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1580489

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2023
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Security
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what assessment has been made of the proportionality of the cost of replacing the revolving door at Peers' Entrance, given the plans for further related security works within the next three years.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Trenchard
	uin	HL5048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>The proportionality of the costs of the works at Peers’ Entrance, and the security benefits arising, have been the subject of rigorous internal assessment through the usual business case process. The plans have also been validated by external experts.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 01/02/2023 15:35:10 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1829 label Biography information for Viscount Trenchard

1584773

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2023
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Security
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 1 February (HL5048), what account was taken of the further security works to be undertaken within the next three years when assessing the proportionality of the cost of the works at Peers' Entrance.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Trenchard
	uin	HL5480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The proportionality of the costs of the works at Peers’ Entrance, and the security benefits arising, have been the subject of rigorous internal assessment through the usual business case process. The plans have also been validated by external experts.<br></p><p>To avoid publicly disclosing sensitive security matters it is not possible to go into further detail, however Members are always welcome to contact the Director of Security to discuss any security-related concerns privately.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 14/02/2023 11:59:12 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1829 label Biography information for Viscount Trenchard

1584774

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2023
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Security
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 1 February (HL5048), what account was taken by the external experts of the proportionality of the costs of the works at Peers' Entrance against the background that further related security works will be undertaken within the next three years.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Trenchard
	uin	HL5481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The proportionality of the costs of the works at Peers’ Entrance, and the security benefits arising, have been the subject of rigorous internal assessment through the usual business case process. The plans have also been validated by external experts.</p><p>To avoid publicly disclosing sensitive security matters it is not possible to go into further detail, however Members are always welcome to contact the Director of Security to discuss any security-related concerns privately.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 14/02/2023 12:09:25 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1829 label Biography information for Viscount Trenchard

1252014

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2020
	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	Potatoes: Fungicides
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated area of certified organic potatoes treated in England during 2020 with copper hydroxide under the emergency derogation granted by the Chemicals Regulation Directorate.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
	uin	HL10368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Emergency authorisation to use a product containing copper hydroxide on organic potatoes was granted for England only following an application from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. The application stated that the total area of organic potatoes grown across the UK was 800 hectares and that treatment of the full area might be required. The Government does not currently have a figure for the area that was actually treated. However, the stewardship programme agreed with AHDB requires that this information is collected and is submitted with any future application for a similar emergency authorisation.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 30/11/2020 14:00:23 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley

1252015

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2020
	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	Organic Farming: Cereals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated proportion of the total certified organic area of the (1) wheat, (2) barley, (3) oats, (4) rye, and (5) triticale, crops produced from non-organic seed in England in each of the past three harvest years.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
	uin	HL10369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>There is no certified organic farmland that uses wholly non-organic seeds, as use of organic seeds is a requirement for certification. In cases where, due to limited availability, a producer cannot source the required seeds in sufficient quantities, the organic regulation does, however, allow producers to use a mixture of organic and non-organic seeds. The organic legislation recognises that the seed sector is not sufficiently developed to meet the demand for organic seeds with a 100% requirement. In these cases, non-organic seeds must make up the minimum proportion possible and the mixture must be evenly mixed and spread across the land in question.</p><p> </p><p>We do not have data on the area of land in England for which such authorisations have been granted. We can, however, supply figures for the total number of authorisations and quantities involved for the UK as a whole.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Non-organic arable seed used by organic farmers: 2017 to 2019</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Crop</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Authorisations</p></td><td><p>Tonnes</p></td><td><p>Authorisations</p></td><td><p>Tonnes</p></td><td><p>Authorisations</p></td><td><p>Tonnes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Winter Wheat</strong></p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>126.3</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>142.9</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>107.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Spring Wheat</strong></p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>32.2</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>98.4</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>59.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Spring Barley</strong></p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>348.3</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>250.3</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>141.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Winter Barley</strong></p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>84.4</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>66.5</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>151.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Spring Oats</strong></p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>129.7</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>230.7</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>65.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Winter Oats</strong></p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>59.5</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>42.3</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>17.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Winter Rye</strong></p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>44.2</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>119.3</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>72.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Spring Triticale</strong></p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>63.6</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>19.8</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>75.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Winter Triticale</strong></p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>22.9</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>14.7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Due to variations in year to year harvest and market conditions affecting availability there is still variation. The long-term trend, however, is that over recent years the number of authorisations needed has on average decreased, due to increasing availability of organic seeds.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 30/11/2020 14:00:07 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley

1252016

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2020
	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	Organic Farming: Antimicrobials
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many emergency derogations to use non-organic antimicrobial products were authorised to certified organic producers of (1) beef cattle, (2) dairy cattle, (3) sheep, (4) goats, and (5) pigs, in England in each of the past three calendar years.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
	uin	HL10370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Individual derogations are not offered for the use of non-organic antibiotics for organic livestock. Organic farmers may use non-organic antibiotics when necessary, if they have exhausted the possibilities for treatment using other measures.</p><p> </p><p>This decision is under the responsibility of the veterinarian caring for the livestock. Records are kept and maintained by the producer and are referred to as part of annual and ad hoc inspections carried out by Organic Control Bodies. Therefore, no centralised records exist.</p><p> </p><p>In cases where an animal requires non-organic antibiotics more than three times within 12 months, or more than one course of treatment in total if their productive lifecycle is less than one year, it cannot be sold as organic.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 30/11/2020 16:35:48 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley

417509

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	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	Hen Harriers: Conservation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, of the 12 hen harrier nesting attempts in England in 2015, how many of (1) the six failed nests, and (2) the six successful nests, were on land in an area where the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds had primary control over access to the nests.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
	uin	HL2105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The table below sets out monitoring arrangements and outcomes for the 12 hen harrier nesting attempts in England in 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Nest</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Landowner</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nest monitored by</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outcome</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Private landowner</p></td><td><p>Local raptor workers</p></td><td><p>Chicks Fledged</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Private landowner</p></td><td><p>Local raptor workers</p></td><td><p>Chicks Fledged</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Natural England</p></td><td><p>Natural England</p></td><td><p>Chicks Fledged</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Forestry Commission</p></td><td><p>Forestry Commission/</p><p>RSPB/Natural England</p></td><td><p>Chicks Fledged</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Forestry Commission</p></td><td><p>Forestry Commission/</p><p>RSPB/Natural England</p></td><td><p>Chicks Fledged</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Chicks Fledged</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Male disappeared</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Male disappeared</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Male disappeared</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Male disappeared</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p><p> </p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Predation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Male disappeared</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/09/2015 16:25:25 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley

759133

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	Hen Harriers: Conservation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many hen harrier nests in the UK were located in areas where the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds had primary control over access in (1) 2015, (2) 2016, and (3) 2017; how many of those nests failed to have any chicks fledge; and what were the known causes of those nest failures.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
	uin	HL1502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2017 answer text <p>Wildlife conservation is a devolved matter so this reply relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has primary control over access to two known hen harrier breeding sites: the RSPB reserve at Geltsdale and United Utilities landholding in the Bowland Fells.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Between 2015 and 2017, eight nests were located on these sites, six of which failed to fledge young.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further details including known causes of nest failures are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Site</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Monitored by</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outcome</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Nest failure reason</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>1 Chick Fledged</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Male disappeared</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Male disappeared</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Male disappeared</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Male disappeared</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Predation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>RSPB Geltsdale</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Male disappeared</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>RSPB Geltsdale</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>1 Chick Fledged</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There were no nests on RSPB monitored land in 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 25/09/2017 10:00:25 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley

418611

	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	Water: Pollution
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current state of the monitoring in the United Kingdom of the industrial chemicals present in groundwater and river water, in particular pseudo-oestrogens (xenoestrogens) and those substances itemised in Directive 2008/105/EC.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Hanworth
	uin	HL2203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>In England, the Environment Agency has an extensive monitoring network over both surface and groundwaters, to comply with European groundwater legislation (2006/118/EC) and requirements under the EU Priority Substances Directive (2008/105/EC and its update, 2013/39/EU). It monitors surface waters for priority substances (set at EU level), and also certain other chemicals of a national, but not European, concern.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency are developing a programme to monitor priority substances that accumulate in biota (e.g. in fish or shellfish) at a number of freshwater sites in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency is shortly to start contributing to the European-wide surveillance of a number of emerging substances of concern (the watch list) required under Directive 2013/39/EU.<strong> </strong>This monitoring will include the xenoestrogen ethinyloestradiol.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 22/09/2015 16:01:07 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2648 label Biography information for Viscount Hanworth

713109

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2017
	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	Fly-tipping
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many instances of fly tipping have been reported in each of the past three financial years; and how many successful prosecutions have been brought over the same period.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Goschen
	uin	HL6229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>The number of instances of fly-tipping reported by local authorities, and the number of successful prosecutions brought over the last three years are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Number of Incidents</p></td><td><p>Number of successful prosecutions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>852,036</p></td><td><p>1,953</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>899,763</p></td><td><p>1,771</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>936,090</p></td><td><p>2,091</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The data is published on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p><p>The overall trend in fly-tipping incidents had shown a steady decline between 2007/08 and 2012/13 until 2013/14 when there was an increase to 852,000 incidents. Prosecutions have been more variable, with a peak in 2011/12. The 2015/16 figure is more average.</p><p> </p><p>Many local authorities have started to improve the way they capture and report fly-tips over the past few years, so the increase over time should be interpreted with some care. It has also been brought to our attention that the definitions used to describe fly-tips are interpreted broadly from the guidance.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 03/04/2017 16:05:17 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3602 label Biography information for Viscount Goschen