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917457

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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	Whales: 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, whether there has been any illegal whaling within British-administered waters; and what steps the Government is taking to prevent such whaling.
	tabling member constituency	Yeovil
	tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Fysh
	uin	150181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK is fully committed to upholding the global moratorium on Commercial Whaling adopted by the International Whaling Commission in 1986. The moratorium is enforced by the appropriate authorities. We are not aware of any illegal whaling activity that takes place in British-administered waters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/06/2018 12:57:34 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh

918435

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2018
	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	Countryside Stewardship Scheme
	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 and what proportion of people were successful in applications for (a) entry level stewardship, and (b) higher level stewardship in each region in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	150556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The Environmental Stewardship scheme closed to new applicants in 2014. Therefore no people were successful in applications from January 2015 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>The following table summarises, by region, the number of applicants for Entry Level Stewardship (ELS) and Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agreements in 2014 and the proportion of successful applications entered into in that year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>ELS applications received in 2014</p></td><td><p>ELS agreements entered into in 2014</p></td><td><p>% of successful applications</p></td><td><p>HLS applications received in 2014</p></td><td><p>HLS agreements entered into in 2014</p></td><td><p>% of successful applications</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>84%</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>84%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>84%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>472</p></td><td><p>357</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>329</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1373</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>905</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>66</strong>%</p></td><td><p><strong>1014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>893</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>88</strong>%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/06/2018 12:37:37 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

918439

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2018
	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	Countryside Stewardship Scheme
	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 staff responsible for the delivery of Stewardship Programmes have been transferred from Natural England to the Rural Payments Agency.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	150557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>As yet no staff have been transferred from Natural England to the Rural Payments Agency.</p><p> </p><p>In the autumn, Natural England are currently expecting to transfer approximately 400 staff to the RPA for transactional work on Environmental Stewardship and Countryside Stewardship.</p><p> </p><p>There are also approximately 300 temporary agency workers that are under consideration.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/06/2018 15:50:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

917144

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2018
	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	Arable Farming
	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 support the arable sector as the UK prepares to leave the EU.
	tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
	tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
	uin	149689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>In our consultation on the future of agriculture policy, we provided a clear direction for future farm support based on public money for public goods. As part of this, we asked for views from those in the industry including the arable sector to make sure future agricultural policy reflects the reality of life for farmers and food producers. The consultation closed on 8 May and all responses received are being analysed and will be used to inform future policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/06/2018 12:41:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

917145

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2018
	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	Arable Farming
	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 on the contribution of the arable sector to the economy in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
	tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
	uin	149690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Statistics about agriculture in the UK are published annually. This includes an extensive range of data including production of key commodities.</p><p> </p><p>Provisional figures for 2017 show that gross output from agriculture generated £26.3 billion. The arable sector’s contribution to this was £4.2 billion, accounting for 15.8% of UK agricultural production. This compares with £4 billion in 2015 and £3.3 billion in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/06/2018 12:46:39 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

917146

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2018
	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	Cereals
	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 economic value of grain to the UK’s food supply chain.
	tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
	tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
	uin	149691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Grain-based products contributed at least £8 billion to the UK food and drink manufacturing sector in 2016, which itself contributed £29 billion to the UK economy. This is based on the value of the relevant food and drink sectors provided by the annual business survey conducted by the Office of National Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/06/2018 12:43:15 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

915194

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Non-departmental Public Bodies
	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 (a) women and (b) men his Department has appointed to each of his Department's non-Departmental Public Bodies in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	148754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The Commissioner for Public Appointments completes and publishes an annual data survey for all new appointments and reappointments made to boards of public bodies by Government including the overall gender diversity.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the gender diversity of new non-executive appointees to public boards for 2012 to 2015 is published on Gov.uk</p><p>(<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diversity-in-public-appointments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diversity-in-public-appointments</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Data on the gender diversity of non-executive appointees to Defra’s non-Departmental Public Bodies in 2016/17 and 2017/18 is in the table attached.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the gender breakdown of &quot;executive&quot; permanent staff appointments in each of the last five years is not held centrally and can only be obtained at <strong>disproportionate</strong> cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/06/2018 15:56:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice attachment 1 file name 148754 TABLE final (1).docx title non exec appointments
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

906387

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2018
	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, whether his Department is taking steps to seek the removal of plastics from supply chains; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	145386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan published on 11 January sets out our ambition to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste. We will do this through a four point plan that takes action at each stage of the product lifecycle – production, consumption and end of life. At the production stage, this includes encouraging producers to take more responsibility for the lifespan of their products. This involves designing products that are recyclable and made from recycled materials. At the consumer stage we want to reduce demand for single use plastics and make it easier for people to recycle. We will increase the amount of plastic being recycled, including through reforming the packaging waste regulations and exploring the scope for extending producer responsibility to other areas. There will be more detail in our Resources and Waste Strategy which will be published later this year.</p><p> </p><p>A call for evidence on how taxes or charges could reduce waste from single use plastics closed on 18 May. The Treasury is reviewing the responses and we are working with them on future policy options.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 11/06/2018 16:58:58 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

915211

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	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	Game: Animal Welfare
	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 game farms in England use raised laying cages.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	148739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency have no information or data relating to numbers of game farms keeping laying hens in raised cages.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/06/2018 15:50:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

917532

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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	Wines
	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 support small vineyards in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	150237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Defra does not distinguish between small or large vineyards, but has been working hard to support the growth and development of our flourishing domestic wine production sector as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>Under the current Rural Development Programme we have provided £2.736m in direct support for vineyard projects against total project costs amounting to £7.086m. This funding has been used to support various initiatives including infrastructure projects such as helping build or develop wineries or tourist facilities, to purchase winery equipment, and even the development of a smartphone app that will amongst other features, show users where their nearest vineyard is located.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/06/2018 13:05:33 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker