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170384

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	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	Written Questions
	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 she has made of the savings to her Department from the Q&A system in the (a) 12 months and (b) five years since 4 June 2014; what additional ICT systems or improvements to existing systems her Department has introduced or plans to introduce that would not have been feasible without the Q&A system; and what assessment she has made of the extent to which the system has made it easier to answer questions from hon. Members on time.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	218780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Core Defra has benefited from a modest improvement to time efficiency due to the greater automation provided by the Q&amp;A system.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to introduce or make improvements to any ICT systems that would not have been feasible without the Q&amp;A system.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It will be for the Procedure Committee to evaluate the effectiveness of the new system in improving performance when it assesses the evidence following the end of the session.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/01/2015 14:19:54 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

171593

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	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	South West
	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 identifiable expenditure her Department has spent on Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in each year since 2007-08.
	tabling member constituency	Truro and Falmouth
	tabling member printed	Sarah Newton
	uin	219402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold consolidated information at this level of detail. The main source of funding for waste, environmental and other Defra-related local authority functions comes from the annual Revenue Support Grant. Since 2007-08, funding received by Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly from Defra and its Arms Length Bodies has additionally included:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· waste PFI credits</p><p> </p><p>· grants for water and sewerage infrastructure works on the Isles of Scilly</p><p> </p><p>· flood and coastal defence capital grant in aid for flood and funding for resilience projects</p><p> </p><p>· rural development programme funding</p><p> </p><p>· catchment restoration funding for the South Cornwall River Improvement Project</p><p> </p><p>· European Fisheries Fund money to support sustainable development of fishing communities</p><p> </p><p>· grant aid for Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service to help crews to deal with local flood emergencies</p><p> </p><p>· funding for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty</p><p> </p><p>· capital grants for catchment sensitive farming</p><p> </p><p>· funding for the South West Bioheat Programme</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/01/2015 17:57:28 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton

171586

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	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	International Climate Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to which countries and for what purpose her Department's contribution to the International Climate Fund has been spent; and what proportion of such funding (a) has been allocated to any multilateral institutions and (b) is (i) capital and (ii) resource expenditure.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	219539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Defra is currently funding three projects through the International Climate Fund (ICF):</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(i) ‘Reducing Deforestation in the Brazilian Cerrado’ (£10m resource expenditure) to reduce the loss of biodiversity by restoring native vegetation and reducing deforestation; this project is being implemented by the World Bank.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(ii) ‘Low Carbon Agriculture and Avoided Deforestation to Reduce Poverty’ (£24.9m capital expenditure) supports small and medium sized farms in the Amazon and Atlantic Forests (Brazil) to implement low-carbon agriculture, protect forests and reduce the loss of biodiversity; this project is being implemented by the Inter-American Development Bank.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(iii) Defra has contributed £25.1m (capital expenditure) to the World Bank’s BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes, a multilateral fund. The Fund will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the land sector and from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries through implementation of sustainable agriculture and smarter land-use planning, policies and practices.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/01/2015 15:47:27 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

171588

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	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	International Climate Fund
	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 of the funds earmarked by her Department for the International Climate Fund has been disbursed.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	219517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Defra’s total contribution to the International Climate Fund is £140m from 2011/12 to 2015/16, of which £60m has been disbursed to date. A further £40m will be disbursed shortly, and the remaining £40m in 2015/16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/01/2015 15:51:02 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

170677

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	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	Floods: Insurance
	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 has made of the feasibility of the implementation timeline for the Flood Re scheme; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	South Down
	tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
	uin	219053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Flood Re is on schedule to be established by July 2015. After a period of testing and once the appropriate authorisations are in place, households at high flood risk will be guaranteed access to affordable flood insurance</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/01/2015 15:15:47 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

170678

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	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	Floods: Insurance
	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 progress she has made in implementing the Flood Re scheme.
	tabling member constituency	South Down
	tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
	uin	219052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>We consulted on the regulations for the Flood Reinsurance Scheme (Flood Re) over the summer. The regulations are necessary for the insurance industry to implement Flood Re in 2015 and cover the legal framework around the Flood Re Scheme, its funding and its administration. The Government response was published on 18 December. We have reached agreement with the insurance industry on a number of matters on how Flood Re will operate, thus enabling the legislation to be laid in Parliament this year, and once approved by the financial regulators, enable Flood Re to operate as a reinsurer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/01/2015 15:12:07 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

170673

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	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	Christmas Cards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	218995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>This information is not recorded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/01/2015 14:29:25 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

170350

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	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	Broadband: Rural Areas
	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 of the Rural Community Broadband Fund was (a) spent and (b) returned to the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	218695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>As a result of the Rural Community Broadband Fund in England, the Government is expected to grant fund around £13.2 million for 22 projects. These projects are both community and local authority led, in areas not in scope of the current national superfast rollout programme. Of this, 17 local authority led projects are to be incorporated into current contracts under the main programme to increase coverage to harder to reach communities. Five further projects have been contracted under the Fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No money has been returned to the EU. Where possible, any remaining EU funds are being utilised elsewhere across the Rural Development Programme for England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/01/2015 14:26:54 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

171589

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	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	Bees
	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 she has made of the quantity of honey produced by the hives on the roof of Nobel House since the installation of those hives.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
	uin	219510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Two beehives were installed on the rooftops of Nobel House on 3 November 2014. Honey production is dependent on the season’s weather conditions. Generally a single hive can be expected to produce a minimum of 25 kg of honey per year. As we are entering the winter period, the Nobel House beehives will not produce honey until summer 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The beehives are managed by a skilled bee farmer, who is a member of the Bee Farmers’ Association. He is aided by an apprentice, who is part of the Defra co-funded Beekeeping Apprenticeship scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson grouped question UIN 219511 219512 question first answered 05/01/2015 16:05:53 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

171590

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	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	Bees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what dates bees were introduced to the hives on the roof of Nobel House.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
	uin	219511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Two beehives were installed on the rooftops of Nobel House on 3 November 2014. Honey production is dependent on the season’s weather conditions. Generally a single hive can be expected to produce a minimum of 25 kg of honey per year. As we are entering the winter period, the Nobel House beehives will not produce honey until summer 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The beehives are managed by a skilled bee farmer, who is a member of the Bee Farmers’ Association. He is aided by an apprentice, who is part of the Defra co-funded Beekeeping Apprenticeship scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson grouped question UIN 219510 219512 question first answered 05/01/2015 16:05:53 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty