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428122

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2015
	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	Forests
	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 proportion of ancient woodland is located within (a) national parks and (b) areas of outstanding natural beauty; and what proportion of that woodland has site of special scientific interest status.
	tabling member constituency	Taunton Deane
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Pow
	uin	16224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>Natural England estimates that 15% of ancient woodlandis located within national parks and 30% is located within areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONBs). In national parks, <del class="ministerial">41%</del> <ins class="ministerial">29%</ins>of this woodland has site of special scientific interest (SSSI) status; in AONBs, 13% of this woodland has SSSI status.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/11/2015 17:06:49 question first ministerially corrected 24/11/2015 13:05:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 30723 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow

437148

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	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	Flood Control: Finance
	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 16 November 2015 to Question 16031, how much the Environment Agency spent directly on maintaining flood defences in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14; and how much the agency projects it will spend on such defences in (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17, (iii) 2017-18, (iv) 2018-19 and (v) 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	19606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows how much the Environment Agency spent directly on maintaining flood defences in the years requested:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Allocation £m</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>Asset Management</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government has confirmed that flood maintenance funding will be protected in real terms for the duration of this Parliament.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">In addition to the maintenance spend, a further £2.3 Billion will be invested in flood defences in the next six years, providing better protection to over 300,000 households.</ins></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/12/2015 11:14:44 question first ministerially corrected 04/02/2016 11:26:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 36488 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

437150

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	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	Flood 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 assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Environment Agency's 2014 Long Term Investment Scenarios recommended optimum overall investment in flood defences of £750m to £800m each year to 2019-20; and whether she expects that level of overall investment to be achieved.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	19675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Environment Agency's Long Term Investment Scenarios report represents the best currently available projections of potential long term costs to manage flood and coastal risk under a range of scenarios reflecting future uncertainties. It will be kept under review as any further evidence emerges.</p><br /><p>The report confirms that current Government investment plans to 2020, together with forecast local contributions, are in line with the level the Environment Agency’s assessment indicates is necessary to reduce overall flood risk <del class="ministerial">by 5%</del>.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/12/2015 15:36:34 question first ministerially corrected 16/12/2015 16:15:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 35407 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

437153

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	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	Flood Control: Finance
	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 3 December 2015 to Question 18118, when she plans to announce the level of funding for flood defence maintenance in each year until 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	19605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows how much the Environment Agency spent directly on maintaining flood defences in the years requested:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Allocation £m</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>Asset Management</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The Government has confirmed that flood maintenance funding will be protected in real terms for the duration of this Parliament.</p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">In addition to the maintenance spend, a further £2.3 Billion will be invested in flood defences in the next six years, providing better protection to over 300,000 households.</ins></p></ins></p> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/12/2015 11:14:44 question first ministerially corrected 18/12/2015 11:39:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 35561 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

428129

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2015
	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	Coastal Areas: Environment Protection
	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 the cost of protection and conservation of UK coastlines has been over the last five years; and what the projected cost of such protection and conservation will be over the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	16304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>Flood and coastal erosion risk management is devolved in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. In England, over the past 5 years total Government capital expenditure on building and improving defences to provide protection against coastal flooding or erosion was £750 million. In the five years that started in April 2015, £875 million of capital funding has been indicatively allocated for the same purpose.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/11/2015 17:25:03 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

428350

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2015
	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	Peatlands
	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 progress her Department has made towards the targets for protecting peat set out in the Natural Environment White Paper of 2011 since the publication of the last implementation update report in October 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Newbury
	tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
	uin	16344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Defra is currently carrying out a review of progress towards the targets for peat reduction in horticulture set out in the Natural Environment White Paper. Based on sales data from 2014, there has been a 24% reduction in peat sales for horticultural use in the UK since 2011.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/11/2015 15:38:47 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

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

429055

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2015
	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	National Wildlife Crime Unit: Finance
	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 she has made of whether ending her Department's funding for the National Wildlife Crime Unit would affect the UK's Commitment to Action on the illegal wildlife trade.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	16776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>An assessment of the effect of future funding decisions regarding the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit on the UK’s Commitment to Action on the Illegal Wildlife Trade has not yet been made.</p><br /><p>Decisions on future funding of the National Wildlife Crime Unit beyond March 2016 will be made as part of the current Spending Review process.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 25/11/2015 10:40:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

429056

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2015
	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	Nature Conservation: Crime
	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 her Department plans to ensure it works in partnership with businesses involved with wildlife issues to enhance public and private sector involvement in combating wildlife crime after March 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	16775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>We will continue to engage with all those with an interest in wildlife issues, including in tackling wildlife crime, as part of normal business and particularly through the Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 25/11/2015 10:37:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

429375

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2015
	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	Rural Areas: Community Councils
	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 representations she has received from rural community councils on their role in sustaining rural villages and communities.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	16960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>In January 2015 the Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) Network, covering the 38 Rural Community Councils in England, called on Defra not to withdraw funding. Defra provided ACRE with £2,312,000 for 2015-16 to distribute amongst Rural Community Councils, allowing them to continue their role in sustaining rural villages and communities. We continue to work closely with ACRE to make sure Defra’s funding delivers the maximum benefit.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 25/11/2015 10:48:47 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham