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1020719

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	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	Hunting
	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 tackle trophy hunting across the world.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	199874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes the conservation of species seriously and we will always do whatever we can to protect the world’s most iconic species. The UK is a Party to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) a global environmental agreement which aims to protect wildlife from unsustainable trade. Trophy hunting is not banned under CITES but Parties are required to have strict controls in place when trade in hunting trophies takes place. A permit will only be issued if no detrimental impact on the sustainability of endangered species can be shown and the trophy has been obtained from a legal and sustainable hunting operation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Some conservation non-governmental organisations have set out how, in certain limited and rigorously controlled cases, scientific evidence shows that trophy hunting can be an effective conservation tool.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 11/12/2018 18:13:39 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1054722

	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	Food: 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, when the Government plans to announce the successful bids for the redistribution organisation fund.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	216299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The grant opportunity for increasing surplus food redistribution through overcoming financial barriers launched on 11 January this year. Successful bids are due to be announced in April with projects due to begin in early May.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 07/02/2019 10:50:19 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1135176

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2019
	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	Horse Racing
	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 importance of the British thoroughbred racing industry to the UK rural economy.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	270252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to driving sustainable growth in the rural economy. Our world leading horseracing industry employs over 17,000 people nationally and contributes around £3.5 billion to the national economy each year, and plays a significant role in rural areas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/07/2019 10:53:09 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

805198

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	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	Fly-tipping
	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 on wildlife or husbanded animals of fly tipping?
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Simon Hart
	uin	118870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Defra has not made a specific assessment of the effect of fly-tipping on wildlife and husbanded animals. The Government is committed to tackling the impact of fly-tipping on wildlife, farmland and local communities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 19/12/2017 17:26:07 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

931545

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2018
	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	Tree Planting
	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 Answers of 14 February 2018 and 31 May 2018 to Questions 125838 and 146694 on Tree Planting and Forests, what his Department's policy is on the planting of 11 million trees during the course of this Parliament as referenced in the Conservative Party manifesto 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	157748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to achieving its manifesto commitment to plant 11 million trees over the course of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>A number of schemes support this, including the Woodland Creation Grant under Countryside Stewardship, the Woodland Carbon Fund, the Woodland Creation Planning Grant, planting in the National Forest, and kick-starting the new Northern Forest.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has recently appointed a national Tree Champion who will help drive forward the commitment to plant 11 million trees.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/07/2018 13:15:50 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

931546

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2018
	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	Tree Planting
	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 trees his Department has planted in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	157749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The estimated numbers of trees planted with Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs support in the 12 months from April 2017 to March 2018 were:</p><p> </p><p>a) In the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley – 900 trees</p><p>b) In South Yorkshire – 4,890 trees</p><p>c) In England – 1,763,649trees.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are based on the data used to produce the recent report “Government supported new planting of trees in England; report for 2017-18” available at <a href="https://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/Government-supported-new-planting-trees-England-2017-18.pdf/$FILE/Government-supported-new-planting-trees-England-2017-18.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/Government-supported-new-planting-trees-England-2017-18.pdf/$FILE/Government-supported-new-planting-trees-England-2017-18.pdf</a>, as well as the 2017-18 Annual Report of the Trees for Schools programme.</p><p> </p><p>These figures include new planting of trees and exclude trees planted for restocking or replacement purposes. For the period in question the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs was a source of support for all the recorded trees planted.</p><p> </p><p>Government grants for tree planting are awarded based on applications. In areas where fewer applications have been submitted, fewer trees have been planted.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/07/2018 15:41:37 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

931549

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2018
	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	Tree Planting: Schools
	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 proportion of schools in (a) Barnsley and (b) South Yorkshire have received a portion of the money invested in the Trees for Schools Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	157750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>Over the lifetime of the Trees for Schools programme, tree packs have been provided to 16 schools in South Yorkshire, four of them in Barnsley. This equates to 2,640 trees in South Yorkshire, 900 of them in Barnsley.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/07/2018 12:42:44 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

931550

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2018
	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	Air Pollution: South Yorkshire
	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 has taken to improve air quality and reduce air pollution throughout South Yorkshire.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	157751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is firmly committed to improving the UK’s air quality and ensure we leave our environment in a better state than we inherited it. This is supported by a £3.5billion plan to improve air quality.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have required 61 local authorities to develop local plans to deliver compliance with nitrogen dioxide limits as soon as possible. It is right that local authorities take the lead in developing local air quality plans as they know their local area best. The Government is supporting the local authorities with technical support in developing their plans and has committed £475m through the Implementation Fund and Clean Air Fund to provide them with funding for air quality improvements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In South Yorkshire Sheffield City Council and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council have been required to develop a local plan and to date have been awarded £2,502,100 from the Implementation Fund to date to help carry out the work needed to develop air quality plans and to implement a number of early measures including: a project to install rapid charging points at key locations across Sheffield; a project to purchase electric taxis and lease them out to taxi drivers to raise awareness of the ULEV experience; a project to adapt traffic signals on Abbeydale Road to reduce the occasions when traffic stops, with a reduction in sitting traffic lowering emissions; and funding for air quality communications. Further funding will be made available when they present their final plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Additionally, since 2017 South Yorkshire has received nearly £10m to improve air quality with Sheffield City Region awarded £7,500,000 in 2017 to support active travel, Sheffield City Council awarded £1,946,800 through the Clean Bus Technology Fund 2017-19 to enable 117 buses to be retrofitted with pollution-reducing technology, and £125,000 awarded to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council through the air quality grant to improve local air quality in Barnsley and Doncaster.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authorities currently have a range of tools they can use to reduce local air pollution which includes the powers to introduce a Clean Air Zone voluntarily. The Government also provides guidance and technical support to local authorities via a dedicated local air quality management Helpdesk and has provided an air quality toolkit for Directors of Public Health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Government has launched a consultation on a new Clean Air Strategy seeking views on a wider range of national measures and more powers to local authorities that can tackle non-transport sources of air pollution.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 158260 question first answered 02/07/2018 16:31:21 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

931851

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2018
	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	Air Pollution: South Yorkshire
	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 £3.5 billion assigned by the Government to the Air Quality Plan 2017 has been allocated to (a) Barnsley and (b) South Yorkshire.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	158260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is firmly committed to improving the UK’s air quality and ensure we leave our environment in a better state than we inherited it. This is supported by a £3.5billion plan to improve air quality.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have required 61 local authorities to develop local plans to deliver compliance with nitrogen dioxide limits as soon as possible. It is right that local authorities take the lead in developing local air quality plans as they know their local area best. The Government is supporting the local authorities with technical support in developing their plans and has committed £475m through the Implementation Fund and Clean Air Fund to provide them with funding for air quality improvements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In South Yorkshire Sheffield City Council and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council have been required to develop a local plan and to date have been awarded £2,502,100 from the Implementation Fund to date to help carry out the work needed to develop air quality plans and to implement a number of early measures including: a project to install rapid charging points at key locations across Sheffield; a project to purchase electric taxis and lease them out to taxi drivers to raise awareness of the ULEV experience; a project to adapt traffic signals on Abbeydale Road to reduce the occasions when traffic stops, with a reduction in sitting traffic lowering emissions; and funding for air quality communications. Further funding will be made available when they present their final plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Additionally, since 2017 South Yorkshire has received nearly £10m to improve air quality with Sheffield City Region awarded £7,500,000 in 2017 to support active travel, Sheffield City Council awarded £1,946,800 through the Clean Bus Technology Fund 2017-19 to enable 117 buses to be retrofitted with pollution-reducing technology, and £125,000 awarded to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council through the air quality grant to improve local air quality in Barnsley and Doncaster.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authorities currently have a range of tools they can use to reduce local air pollution which includes the powers to introduce a Clean Air Zone voluntarily. The Government also provides guidance and technical support to local authorities via a dedicated local air quality management Helpdesk and has provided an air quality toolkit for Directors of Public Health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Government has launched a consultation on a new Clean Air Strategy seeking views on a wider range of national measures and more powers to local authorities that can tackle non-transport sources of air pollution.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 157751 question first answered 02/07/2018 16:31:21 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

940016

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2018
	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	Public Footpaths: South Yorkshire
	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 funding his Department has allocated for the repair and maintenance of footpaths in South Yorkshire.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	163561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Local highway authorities are responsible for the maintenance of public rights of way. The Revenue Support Grant (RSG) is the support provided to local authorities from central government to deliver various duties, including maintenance. The RSG is managed by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not ring-fenced so it is for local authorities to manage and decide how to spend their own budgets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 17/07/2018 10:37:01 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis