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173185

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2015
	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	Rivers: Repairs and Maintenance
	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 has been made in deregulating the consent process for river maintenance pilots; and what plans she has to start new pilot schemes (a) along the Thames in Berkshire and (b) elsewhere.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	220494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>On 10 December 2014, Defra launched a consultation on proposals to integrate flood defence consents into the Environmental Permitting framework. The new scheme will simplify the application process while removing unnecessary costs and burdens for those who wish to carry out construction works or other activities in, or near, main rivers.</p><p>The River Maintenance Pilots (which explore how red tape could be reduced for landowners who wish to undertake maintenance in man-made ditches, land drains or previously straightened watercourses that had been dredged in the last ten years) were launched by the Environment Agency in October 2013 and were scheduled to last for one year. In response to interest shown by local farmers, the pilots were expanded in May 2014 to include two new pilot areas, and expand an existing area. To allow those affected by the 2013/14 floods extra time to carry out their work, the pilots were also extended until mid-March 2015. We will consider the evidence from the pilots when they are complete.</p><p>In addition, the Environment Agency and National Farmers Union are launching a new local initiative across rural Oxfordshire to help landowners along tributaries of the River Thames with the consenting process. This initiative will start in 2015/16 and it is likely to expand into Berkshire and Buckinghamshire.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 19/01/2015 15:41:20 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227125

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2015
	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	Flood Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Environment Agency's flood and coastal erosion risk management investment programme 2015 to 2021, what estimate she has made of the number of properties that will be protected in the (a) Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, (b) Thames Valley and (c) UK by that programme.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	227424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Environment Agency has estimated that its flood and coastal erosion risk management investment programme 2015-2021, will reduce the risk of flooding to:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· around 400 households in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead;</p><p> </p><p>· over 3,000 households in the Thames Valley - this number is based on delivery of schemes across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, including schemes around Oxford, Abingdon, Slough, Marlow, Newbury, Winnersh, Bicester, Northway and Marston;</p><p> </p><p>· at least 300,000 households in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/03/2015 14:39:03 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227132

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2015
	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	Flood Control
	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 the Environment Agency budget was spent on flood defences and prevention in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	227475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The following table shows the proportion of Environment Agency budget spent on flood and coastal risk management (FCRM) in the financial years 2011/12, 2012/13 and 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The final FCRM spend for the financial year 14/15 is yet to be confirmed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Expenditure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014 (£M)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Total Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013 (£M)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Total Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012 (£M)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Total Spend</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flood and coastal risk management</p></td><td><p>637</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>585</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,143</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>1,091</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>1,113</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/03/2015 16:02:13 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

419103

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2015
	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	EU Law: Pollution Control
	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 estimate she has made of the annual cost to British businesses of the EU's pollution directive.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	10492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>There are a number of EU directives covering a wide range of pollution issues. This answer refers to the Industrial Emissions Directive (2010/75/EU), which was transposed into law in England and Wales in February 2013. The Directive requires operators in a range of industrial sectors to comply with certain standards to ensure the reduction of emissions from their activities.</p><p>Prior to transposition of the Directive, our impact assessment estimated that the annual regulatory and compliance costs for the main affected sectors would be £105m for operators of large combustion plants and £0 - £15m for a range of other installations in the waste treatment and wood treatment sectors.</p><p>The impact assessment estimated that the annual human health benefits due to a reduction in emissions of nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and particulate matter from large combustion plants alone would be £188m. Other benefits for human health and the environment were also expected to arise from other pollutants that could not be monetised.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/10/2015 11:29:14 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

435942

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2015
	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
	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 her Department has made of current progress against the air quality target of 40 microgrammes of NO2 per cubic metre; and whether the Government expects to meet that target.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	18900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>We have improved air quality significantly over recent decades and the UK currently meets the EU limit values for almost all pollutants. We have consulted on our draft revised air quality plans for nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>), which set out a range of local, national and international actions to lower levels of harmful emissions and are currently analysing all of the responses received. By the end of the year we will submit the finalised plans to the European Commission outlining how the UK will meet the EU limit values for NO<sub>2</sub> including those of 40 micrograms of NO<sub>2</sub> per cubic metre in the shortest possible time.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/12/2015 12:39:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

479156

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2016
	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: Imports
	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 the net value was of food imports from Africa in the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	31424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The following table shows the net value (imports minus exports) of food imports from Africa, for the last ten years, according to HMRC trade statistics<strong><strong>[1]</strong></strong>:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£'million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Exports</p></td><td><p>Total Imports</p></td><td><p><em>Net Imports</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>173.5</p></td><td><p>1,200.7</p></td><td><p><em>1,027.1</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>168.5</p></td><td><p>1,260.7</p></td><td><p><em>1,092.2</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>263.6</p></td><td><p>1,428.6</p></td><td><p><em>1,165.0</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>259.2</p></td><td><p>1,506.2</p></td><td><p><em>1,247.1</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>372.1</p></td><td><p>1,419.7</p></td><td><p><em>1,047.7</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>375.0</p></td><td><p>1,497.6</p></td><td><p><em>1,122.6</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>430.0</p></td><td><p>1,419.9</p></td><td><p><em>990.0</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>502.9</p></td><td><p>1,565.5</p></td><td><p><em>1,062.6</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>594.6</p></td><td><p>1,467.5</p></td><td><p><em>872.9</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>448.7</p></td><td><p>1,307.9</p></td><td><p><em>859.2</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total trade</p></td><td><p>3,588.1</p></td><td><p>14,074.3</p></td><td><p><em>10,486.2</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1]</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: HM Revenue and Customs</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Data prepared by the Food &amp; Trade Statistics team, Great British Food Unit, Defra</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>2015 data are subject to amendments</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/03/2016 11:58:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

479157

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2016
	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: Imports
	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 the net value was of food imports from the EU in the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	31425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The following table shows the net value (imports minus exports) of food imports from EU countries, for the last ten years, according to HMRC trade statistics[1]:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£'million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Exports</p></td><td><p>Total Imports</p></td><td><p><em>Net Imports</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>6,849.6</p></td><td><p>14,293.2</p></td><td><p><em>7,443.6</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>6,761.9</p></td><td><p>14,250.4</p></td><td><p><em>7,488.5</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>7,401.8</p></td><td><p>14,534.3</p></td><td><p><em>7,132.5</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>7,724.5</p></td><td><p>13,888.6</p></td><td><p><em>6,164.2</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>8,265.3</p></td><td><p>14,311.8</p></td><td><p><em>6,046.6</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>7,319.9</p></td><td><p>14,638.1</p></td><td><p><em>7,318.2</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>6,085.5</p></td><td><p>16,498.5</p></td><td><p><em>10,412.9</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5,837.4</p></td><td><p>19,021.0</p></td><td><p><em>13,183.7</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6,422.6</p></td><td><p>17,354.3</p></td><td><p><em>10,931.7</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>7,560.6</p></td><td><p>18,065.6</p></td><td><p><em>10,504.9</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total trade</p></td><td><p>70,229.1</p></td><td><p>156,855.9</p></td><td><p><em>86,626.8</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1]</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: HM Revenue and Customs</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Data prepared by the Food &amp; Trade Statistics team, Great British Food Unit, Defra</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>2015 data are subject to amendments</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/03/2016 12:04:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

421043

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2015
	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	Animals: Diseases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the schedule of comparable programme objects in HM Treasury's publication, Funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly: Statement of Funding Policy, published in October 2010, what the total expenditure was on animal diseases between 2010 and 2015; and to what projects in which locations that funding was provided.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	11511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the total expenditure on animal diseases in the five years from 2010-11 to 2014-15.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Spend (£)</p></td><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2014-2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>117,001,623</p></td><td><p>88,876,234</p></td><td><p>87,903,416</p></td><td><p>84,648,922</p></td><td><p>80,724,477</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/10/2015 11:01:57 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

387037

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	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	Agriculture: Subsidies
	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 her Department has made of the extent to which poor broadband access prevents farmers to accessing online CAP applications.
	tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
	tabling member printed	Albert Owen
	uin	5123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The rollout of superfast broadband is a key priority. The £778m Superfast Broadband Programme will provide 95% of UK premises with access to superfast broadband by the end of 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The RPA online system had been designed to operate on older dial-up internet connection speeds. In addition, many farmers in rural areas have affordable access to satellite broadband connection and the RPA had mobile satellite units to assist those in very hard to reach areas. In 2015, farmers were given the option of paper-based application.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/07/2015 11:48:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1474 label Biography information for Albert Owen

391428

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2015
	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	Biodiversity
	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 she will (a) publish separate 25-year plans to restore biodiversity and to grow more, buy more and sell more British food and (b) take steps to ensure that each such plan will contribute to the other's objectives.
	tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
	tabling member printed	Albert Owen
	uin	8095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>We are putting in place an ambitious 25-year plan to promote and grow our world-leading food and farming industry, encouraging enterprise and boosting productivity right across the food chain.</p><p>In addition, Defra is currently investing £4.2 million over three years in the Sustainable Intensification research Platform (SIP). This is designed to investigate integrated approaches for farmers to produce more food whilst simultaneously protecting and enhancing biodiversity, and the natural environment in general. The SIP will also develop tools to enable decision-makers to balance our need to produce more British food with the need to protect our natural resources.</p><p>The Government is currently developing the framework that will guide the development of a 25-year environment plan for England, which will include biodiversity. Biodiversity policy is a devolved issue, but we will maintain a constructive dialogue with the Devolved Administrations throughout the development of the plan, through the Four Countries Biodiversity Group.</p><p>The Government will, of course, ensure that these two long-term approaches complement each other.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/09/2015 10:23:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1474 label Biography information for Albert Owen