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418683

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Freedom of Information
	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 hours her Department spent on processing freedom of information requests in each of the last 24 months.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	uin	10223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>Defra does not record the time processing Freedom of Information Act requests.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/09/2015 10:23:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

454835

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2016
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Overseas Aid
	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 her Department's spending was on Overseas Development Aid in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) the first 10 months of 2015-16; and what the recipient countries of that aid were.
	tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
	tabling member printed	Wendy Morton
	uin	28264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>Data on Defra’s Official Development Assistance funding is publicly available on the GOV.UK website where the Department for International Development’s document entitled “Dataset underlying SID 2015” is available for download at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>The dataset provides a breakdown of spending by calendar year, recipient country and channel of delivery (in line with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee guidance). Defra-related information within the dataset can be found as follows:</p><p> </p><p>(i) Darwin Initiative projects –for 2013 funding see rows 27384 – 27496 and 32391 – 32450; for 2014 funding see rows 32458 – 32864, 34206 to 34416, 35856 to 36904, 37230 to 37234 and 40575 to 40628.</p><p>(ii) International Climate Fund projects – for 2013 funding see rows 27448 and 27449; for 2014 funding see row 33528.</p><p>(iii) Illegal Wildlife Trade - for 2014 funding see rows 33200, 33201, 33879, 33880 and 34845.</p><p> </p><p>Information on 2015 spending will be available when the next updated dataset is published later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 02/03/2016 10:28:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton

428682

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2015
	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	Environment Protection: North of England
	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 discussions she has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and (b) Chancellor of the Exchequer on improving the environment as part of the Northern Powerhouse initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	16587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>Improving the environment is essential for providing the natural resources that underpin our economic success. We also want to see businesses whose products improve the environment grow. As a member of the Informal Ministerial Group on the Northern Powerhouse, I have discussed with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and other Ministerial colleagues ways in which a healthy environment and economic growth in the north of England go together.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 25/11/2015 10:27:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

442940

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	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	Nature 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, when the Government plans to respond to the proposals on licences set down in Clause 23 of the draft Wildlife Bill produced by the Law Commission.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	21159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>Defra intends to provide a response to the Law Commissions report on wildlife law by late 2016.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 13/01/2016 15:08:57 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

444185

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2016
	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	Flood Control: Yorkshire and the Humber
	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 allocated to (a) capital investment in and (b) maintenance flood protection schemes in (i) Barnsley East constituency, (ii) Barnsley, (iii) South Yorkshire and (iv) Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
	uin	22167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>The capital allocation for investment in flood schemes and revenue maintenance allocations for the Yorkshire RFCC area shown in the table below:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Funding in £000’s for the following financial years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capital investment in schemes</p></td><td><p>28,800</p></td><td><p><br> 10,900</p></td><td><p><br> 17,400</p></td><td><p><br> 28,800</p></td><td><p><br> 43,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Revenue maintenance</p></td><td><p>12,536</p></td><td><p><br> 11,516</p></td><td><p><br> 13,751</p></td><td><p><br> 10,685</p></td><td><p><br> 14,409</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><p>Environment Agency records regarding historic spend are collated for the geographical area covered by the Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee (RFCC) as a whole, which includes Barnsley.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/01/2016 15:37:24 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

444186

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2016
	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	Flood Control: Yorkshire and the Humber
	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 her Department's budget for (a) capital investment and (b) maintenance flood protection schemes in (i) Barnsley East constituency, (ii) Barnsley, (iii) South Yorkshire and (iv) Yorkshire and the Humber in each year to 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
	uin	22169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The 6 year capital investment programme allows allocations to be identified at various geographical levels which are provided in the following table.</p><br /><p>The maintenance allocation for the financial year 2016 to 2017 is due to be approved at the Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee (RFCC) meeting on January 21<sup>st</sup>.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td colspan="6"><p>Funding £000’s for the following financial years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>Location</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5"><p><br> <br> <br> Capital</p></td><td><p>Barnsley East</p></td><td><p>266</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>266</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>7,540</p></td><td><p>5,460</p></td><td><p>3,142</p></td><td><p>9,215</p></td><td><p>10,104</p></td><td><p>2,487</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire RFCC</p></td><td><p>37,312</p></td><td><p>47,300</p></td><td><p>61,700</p></td><td><p>63,800</p></td><td><p>43,200</p></td><td><p>26,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>46,617</p></td><td><p>55,146</p></td><td><p>66,948</p></td><td><p>77,049</p></td><td><p>61,080</p></td><td><p>47,839</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maintenance</p></td><td><p>Yorkshire RFCC</p></td><td><p>15,063</p></td><td><p>Yet to be agreed</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/01/2016 16:01:21 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

419988

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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	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 assessment her Department made prior to laying the Flood Reinsurance (Scheme Funding and Administration) Regulations 2015 of whether the scope of the definition of home insurance in the regulations covered only those home insurers who explicitly protected against flood risk.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	10795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>We consulted widely and worked very closely with the Association of British Insurers to ensure that the Flood Reinsurance (Scheme Funding and Administration) Regulations 2015 reflect the intended policy position. As set out in the Regulations, Flood Re will assess whether an insurer is liable for levy payments (and the amount of levy they are due to pay) based on the amount of domestic property insurance an insurer covers in the UK market.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/10/2015 12:26:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

421726

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2015
	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	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 steps her Department is taking to improve air quality in order to assist people with lung diseases.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	12119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>We are fully committed to complying with EU Air Quality Standards as soon as possible. We have already committed over £2 billion since 2011 in transport measures to improve air quality. On 12 September we launched a public consultation on our draft revised Air Quality plans for nitrogen dioxide, which set out a range of local, national and European actions to lower levels of harmful emissions. The consultation closes on 6 November 2015.</p><br /><p>Government departments and agencies work together to prioritise action and offer the best advice to vulnerable groups to help mitigate the health effects of air pollution. Our daily air quality forecast includes accompanying health messages to the public based on advice provided by Public Health England.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/10/2015 16:33:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

451986

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2016
	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	Flood Control: West 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 plans she has to ensure adequate funding of flood alleviation schemes planned for the River Spen in Cleckheaton and Liversedge.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Jo Cox
	uin	26911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>The Environment Agency plans to undertake investigative work to identify and assess options to further reduce flood risk within the constituency. Depending on the outcome of this work, the Environment Agency has earmarked approximately £1 million of capital funding in the period 2021/22 for works to further reduce flood risk in Cleckheaton and Liversedge.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/02/2016 13:14:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4375 label Biography information for Jo Cox

451987

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2016
	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	Flood Control: West 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 funding her Department plans to make available for flood defences along the River Calder and its tributaries in West Yorkshire in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Jo Cox
	uin	26912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>The following table shows the currently projected Grant in Aid over the next five years for measures to reduce flood risk along the River Calder and its tributaries in West Yorkshire.</p><p> </p><p>As the costs of some of the repairs following the recent floods are still to be finalised, these figures will increase accordingly.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Grant in Aid in £k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1,216</p></td><td><p>923</p></td><td><p>1,269</p></td><td><p>784</p></td><td><p>2,653</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Schemes were allocated funding based on nationally consistent criteria. The position of a scheme in the programme depends on the availability and timing of contributions and how its appraisal or design are progressing.</p><p> </p><p>The projected funding had been allocated in current spending plans. The Government’s National Flood Resilience Review will re-examine worst case extreme weather scenarios and the resulting potential flood impacts across the country.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 26/02/2016 11:48:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4375 label Biography information for Jo Cox