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48204

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	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
	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 levels of stock his Department holds of (a) stationery, (b) printer cartridges, (c) treasury tags and other fasteners and (d) other office consumables.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	uin	196205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Core Defra does not hold this information because some stocks are held locally and some are ordered centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

47567

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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
	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 protect each of the 26 species of bee that are under threat in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	195900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Conservation of biodiversity is a devolved matter. Action in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a matter for the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>England's biodiversity strategy, <em>Biodiversity 2020, </em>takes an integrated, large-scale approach to biodiversity conservation, exemplified by our Nature Improvement Areas initiative. This approach is designed to meet the habitat needs of many species, including threatened species of bee.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The strategy recognises that there will also be a need to take targeted action for the recovery of certain priority species, including certain bee species, whose conservation is not delivered through wider, habitat-based measures. These species are catered for through Natural England's Species Recovery Programme. The recent reintroduction of the short-haired bumblebee in the South East of England is one such example.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Incentives for farmers and other land managers to conserve and enhance important wildlife habitats, including those for bees, are provided under Environmental Stewardship schemes. Following a review, new payments were introduced from 1 January 2013 to improve habitats and food for pollinators, including bees. These payments provide for the addition of wildflowers to buffer strips and field corners, and the provision of legume-rich and herb-rich swards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For the future, we are currently considering the scope for further enhancements for bees and other pollinators as part of wider environmental delivery through the reformed Common Agricultural Policy. Over £3.1 billion will be available up to 2020 to protect and enhance biodiversity under the New Environmental Land Management Scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra is also developing the National Pollinator Strategy for England to reflect the importance of bees and other insect pollinators to agriculture and biodiversity and in recognition that they face many pressures. A public consultation was launched in March 2014 and the final Strategy will be finalised in summer 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

47563

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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
	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 the additional £5 million for tackling waste crime announced in the budget statement will reduce in the planned workforce and associated workload in the enforcement and legal department of the Environment Agency.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	195783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra and the Environment Agency have been working together to ensure that the additional funding is targeted effectively to tackle waste crime. A decision on how the additional £5 million will be spent is subject to Defra Ministerial approval.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Depending on how the £5 million is to be spent, the Environment Agency will review its planning assumptions to determine the impact on its workforce and associated workload</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

47942

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2014
	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
	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 he has made of the geographical spread in the UK of the bacterium melissococcus plutonius.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Simon Reevell
	uin	196047
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The bacterium is widespread across England and Wales. A recently completed two-year random survey of 4,600 apiaries estimated <em>Melissococcus plutonius </em>as being present in 1.6% in Year 1 (2009/10) and 1.3% in Year 2 (2010/11).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	3978 label Biography information for Simon Reevell

47238

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	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
	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 steps the Government has taken to protect the UK's honeybee population.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	195672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Recent steps taken by Defra to protect the UK's honeybee population include the launch of the National Pollinator Strategy and conducting a 12 month policy review, in collaboration with stakeholders, on the pests and diseases affecting honeybees. Longer term initiatives include the Healthy Bees Plan and continued funding of the National Bee Unit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham