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1130849

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/06/2019
	date	10/06/2019
	date tabled	10/06/2019
	ddp created	10/06/2019 20:22:47
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	ddp modified	10/06/2019 20:26:24 14/06/2019 11:56:01
	hansard heading	Trees: Diseases
	house id	2
	identifier	HL16216
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/06/2019 11:55:15
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the threats from disease to hornbeam trees (Carpinus betulus) in England and Wales.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL16216
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL16216
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Details of pest and disease threats to hornbeam (<em>Carpinus betulus</em>), along with other plant and tree species, are included on the UK plant health risk register, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/phiw/riskRegister/" target="_blank">https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/phiw/riskRegister/</a>. Of the 1,040 entries on the risk register, ten of these have hornbeam specifically listed as a major host species, although hornbeam may be a minor host in relation to certain other pests and diseases listed (e.g. those which are polyphagous in nature on broadleaved trees). The risk register includes information about current mitigations in place and priorities for future actions.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1130259

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/06/2019
	date	05/06/2019
	date tabled	05/06/2019
	ddp created	05/06/2019 20:23:18
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	ddp modified	05/06/2019 20:27:04 14/06/2019 12:04:03
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	2
	identifier	HL16120
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/06/2019 11:32:45
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the timescale of their plan for UK farming subsidies after Brexit.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL16120
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL16120
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Health and Harmony Consultation closed on 8 May 2018. Over forty thousand responses were received from a wide range of people including farmers, environmental and food/farming related organisations and the general public. All responses have been analysed and are being used to inform our policies on future farm support.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published its policy response on 14 September setting out a future for food, farming and the environment in a green Brexit, together with reports on its analysis of the impacts of removing direct payments and economic rationales for future government intervention.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s assessment was to adopt a gradual transition from the current approach to the new, avoiding a cliff-edge for farm businesses - noting the negative experiences in New Zealand when rapid changes were adopted. Our proposals therefore outline a 7 year transition period.</p><p> </p><p>We are applying reductions to Direct Payments in a fair way, with higher reductions initially applied to amounts in higher payment bands. All farmers will see some reductions from the start of the transition. We plan to begin making these reductions in 2021, with the final year for Direct Payments being 2027. We believe that this approach balances the views of those who feel recipients of the highest payments should initially face higher reductions, with the strong calls for the reductions to be shared amongst all farmers from the start of the transition and in a way that prepares the industry for change. The transition period also needs to be long enough to give farmers sufficient time to adapt and prepare for the new Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme, which starts in 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The ELM National Pilot, starting in late 2021, will assess the end to end operability and deliverability before the scheme is rolled out in 2024. This will allow us to identify and refine any issues or barriers that occur in practice. We are working closely with a range of agricultural and environmental stakeholders to collaboratively design the new scheme, and to test and trial new approaches and investigate innovative mechanisms for the delivery of environmental outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>Defra recognises the challenges around the uncertainty and outcome of the timing of leaving the EU. It is planning for every contingency to ensure a smooth departure from the EU, including detailed ’no deal’ plans.</p>
	creator	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1130221

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/06/2019
	date	05/06/2019
	date tabled	05/06/2019
	ddp created	05/06/2019 20:22:19
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	ddp modified	05/06/2019 20:25:26 14/06/2019 12:06:01
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	2
	identifier	HL16082
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/06/2019 11:34:39
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many tenant farmers in England are awaiting their (1) Environmental Stewardship (ES) payments, (2) Countryside Stewardship (CS) payments, for 2018; and whether all ES and CS payments for 2017 have been made.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL16082
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL16082
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Rural Payments Agency has paid all CS 2017 eligible claims bar those held for legal reasons such as probate. On CS 2018, 95% of eligible claimants received an advance payment by early April; 30% of eligible claims have received their final payment and we expect to pay 95% of eligible claims by August 2019.</p><p> </p><p>On ES, around 92% of 2017 eligible claims have now received a payment and we are on track to complete 95% by the end of July 2019. Just over 52% of 2018 eligible claimants have received their advance payment and just under 21% have received their final payment.</p><p> </p><p>Regrettably, we cannot confirm how many of these are tenant farmers as we do not record the agreement holders’ occupant status.</p>
	creator	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

1129581

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2019
	date	04/06/2019
	date tabled	04/06/2019
	ddp created	04/06/2019 20:53:31
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	ddp modified	04/06/2019 21:06:24 14/06/2019 12:06:03
	hansard heading	Water Supply
	house id	2
	identifier	HL16066
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/06/2019 11:34:16
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to whether there will continue to be sufficient supplies of water for all purposes, including domestic purposes, if climate change continues as expected.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL16066
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL16066
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government is working closely with other water regulators and the water industry to improve the resilience of water supplies. The Government recognises continued action is required and it is committed to a ‘twin track approach’ of reducing demand for water and increasing supply in parallel.</p><p> </p><p>Water companies have a statutory duty to provide clean and reliable water to customers under the Water Industry Act 1991. To fulfil this duty, there is a statutory requirement to maintain water resources management plans, which balance water supply and demand at least twenty-five years into the future.</p><p> </p><p>The Government, Environment Agency (EA) and Ofwat issued guidance to water companies in 2016 on how they should be planning to be resilient to foreseeable risks, including taking appropriate action to respond to climate projections. Water companies are currently revising their plans.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is taking steps to improve water resources planning to ensure that there is better collaboration between water companies and other water using sectors on their water supply resilience. This includes the EA developing a National Framework for water resources, which will identify high priority water users who are unable to meet their demand or are likely to need to expand and set expectations on collaboration at a regional scale. The Government has also consulted on legislative improvements to ensure that water companies’ plans are informed by effective collaboration.</p><p> </p><p>The EA is also implementing the abstraction plan published in 2017. This includes work to bring together the EA, abstractors and catchment groups to develop local solutions to existing pressures and to prepare for the future.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

1129570

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2019
	date	04/06/2019
	date tabled	04/06/2019
	ddp created	04/06/2019 20:53:14
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	ddp modified	04/06/2019 21:05:48 14/06/2019 12:02:01
	hansard heading	Air Pollution: Monitoring
	house id	2
	identifier	HL16055
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/06/2019 11:30:54
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the Automatic Urban and Rural Network continuous monitoring stations that record air pollution have been closed down in each of the last three years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL16055
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL16055
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Automatic Urban and Rural Network has expanded over the last three years from 152 open stations at the end of 2016 to 164 open stations today.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019 one station closed and its relocation is in progress. In 2017, three stations closed, two of which were relocated and one of which was replaced. In 2016, five stations were closed, one of which was replaced, one of which was relocated, and three of which were not replaced or relocated.</p>
	creator	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1131384

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/06/2019
	date	11/06/2019
	date tabled	11/06/2019
	ddp created	11/06/2019 18:02:33
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	ddp modified	12/06/2019 14:15:26 14/06/2019 14:55:02
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Empty Property
	house id	1
	identifier	263033
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/06/2019 14:23:16
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will publish the names and locations of the land and buildings owned by his Department that are (a) sitting empty and (b) in the process of being sold or disposed of; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 263033
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	263033
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union does not own any land or buildings. As we are a temporary department, all staff are based in buildings owned by other government departments.</p><p> </p>
	creator	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1130956

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/06/2019
	date	10/06/2019
	date tabled	10/06/2019
	ddp created	10/06/2019 21:57:59
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	10/06/2019 22:07:34 14/06/2019 14:17:01
	hansard heading	Hezbollah: Greater London
	house id	1
	identifier	262426
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/06/2019 13:45:25
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when (a) the Home Secretary (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department were informed of the reported stockpiling of explosive materials by individuals with suspected of links to Hezbollah, in North West London; and what steps his Department took to (i) inform and (ii) protect communities in North West London as a result of that stockpiling.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 262426
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	262426
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>It is the policy of successive governments not to comment on Police operational or intelligence matters.</p>
	creator	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1130955

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/06/2019
	date	10/06/2019
	date tabled	10/06/2019
	ddp created	10/06/2019 21:57:57
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	10/06/2019 22:07:32 14/06/2019 14:21:01
	hansard heading	Hezbollah: Greater London
	house id	1
	identifier	262425
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/06/2019 13:49:02
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the media report of 9 June 2019 that Hezbollah stockpiled explosive materials in North West London in 2015, whether that stockpiling was included in the decision to proscribe Hezbollah in February 2019.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 262425
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	262425
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>We do not comment on intelligence matters.</p>
	creator	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1130878

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/06/2019
	date	10/06/2019
	date tabled	10/06/2019
	ddp created	10/06/2019 21:54:27
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	10/06/2019 21:55:40 14/06/2019 13:21:01
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	identifier	262355
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/06/2019 12:49:59
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Immigration Skills Charge in increasing skills provision in England.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 262355
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	262355
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In 2017-18, income from the Immigration Skills Charge (ISC) contributed £75 million to the department’s skills budget.</p><p>While the income raised is not additional funding for skills, the ISC is helping to maintain the department’s existing skills budget and existing level of investment in skills in England. As such, it is not possible to provide a breakdown of how the department’s ISC allocation is spent.</p><p>The ISC ensures that we can continue to invest in developing the skills that the country needs and also addresses skills gaps in the workforce. Similarly, it helps to maintain funding levels for each of the devolved administrations.</p><p>My letter of 17 January 2019 to the chairs of the Education and Home Affairs committees about the ISC, has been placed in the Libraries of both Houses and is available to view at the following link: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/</a>.</p><p>An internal review of the ISC, based on Home Office data, was undertaken in the second quarter of 2018. We continue to keep this policy under review.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1130877

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/06/2019
	date	10/06/2019
	date tabled	10/06/2019
	ddp created	10/06/2019 21:54:25
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	11/06/2019 14:15:18 14/06/2019 13:21:03
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	identifier	262354
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/06/2019 12:49:59
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the allocation of revenues from the Immigration Skills Charge in the last 12 months.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 262354
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	262354
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In 2017-18, income from the Immigration Skills Charge (ISC) contributed £75 million to the department’s skills budget.</p><p>While the income raised is not additional funding for skills, the ISC is helping to maintain the department’s existing skills budget and existing level of investment in skills in England. As such, it is not possible to provide a breakdown of how the department’s ISC allocation is spent.</p><p>The ISC ensures that we can continue to invest in developing the skills that the country needs and also addresses skills gaps in the workforce. Similarly, it helps to maintain funding levels for each of the devolved administrations.</p><p>My letter of 17 January 2019 to the chairs of the Education and Home Affairs committees about the ISC, has been placed in the Libraries of both Houses and is available to view at the following link: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/</a>.</p><p>An internal review of the ISC, based on Home Office data, was undertaken in the second quarter of 2018. We continue to keep this policy under review.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield