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1037847

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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: Vaccination
	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 badgers were vaccinated for TB in the last year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	206346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Provisional figures for 2017 show 327 badgers were vaccinated under licence from Natural England. The number of BCG doses made available for badger vaccination was limited in 2017 due to a global shortage and the need to prioritise supplies for human vaccination. Global BCG vaccine supply is now improving and although complete figures for the number of badgers vaccinated in 2018 are not yet available, provisional data returned to date indicate that the number will be higher than in 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/01/2019 17:16:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1041349

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	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	Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
	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 Answer of 11 January 2019 to Question 206400 on Beverage Containers: Recycling, if he will (a) set a target for recycling over 90 percent of drinks containers of all shapes as suggested in the Scottish consultation and (b) make an assessment of the need for a deposit return system that includes containers of all shapes, sizes and materials to achieve such a target.
	tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
	tabling member printed	Steve Double
	uin	208351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The consultation regarding the introduction of a deposit return scheme (DRS) will be published shortly, and will look at how a scheme might sit alongside other measures to boost recycling. The specific model, scope and scale of any scheme, have not yet been determined, and we are currently developing proposals on these to be consulted on.</p><p> </p><p>We are drawing upon experience of how DRS systems operate in a range of countries to help shape our proposals for a scheme in England. As the Minister responsible for this policy area, I visited Norway, Sweden and Denmark at the end of 2017, to find out more about the DRS in those countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 208353 question first answered 16/01/2019 17:11:15 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1041351

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	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	Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
	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 Answer of 11 January 2019 to Question 206400 on Beverage Containers: Recycling, what assessment he has made of (a) the effectiveness of deposit return systems in operation in other countries; and (b) the merits of the Norwegian environmental tax on recyclable plastic bottles.
	tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
	tabling member printed	Steve Double
	uin	208353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The consultation regarding the introduction of a deposit return scheme (DRS) will be published shortly, and will look at how a scheme might sit alongside other measures to boost recycling. The specific model, scope and scale of any scheme, have not yet been determined, and we are currently developing proposals on these to be consulted on.</p><p> </p><p>We are drawing upon experience of how DRS systems operate in a range of countries to help shape our proposals for a scheme in England. As the Minister responsible for this policy area, I visited Norway, Sweden and Denmark at the end of 2017, to find out more about the DRS in those countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 208351 question first answered 16/01/2019 17:11:15 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1039019

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Ammonia
	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 his Department’s report entitled, Air quality: explaining air pollution – at a glance, published on 22 May 2018, for what reason emissions of ammonia have increased since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	207297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Agriculture is the dominant source of ammonia emissions, with the sector accounting for around 88% of total UK emissions in 2016. The main emission sources are livestock manures and slurries and mineral fertilisers.</p><p> </p><p>Emissions of ammonia increased by 10% between 2013 and 2016 (the most recent year for which data are available). The increase was largely due to increased use of urea-based fertilisers, which typically produce more ammonia than alternative fertilisers. As a result, emissions from inorganic fertilisers increased by 41% during this period. Smaller increases in emissions were attributed to a range of factors including increased numbers of poultry and cattle</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 16/01/2019 16:37:00 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1039566

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2019
	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	Packaging: Waste Disposal
	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 his Department has made of the cost to local authorities of the collection and disposal of packaging waste.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
	tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
	uin	207603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>In support of our forthcoming consultation on reforming the packaging producer responsibility system, we have prepared an early-stage impact assessment. This impact assessment assesses the costs to local authorities of collection and treatment of packaging waste. It will be published shortly, alongside the consultation. However, the National Audit Office published a report in 2018 stating that English local authorities spent an estimated £700 million in 2017 on collecting and treating packaging waste.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 16/01/2019 17:47:29 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

1039567

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2019
	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	Packaging: Recycling
	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 his Department plans to publish its consultation on introducing consistent recyclable packaging material funded by Extended Producer Responsibility.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
	tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
	uin	207604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Shortly.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 16/01/2019 16:21:00 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

1038441

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	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	Public Footpaths
	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 is taking to (a) make footpaths more accessible to people with restricted mobility and (b) create new footpaths to connect places and communities.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	206746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Public rights of way are a local matter and are handled by individual local highway authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are required to keep a Rights of Way Improvement Plan (ROWIP) to plan improvements to their network. The expectation is for local authorities, whenever possible, to look at the needs of all users, including where possible to provide specific improvements for a range of users with limited mobility including wheelchair users and those with young children in pushchairs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 16/01/2019 14:47:17 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead