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1147566

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	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	Environment Protection: Expenditure
	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 6 and 9 September to Questions 282507, 282510, 282514, 282515, 282516, 282517, 282518, 282519, 282520, 282521, 282522, 282523, 282524, 282525, 282527, 282528 and 282529, what programmes were included in the Natural environment and atmosphere improvement programmes under the heading Improve the Environment; and if she will publish the (a) the Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit, (b) Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit and (c) Annually Managed Expenditure funding allocated to each of those programmes for 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	292921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Please see the table attached that sets out 2019-20 planned funding for specific programmes. Negative figures show overall planned savings or income.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 292922 question first answered 08/10/2019 09:25:07 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice attachment 1 file name 2019-20 Planned funding for specific programmes.docx title 2019-20 Planned Funding Table
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1147567

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	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	Environment Protection: Expenditure
	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 6 and 9 September to Questions 282507, 282510, 282514, 282515, 282516, 282517, 282518, 282519, 282520, 282521, 282522, 282523, 282524, 282525, 282527, 282528 and 282529, what programmes were included in the Wildlife, international, climate and forestry programme under the heading Improve the Environment; and if she will publish the (a) Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit, (b) Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit and (c) Annually Managed Expenditure funding allocated to each of those programmes for 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	292922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Please see the table attached that sets out 2019-20 planned funding for specific programmes. Negative figures show overall planned savings or income.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 292921 question first answered 08/10/2019 09:25:07 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice attachment 1 file name 2019-20 Planned funding for specific programmes.docx title 2019-20 Planned Funding Table
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1145924

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Air Pollution: 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, how much her Department has spent from the public purse on tackling poor air quality in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	290860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Joint Air Quality Unit (JAQU) is a cross-Departmental team between the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Department for Transport (DfT). It was set up in Financial Year (FY) 2016/17 and is responsible for the delivery of the UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations (NO2).</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows Defra’s spend for FY 2015/16 and JAQU’s total spend each year since FY 2016/17. Figures for FY 2014/15 are not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Defra Funding</strong> <strong>(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>DfT Funding</strong> <strong>(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong> <strong>(£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>-*</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>19.9</p></td><td><p>22.4</p></td><td><p>42.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>51.6</p></td><td><p>109.2</p></td><td><p>160.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*No DfT funding for FY 2015/16</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/09/2019 16:53:43 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1145925

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease 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, how much her Department spent from the public purse on the badger cull in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	290861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>Bovine TB is one of the greatest animal health threats to the UK and the disease costs the public over £100million a year, with the cost to the farming industry around £50m a year. Badger control costs to Government in each of the last five years are as follows (to the nearest thousand pounds):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Licensing and compliance monitoring</p></td><td><p>£1,036,000</p></td><td><p>£1,003,000</p></td><td><p>£1,284,000</p></td><td><p>£1,289,000</p></td><td><p>£1,312,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humaneness monitoring, including post mortems</p></td><td><p>£1,515,000</p></td><td><p>£154,000</p></td><td><p>£392,000</p></td><td><p>£506,000</p></td><td><p>£352,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Efficacy monitoring</p></td><td><p>£17,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advice and assessments</p></td><td><p>£294,000</p></td><td><p>£460,000</p></td><td><p>£646,000</p></td><td><p>£728,000</p></td><td><p>£410,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other costs, including equipment</p></td><td><p>£205,000</p></td><td><p>£162,000</p></td><td><p>£53,000</p></td><td><p>£49,000</p></td><td><p>£1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£3,067,000</p></td><td><p>£1,779,000</p></td><td><p>£2,375,000</p></td><td><p>£2,572,000</p></td><td><p>£2,075,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Badger control policing costs to Government in each of the last five years are as follows (to the nearest thousand pounds):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Policing</p></td><td><p>£1,392,000</p></td><td><p>£1,809,000</p></td><td><p>£3,030,000</p></td><td><p>£4,047,000</p></td><td><p>£3,237,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Further information can be found on <a href="http://gov.uk" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> at the following link: www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-government-badger-control-costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/10/2019 16:01:46 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1145926

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	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 much her Department has spent from the public purse on tree planting in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	290862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>Defra supports tree planting in England through three main established funding mechanisms: The Woodland Creation Planning Grant; The Woodland Carbon Fund; and Countryside Stewardship (formerly the England Woodland Grant Scheme).</p><p> </p><p>Collectively, spend on these schemes over the last five years is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2014-15 - £7.9M</p><p>2015-16 - £2.3M</p><p>2016-17 - £2.0M</p><p>2017-18 - £4.2M</p><p>2018-19 - £4.6M</p><p> </p><p>Over the last five years Defra has also supported tree planting through its arms lengths bodies and directly funded projects such as the Trees for Schools programme – current spend £2.5M.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is also supporting a new Northumberland Forestry Partnership, and the planting of three new sites in Northumberland to coincide with the UK hosting COP26 international climate conference.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 03/10/2019 15:59:15 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1145928

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Environment Agency: Pay
	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 progress her Department has made on resolving the pay dispute at the Environment Agency.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	290863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) is in meaningful talks with its recognised trade unions. This has resulted in the suspension of action by one of the trade unions.</p><p> </p><p>The EA has a portfolio of transformational projects which will better support the development of any future pay reform, and on which the EA is working collaboratively with its trade unions.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, the EA will move forward with a pay deal for 2019 which will be in line with the Government’s Civil Service pay remit guidance for 2019 to 2020.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/09/2019 16:46:24 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1145929

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Fracking: Methane
	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 she has made of the effect of fracking on trends in the level of methane emissions.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	290864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>There is currently only one operational shale gas exploration site in the UK. The Environment Agency (EA) has set legally binding conditions to require monitoring and control of methane emissions at the hydraulic fracturing site in Lancashire. Cuadrilla are required to carry out regular emissions monitoring, including continuous monitoring of methane to air before and during shale gas operations. The results are submitted regularly to the EA. The levels of methane in the ambient air are also monitored independently off site by the EA and the British Geological Survey.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/09/2019 16:55:29 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1145931

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Livestock: 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, what guidance her Department has issued to livestock transport companies on the welfare of animals in the event of delays to freight crossing to and from the EU if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	290866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Defra has issued guidance to animal transporters on the processes that apply in relation to import and export rules and animal welfare in the event of no deal and contingency measures that can be taken to mitigate the risks to welfare of animals being stuck in queues. Transporters have a legal duty to safeguard the welfare of their animals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 07/10/2019 16:40:30 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1145932

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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: Exports
	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 guidance her Department has issued to food transport companies on the effect on food quality and safety of delays to freight crossing to and from the EU in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	290867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with industry to ensure that cross-border activity continues to be conducted in a way which minimises delays and additional burdens for legitimate trade, while robustly ensuring compliance.</p><p> </p><p>We have published extensive guidance to enable business to continue to trade with the EU and to plan for any disruption.</p><p> </p><p>Bespoke information for direct hauliers who transport food products includes the haulier hand book; the haulier pocket guide; and the no-deal Brexit haulier checklist, all produced in concert with Department for Transport. We have also provided information to refrigerated haulage providers and those who specialise in livestock.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/10/2019 09:32:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1145935

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Nature Conservation: Crime
	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 she has to review wildlife crime penalties.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	290869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government takes wildlife crime seriously. Significant sanctions are available to judges to hand down to those convicted of wildlife crimes. Most wildlife crimes carry <del class="ministerial">a maximum fine of £5,000</del> <ins class="ministerial">an unlimited fine</ins> and a six-month custodial sentence. We have no plans to amend these penalties.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 04/10/2019 13:58:22 question first ministerially corrected 09/10/2019 09:01:45 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow previous answer version 137435 answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock