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1167156

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	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	Air Pollution: St Helens
	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 her Department is taking to improve air quality in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	7176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Our Clean Air Strategy includes new and ambitious goals, legislation, investment and policies which will help us to clean up our air faster and more effectively. The Environment Bill includes measures to improve air quality including ensuring local authorities have a clear framework, and simple to use powers, to tackle air pollution.</p><p>Local authorities already have statutory duties to review and assess local air quality, and to declare Air Quality Management Areas and put in place action plans to clean up local air if improvements are necessary. There are a range of tools available to them to support this work.</p><p>The Borough’s latest assessment of air quality in St Helens is detailed in their Annual Status Report for 2018. This details the measures they have put in place to tackle poor air quality and the progress they are making towards achieving their air quality objectives.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 04/11/2019 17:45:45 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1167157

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	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	Air Pollution: St Helens
	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 targets her Department set for the reduction of air pollution in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	7177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>We have not set local targets for reducing air pollution.</p><p> </p><p>We set concentration limits for a range of pollutants which local authorities are expected to ensure compliance with. Local authorities have statutory duties to review and assess local air quality, declare Air Quality Management Areas and put in place action plans to clean up local air if air quality standards or objectives are not achieved or are not likely to be achieved.</p><p> </p><p>Our national Air Quality Strategy sets out the air quality standards and objectives that must be achieved locally.</p><p> </p><p>Our landmark Environment Bill ensures that local authorities have a clear framework for tackling air pollution and simple to use powers to address air pollution in their areas.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 04/11/2019 16:51:22 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1665776

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2023
	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	Derelict Land: Contamination
	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 her Department has made of the potential merits of reintroducing funding to clean up contaminated brownfield land.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	203337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>Local Authorities have a statutory responsibility under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to inspect their areas from ‘time to time’ to identify and require the remediation of any land.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that in particularly severe or complex cases Landfill Tax can act as a prohibitive financial barrier to the remediation and redevelopment of contaminated land. My Department held a Call for Evidence on this issue and published a Government response in March this year. As a result of this evidence, we are currently developing a grant scheme to fund costs of Landfill Tax to public bodies in England, where such costs are acting as a determinative barrier to the remediation and redevelopment of contaminated land.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 23/10/2023 11:51:28 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1147264

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	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	Inland Waterways: St Helens
	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 potential merits of (a) restoring sections of and (b) extending the Sankey Canal to join the main canal system through the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	292280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not made any such assessments. Responsibility for canals, including their operation, development or restoration rests with the bodies that own them and for which they are the navigation authority. For the majority of the canal network in England and Wales the navigation authority is the Canal and River Trust (CRT). Responsibility for different sections of the Sankey Canal falls to three Unitary Authorities, the CRT, and a limited company.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 03/10/2019 08:44:11 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1219225

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2020
	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	Land: Contamination
	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 his Department has made of the effect of the withdrawal of Capital Grant funding for contaminated land remediation in 2017 on the development of (a) brownfield and (b) greenbelt sites.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	66907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the effect of the withdrawal of Capital Grant funding in 2017 for contaminated land remediation on brownfield and greenbelt sites.</p><p> </p><p>It is the responsibility of local authorities to identify and prioritise contaminated land remediation where there is an unacceptable risk to health and the environment, as under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. This includes brownfield and greenbelt sites where there is an unacceptable risk from the current land use.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 06/07/2020 16:56:10 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1623633

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2023
	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	Litter: St Helens
	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 the Government is taking to reduce litter in St Helens.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	182623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>Local councils are responsible for keeping their public land clear of litter and refuse. The role of Government is to enable and support local action.</p><p> </p><p>Our Litter Strategy for England sets out how we are, among other things, supporting local councils. Progress reports are available at: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Flitter-strategy-for-england-progress-reports&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Caa4007b19bac4b41435c08db46fd5867%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638181826138501819%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=7dcm37bWZSpnDQutc62QwHBsXHq38e9mOHI6SrEj9Ec%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/litter-strategy-for-england-progress-reports</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Our new Anti-social Behaviour Action Plan sets out how we are going further by supporting councils to take tougher action against those who litter. This includes significantly raising the upper limit on fixed penalty notices from £150 to £500, and introducing measures to help councils and others carry out more enforcement activity.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/05/2023 15:59:31 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1355914

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2021
	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: 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, what steps he is taking with (a) local police forces, (b) agricultural and rural organisations and (c) rural communities to (i) raise awareness of rural crime and (ii) make reporting incidences of that crime easier.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	50073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>This Government remains committed to driving down crime in rural areas. My department engages regularly with the Home Office, police and rural organisations to discuss tackling rural crime and we recognise the concern which crime can cause to rural communities.</p><p> </p><p>To boost policing capabilities, this Government has already recruited 9,814 additional police officers as of 30 June this year, as part of the biggest recruitment drive in decades. We are also supporting external partners in their activity to raise awareness of rural crime. For instance, Crimestoppers, along with leading charitable and enforcement agencies has produced a national campaign to raise the profile of rural crime.</p><p> </p><p>Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables understand the priorities of their local communities and take these into account in deciding how resources should be allocated.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 20/09/2021 16:43:57 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn