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1140185

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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	Sewage: Waste Disposal
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 he has made of the number of sewage releases by water companies in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	278964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>In England, sewage is collected and treated at approximately 5,500 water company sewage treatment works. Discharges from these works occur on a daily basis and are permitted by the Environment Agency. Additionally, during wet weather there may be discharges from storm overflows.</p><p> </p><p>Reports of both the volume of discharges from sewage treatment works and spill numbers from storm overflows in England are submitted to the Environment Agency on an annual basis as per the requirements in the permits. There is no routine requirement to provide reports at three or six monthly intervals.</p><p> </p><p>While no data is available specifically for the last three or six months, based on the latest reported data for 2018 the daily average volume of treated sewage discharge from sewage treatment works was 17.5 billion litres per day. Spill data was also reported for 6,182 storm overflows in England with a total of 146,930 spill events during 2018.</p><p> </p><p>There is currently a programme to install monitoring on the vast majority of overflows in England by 2020. This monitoring will measure how frequently and for how long an overflow operates.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 278965 question first answered 29/07/2019 16:36:17 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1140186

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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	Sewage: Waste Disposal
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 sewage releases there were by water company in each of the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	278965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>In England, sewage is collected and treated at approximately 5,500 water company sewage treatment works. Discharges from these works occur on a daily basis and are permitted by the Environment Agency. Additionally, during wet weather there may be discharges from storm overflows.</p><p> </p><p>Reports of both the volume of discharges from sewage treatment works and spill numbers from storm overflows in England are submitted to the Environment Agency on an annual basis as per the requirements in the permits. There is no routine requirement to provide reports at three or six monthly intervals.</p><p> </p><p>While no data is available specifically for the last three or six months, based on the latest reported data for 2018 the daily average volume of treated sewage discharge from sewage treatment works was 17.5 billion litres per day. Spill data was also reported for 6,182 storm overflows in England with a total of 146,930 spill events during 2018.</p><p> </p><p>There is currently a programme to install monitoring on the vast majority of overflows in England by 2020. This monitoring will measure how frequently and for how long an overflow operates.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 278964 question first answered 29/07/2019 16:36:17 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1121556

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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	Shipping: Noise
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 his Department has made of the effect of underwater noise emissions from commercial shipping on wildlife in UK territorial waters.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	244061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Under the UK Marine Strategy, the UK Government is working to ensure that underwater noise-generating human activities do not pose a significant risk to marine ecosystems.</p><p> </p><p>We currently have a limited understanding of the distribution of noise in UK seas and its impact on vulnerable species. To address this in relation to sources of continuous noise such as shipping, the UK has established a noise monitoring network, consisting of long-term monitoring stations deployed in coastal waters. The information from this monitoring network will be matched with species distributions and used to inform future policy.</p><p> </p><p>At present, it remains unclear whether changes in shipping activity have resulted in an increase in continuous noise levels. The International Maritime Organization has made recommendations to improve efficiency standards in newly built ships, which will also make them less noisy (more hydrodynamic ships are more efficient and also tend to create less noise).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 29/04/2019 15:10:57 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1111207

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
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: Bicycles
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 his Department will provide guidance on the rights of cyclists to walk a bicycle along a public footpath.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	243417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2019 answer text <p>There are no current plans to provide guidance of this nature. Management of rights of way, including footpaths, rests with the relevant local authority. The expectation is for local authorities, whenever possible, to look at the needs of all users including cyclists.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/04/2019 09:11:58 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1060706

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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	Food: Packaging
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 research his Department has undertaken on the availability of fully compostable food packaging.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	220885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s Resources and Waste Strategy outlines our plans to reduce plastic pollution and our commitment to eliminate avoidable plastic waste. Packaging reform is our immediate priority, and we are consulting on reforms to the current packaging regulations.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed to working towards all plastic packaging placed on the market being recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025. We will continue to establish and evaluate appropriate evidence, and once life-cycle analysis has established which product groups biodegradable or compostable plastics may be beneficial for, we will look at them again on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p><p>We have no current estimates for fully compostable food waste packaging use in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 220887 220889 question first answered 22/02/2019 10:08:55 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1060707

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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	Plastics: Packaging
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 it his policy to ban the use of single-use plastic packaging in the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	220886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government published its Resources and Waste Strategy in December last year which sets out our plans to reduce plastic pollution.</p><p> </p><p>Domestically we have made good progress, from banning microbeads in rinse-off personal care products and removing 15.6 billion plastic bags from circulation with our 5p charge to strengthening the protection of our marine areas. We are currently consulting on extending and increasing the carrier bag charge.</p><p> </p><p>We are also consulting on reforming existing packaging waste regulations, introducing a deposit return scheme for drinks containers, and increasing consistency in the recycling system. Legislative proposals will be developed taking account of the consultation responses.</p><p> </p><p>Our ambition is to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste - not just single use plastics - throughout the lifetime of the 25 Year Environment Plan. However, for the most problematic plastics we are going faster, which is why we commit to work towards all plastic packaging placed on the UK market being recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>In general, we prefer to help people and companies make the right choice, rather than banning items outright. There may, however, be times when a ban is appropriate as part of a wider strategic approach. We have concluded a consultation on banning the distribution and/or sale of plastic straws, drink stirrers, and plastic stemmed cotton buds and will shortly be publishing a summary of responses. We will continue to review the latest evidence on problematic products and/or materials to take a systematic approach to reducing the use of unnecessary single use plastic products, including problematic packaging materials.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 220888 question first answered 22/02/2019 10:11:26 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1060708

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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	Food: Packaging
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 his Department is taking steps to promote and support the use of fully compostable food packaging; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	220887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s Resources and Waste Strategy outlines our plans to reduce plastic pollution and our commitment to eliminate avoidable plastic waste. Packaging reform is our immediate priority, and we are consulting on reforms to the current packaging regulations.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed to working towards all plastic packaging placed on the market being recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025. We will continue to establish and evaluate appropriate evidence, and once life-cycle analysis has established which product groups biodegradable or compostable plastics may be beneficial for, we will look at them again on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p><p>We have no current estimates for fully compostable food waste packaging use in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 220885 220889 question first answered 22/02/2019 10:08:55 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1060709

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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	Plastics: Waste
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 it his policy to seek a zero plastic waste future within five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	220888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government published its Resources and Waste Strategy in December last year which sets out our plans to reduce plastic pollution.</p><p> </p><p>Domestically we have made good progress, from banning microbeads in rinse-off personal care products and removing 15.6 billion plastic bags from circulation with our 5p charge to strengthening the protection of our marine areas. We are currently consulting on extending and increasing the carrier bag charge.</p><p> </p><p>We are also consulting on reforming existing packaging waste regulations, introducing a deposit return scheme for drinks containers, and increasing consistency in the recycling system. Legislative proposals will be developed taking account of the consultation responses.</p><p> </p><p>Our ambition is to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste - not just single use plastics - throughout the lifetime of the 25 Year Environment Plan. However, for the most problematic plastics we are going faster, which is why we commit to work towards all plastic packaging placed on the UK market being recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>In general, we prefer to help people and companies make the right choice, rather than banning items outright. There may, however, be times when a ban is appropriate as part of a wider strategic approach. We have concluded a consultation on banning the distribution and/or sale of plastic straws, drink stirrers, and plastic stemmed cotton buds and will shortly be publishing a summary of responses. We will continue to review the latest evidence on problematic products and/or materials to take a systematic approach to reducing the use of unnecessary single use plastic products, including problematic packaging materials.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 220886 question first answered 22/02/2019 10:11:26 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1060710

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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	Food: Packaging
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 estimate of the proportion of food waste packaging used in the UK that is fully compostable.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	220889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s Resources and Waste Strategy outlines our plans to reduce plastic pollution and our commitment to eliminate avoidable plastic waste. Packaging reform is our immediate priority, and we are consulting on reforms to the current packaging regulations.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed to working towards all plastic packaging placed on the market being recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025. We will continue to establish and evaluate appropriate evidence, and once life-cycle analysis has established which product groups biodegradable or compostable plastics may be beneficial for, we will look at them again on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p><p>We have no current estimates for fully compostable food waste packaging use in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 220885 220887 question first answered 22/02/2019 10:08:55 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1054576

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Recycling
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 his Department has to introduce compulsory recycling for commercial trade waste producers.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	216236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>As we stated in our Resources and Waste Strategy which we published in December 2018, we will legislate, where necessary, to ensure that businesses present recycling and food waste separately from residual waste for collection.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will shortly be publishing a consultation which seeks views on how to increase both the quantity and quality of recycling from businesses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 07/02/2019 11:12:48 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord