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1136312

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	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	Whales: Japan
	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 representations the Government has made to the Government of Japan against its decision to resume commercial whaling.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	272212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>We are very disappointed with Japan’s decision to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission and restart commercial whaling. The Prime Minister raised concerns with Prime Minister Abe during his visit to the UK in January. The Secretary of State has written to his Japanese counterpart on this matter. We will continue to work with the Japanese Government to engage with them and raise our concerns at every level, and we urge them to rethink their decision.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/07/2019 12:18:25 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

1135779

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	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, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of culling badgers on TB rates in cattle.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	271460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>Rigorous statistical analysis, which adjusts for differences related to the risk of TB in cattle, has been carried out to measure any association between badger culling and cattle TB incidence in comparison to areas where badger culling has not taken place. This analysis covers data from the first two years of culling in Areas 1 and 2 (Gloucestershire and Somerset). It is available at the following link: <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ece3.3254" target="_blank">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ece3.3254</a></p><p> </p><p>An updated statistical analysis of this data has been submitted to a peer-review journal.</p><p> </p><p>The raw data, can be found on the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-incidence-of-tb-in-cattle-in-licenced-badger-control-areas-in-2013-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-incidence-of-tb-in-cattle-in-licenced-badger-control-areas-in-2013-to-2017</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/07/2019 12:24:48 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1135961

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	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	Brixham Harbour and Fisheries
	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 he has plans to direct the £10 million funding allocated to the South West announced in the 2018 Budget to (a) the fishing industry and (b) the redevelopment of Brixham harbour.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	271520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>As announced in the 2018 Budget, the Government is investing £10 million from BEIS’s allocation of the National Productivity Investment Fund for Research and Development to enhance the productivity and sustainability of fisheries and seafood industries across the whole of the UK. The Seafood Innovation Fund will disburse this money and help transform the industry to ensure the UK is a world leader in safe, sustainable and productive fishing. BEIS has asked Defra and Cefas to deliver this funding on behalf of UK Research and Innovation, given the specialist knowledge and understanding required to make the most of this opportunity. Details of the design of the fund are currently being finalised to ensure value for money and we expect the fund to launch shortly.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/07/2019 12:03:09 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1136023

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Credit Unions
	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 offers employees a payroll deduction service to enable staff to join a credit union; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	271328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not currently offer a payroll deduction service that enables staff to join a credit union and at present has no plans to do so.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/07/2019 15:54:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1135204

	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	European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
	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 applications were (a) received and (b) granted by the Marine Management Organisation for funding from the European Maritime Fisheries Fund from statutory harbour authorities in each of the last five years; and how much funding (a) each applicant was applying for and (b) was granted.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	270348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Since 2014, there have been 26 applications from statutory harbour authorities, of which a total of £3.2 million of the European Maritime Fisheries Fund (EMFF) has been awarded to beneficiaries by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). A breakdown for each of the last five years is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Approved in year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of projects</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>EMFF £m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3.2</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/07/2019 14:28:23 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1135205

	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	European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
	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 money was spent on (a) administration and (b) funding for the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund in each of the last five years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	270349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Since the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund opened in 2014, the annual cost of administrating the fund in England has been approximately £0.7 million. A total of £34.8 million grant funding has been paid out from the overall scheme, including technical assistance costs. A breakdown of funding paid out since 2014 is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ million</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>12.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>34.8</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/07/2019 14:42:01 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1135229

	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Iron and Steel
	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 he will sign his Department up to the UK Steel charter.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	270365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>Andrew Stephenson MP, Parliamentary Undersecretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, wrote to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 29 May to ask my Department to sign the Steel Charter.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 270366 question first answered 05/07/2019 11:33:12 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1135230

	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Iron and Steel
	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 has had discussions with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the UK Steel charter.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	270366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>Andrew Stephenson MP, Parliamentary Undersecretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, wrote to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 29 May to ask my Department to sign the Steel Charter.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 270365 question first answered 05/07/2019 11:33:12 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1135251

	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	Fisheries
	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 he will publish the fishing policy for the UK based on the UK leaving the EU without a deal on 31 October 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	270231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK’s vision for future fisheries management is laid out in the white paper, ‘Sustainable fisheries for future generations’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/07/2019 14:50:35 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1135309

	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	Fisheries
	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 agreements the Government has in place for UK fishing vessels to continue to access non-EU distant waters in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	270428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>UK fishermen are currently able to access some non-EU distant waters via the EU’s international agreements, for example with Norway and the Faroe Islands. We are undertaking detailed contingency planning in consultation with industry partners, with respect to potential successor agreements in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/07/2019 14:44:35 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard