p></td><td><p>16,483</p></td><td><p>14,054</p></td><td><p>11,237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>144,192</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>136,181</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>157,194</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>172,063</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>139,489</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>153,007</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 08/09/2016 13:23:52 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron