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1714105

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2024
	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: Procurement
	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 overspend on procurement within his Department in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	23864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 23866 question first answered 01/05/2024 15:49:31 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1714106

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2024
	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: Departmental Responsibilities
	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 cost to the public purse of projects that have been written off within his Department in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	23865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>Prior to preparing to leave the EU Defra had no major projects, with outcome delivery led through its Arm’s Length bodies and executive agencies. Defra now manages a portfolio of priority projects spanning policy to delivery which are critical to delivering our outcomes to ‘improve the environment, deliver net zero, reduce the likelihood and impact of flooding, increase the sustainability, productivity and resilience of the agriculture, fishing, food and drink sectors, enhance biosecurity at the border and raise animal welfare standards’. All losses are reported in our <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fdefras-annual-reports&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ccorporatepqs%40defra.gov.uk%7C379c93c170f84ba5007a08dc69c4da6f%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638501541798228763%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=OSbjlsD7auQEONNbqXhiHPGPCwGD0atijo64ZRx0pso%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Annual Reports and Accounts</a> but we are unable to provide a breakdown of losses specifically relating to ‘writing off projects’ since our reporting data for losses is not disaggregated in this manner.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 01/05/2024 15:54:46 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1714107

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2024
	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: Contracts
	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 to the public purse has been of contracts cancelled by his Department since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	23866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 23864 question first answered 01/05/2024 15:49:31 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1714108

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2024
	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: Maladministration
	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 make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of administrative errors made by his Department in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	23867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Defra reports losses from error to the Public Sector Fraud Authority. We are unable to provide a breakdown of losses from administrative errors only – errors we report consist of aggregated losses arising from unintentional events, processing errors and official government errors. Data on fraud (including error) has only been published since 2017 and may be found in the Cross Government fraud landscape reports here: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcross-government-fraud-landscape-annual-report-2017&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ccorporatepqs%40defra.gov.uk%7C9db3eea3a1584873e44208dc68fddc8a%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638500686738235582%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=5Bga4Wga5LdP7olu0a2160pIkmVHBcdSmXxAQ7w7UDk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Cross-government fraud landscape annual report 2017</a>, <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcross-government-fraud-landscape-annual-report-2018&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ccorporatepqs%40defra.gov.uk%7C9db3eea3a1584873e44208dc68fddc8a%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638500686738246511%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=BAsEuNt1PADSmfejThbJYpY7CUsfjEeMmPFaTJAk9Gc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Cross-government fraud landscape annual report 2018 </a>, <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcross-government-fraud-landscape-annual-report-2019&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ccorporatepqs%40defra.gov.uk%7C9db3eea3a1584873e44208dc68fddc8a%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638500686738254558%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=IfTu3hDy0GBMD4IutCKwlxXmYhJ0ZSeoJo9CUD1tMo4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Cross-government fraud landscape annual report 2019</a>, <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F961505%2F2609-Executive-Summary-Fraud-Landscape-Bulletin-V7.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ccorporatepqs%40defra.gov.uk%7C9db3eea3a1584873e44208dc68fddc8a%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638500686738263846%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=aiOAEVdeqy87z8AOF7CBwuDbedPB0YHO%2FCBwREf3F08%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Executive-Summary-Fraud-Landscape-Bulletin 2019-20</a>, <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcross-government-fraud-landscape-report-2021-2022%2Fcross-government-fraud-landscape-report-2021-2022-html&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ccorporatepqs%40defra.gov.uk%7C9db3eea3a1584873e44208dc68fddc8a%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638500686738270947%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=bNeJQWw%2FNK0QZbnKelBVyTDggA%2BZh9AdPDDt8vbDl1Q%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Cross-Government Fraud Landscape Report 2021-2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 01/05/2024 15:59:29 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1713859

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	Plastics: Treaties
	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 is participating in the fourth session of negotiations on a global plastics treaty in Ottawa that began on 23 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	23677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department participated in the fourth session of negotiations on a global plastics treaty in Ottawa. Officials from Defra attended the fourth session of negotiations to develop a global plastics pollution treaty, and I attended the high-level segment hosted by Canada ahead of the start of formal negotiations. The UK’s negotiating mandate covers the relevant policy from across Government departments and we continue to strongly support the active and meaningful participation of stakeholders, including UK businesses, at all stages of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) process. As a founding member of the High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution, the UK remains committed to securing an ambitious treaty by the end of 2024 that includes measures to address plastic pollution across the full lifecycle of plastic. We continue to work closely with other member states and stakeholders at, and beyond, the fourth session of the INC to advance negotiations and pave the way for a historic agreement.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/04/2024 16:03:14 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1713519

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	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: Public Expenditure
	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 make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of cash losses incurred by his Department arising from (a) theft, (b) fraud, (c) arson, (d) sabotage and (e) gross carelessness in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	23501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>Estimates and actual losses for 2023-24 are currently in the process of being finalised and will be published in our Annual Report and Accounts. Losses from theft and fraud are expected to be in the region of losses incurred in previous years. The figures for 2021-22 and 2022-23 may be found in the following reports: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/635a7f1e8fa8f5653f83f4f0/defra-annual-report-2021-2022.pdf" target="_blank">Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22</a> and <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/653a9479e6c9680014aa9be8/annual-report-and-accounts-2022-23.pdf" target="_blank">Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23</a>. The level of detected fraud across Defra in 2021-22 may also be found in the cross-Government <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/641c158b32a8e0000cfa9251/2974_Fraud_Landscape_Annual_Report_2022_.pdf" target="_blank">Fraud Landscape Report</a>. We are unable to provide any estimates regarding arson, sabotage and gross carelessness as our losses data is aggregated and it is not possible to easily report this level of detail.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 30/04/2024 08:44:19 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1713588

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2024 to Question 22631 on Flood Control, when the meeting with the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport’s Flood and Water Group took place, and if he will publish the letter that Group wrote to his Department after the meeting.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	23553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>In considering the National Infrastructure Commission’s (NIC) study into surface water flooding, Defra officials met with the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport’s (ADEPT) Flood and Water Group on 30 January 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Following the meeting ADEPT officials shared a short note setting out their views on the NIC’s nine recommendations which the government considered in developing the response to the study.</p><p> </p><p>It is not the Department’s policy to publish exchanges between officials.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 30/04/2024 10:23:56 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1713669

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	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	Rivers: Owner Occupation
	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 2 April 2024 to Question 20109 on Rivers: Repairs and Maintenance, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the role of conveyancers in advising on the responsibilities of riparian ownership.
	tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
	tabling member printed	Beth Winter
	uin	23639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government commissioned Review of Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Assets has just concluded, and we expect to publish its findings by the summer.</p><p> </p><p>The role of conveyancers (used when purchasing property) was considered as part of the review. The Law Society has published a practice note for solicitors and professional conveyancers on flood risk, which includes mention of riparian ownership and further information they can use.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the review covered England only, since responsibility for flood risk management is a devolved matter, officials from the Welsh Government and National Resources Wales, and a member from the Wales Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee were members of the Project Board and Project Steering Group.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore grouped question UIN 23641 23642 question first answered 29/04/2024 13:10:23 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
	tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1713670

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	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	Rivers: Insurance
	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 April 2024 to Question 20109 on Rivers: Repairs and Maintenance, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of climate change on future insurance costs for riparian landowners.
	tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
	tabling member printed	Beth Winter
	uin	23640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of the potential impacts of climate change on future insurance costs for riparian landowners. It is the responsibility of all riparian landowners to ensure that they have the appropriate insurance, to protect their property and any work they undertake as a riparian landowner.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 29/04/2024 12:44:17 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
	tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1713671

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	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 Erosion and 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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2024 to Question 20109 on Rivers: Repairs and Maintenance, when he expects the independent review of statutory powers and responsibilities associated with Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management assets across all flood risks and coastal erosion to be published.
	tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
	tabling member printed	Beth Winter
	uin	23641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government commissioned Review of Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Assets has just concluded, and we expect to publish its findings by the summer.</p><p> </p><p>The role of conveyancers (used when purchasing property) was considered as part of the review. The Law Society has published a practice note for solicitors and professional conveyancers on flood risk, which includes mention of riparian ownership and further information they can use.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the review covered England only, since responsibility for flood risk management is a devolved matter, officials from the Welsh Government and National Resources Wales, and a member from the Wales Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee were members of the Project Board and Project Steering Group.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore grouped question UIN 23639 23642 question first answered 29/04/2024 13:10:23 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
	tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter