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1141965

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	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	Rivers: Sewage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of the effect of sewage discharges on water quality in rivers.
	tabling member constituency	Keighley
	tabling member printed	John Grogan
	uin	912191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>Last year, the Environment Agency (EA) reported that there had been good progress in meeting water quality targets. Since 1995, investment in sewage treatment has achieved a 61% reduction in the amount of phosphorus and a 72% reduction in the amount of ammonia discharged to rivers. We will continue to work with the water companies.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 25/07/2019 16:19:47 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

1140826

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Fly-tipping
	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 proportion of fly-tipping incidents that were categorised as car boot sized in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	280371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The proportion of fly tipping incidents reported by local authorities and published in annual statistics on a financial year basis, that are categorised as car boot sized is summarised in the table below. The detailed breakdown is only available from 2011/12.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>South Yorkshire*</p></td><td><p>All England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield</p><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england</a></p><p> </p><p>The main ‘household’ categories for fly tipping waste include ‘black bag – household’ and ‘other household waste’, which could include the results of house or shed clearances, old furniture, carpets and the waste from small scale DIY works. There are also separate categories for white goods, electrical items and green waste which may originate from household or commercial sources. It is not possible to distinguish the original source. Incidents for these are much lower than the other two household categories so for this purpose the figures below do relate just to ‘black bags – household’ and ‘other household’ incidents.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of fly tipping incidents reported by local authorities and published in annual statistics on a financial year basis, that contain household waste for these two main categories is summarised in the table below. The detailed breakdown is only available from 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>South Yorkshire*</p></td><td><p>All England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england</a>.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 280373 question first answered 30/07/2019 14:26:46 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1140827

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Fly-tipping
	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 proportion of fly-tipping incidents that were categorised as small van sized in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	280372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>The proportion of fly-tipping incidents reported by local authorities and published in annual statistics on a financial year basis, that are categorised as small van load is summarised in the table below. The detailed breakdown is only available from 2011/12.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>South Yorkshire*</p></td><td><p>All England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield</p><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england</a></p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 29/07/2019 16:40:02 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1140828

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Fly-tipping
	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 proportion of fly-tipping incidents that contained household waste in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	280373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The proportion of fly tipping incidents reported by local authorities and published in annual statistics on a financial year basis, that are categorised as car boot sized is summarised in the table below. The detailed breakdown is only available from 2011/12.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>South Yorkshire*</p></td><td><p>All England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield</p><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england</a></p><p> </p><p>The main ‘household’ categories for fly tipping waste include ‘black bag – household’ and ‘other household waste’, which could include the results of house or shed clearances, old furniture, carpets and the waste from small scale DIY works. There are also separate categories for white goods, electrical items and green waste which may originate from household or commercial sources. It is not possible to distinguish the original source. Incidents for these are much lower than the other two household categories so for this purpose the figures below do relate just to ‘black bags – household’ and ‘other household’ incidents.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of fly tipping incidents reported by local authorities and published in annual statistics on a financial year basis, that contain household waste for these two main categories is summarised in the table below. The detailed breakdown is only available from 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>South Yorkshire*</p></td><td><p>All England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england</a>.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 280371 question first answered 30/07/2019 14:26:46 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1140862

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Biodiversity
	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 his Department is taking to enhance biodiversity.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	280128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>Domestic biodiversity policy is a devolved matter and the information provided relates to England only, except in relation to our international activity.</p><p>The 25 Year Environment Plan marks a step-change in ambition for wildlife and the natural environment internationally and in England. It sets out over two hundred actions to enhance the environment and has long-term goals for recovering nature.</p><p>We are already delivering the 25 Year Plan commitments. We are bringing forward the first Environment Bill in over 20 years with ambitious measures to address the biggest environmental priorities of our age: air quality, thriving plants and wildlife, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, and clean and plentiful water.</p><p>Agri-environment schemes provide financial incentives for farmers and land managers to look after the environment. We are developing a new Environmental Land Management scheme that will reward farmers and land managers for delivering environmental outcomes such as conserving and restoring habitats which will support our biodiversity goals.</p><p>We work with partners to support the recovery of threatened species and their habitats. For example, Natural England are working with landowners and conservation organisations on the Back from the Brink programme, which aims to put over 100 threatened species on the road to recovery by 2020.</p><p>At sea, we are expanding our protected areas. An ambitious third tranche of 41 Marine Conservation Zones were designated in May 2019.</p><p>Nature matters, but the ongoing decline in nature is a global problem that requires leadership and global action. Our Darwin Initiative programme funds projects to protect biodiversity and the natural environment in developing countries, with £10.3 million awarded in 2018/19. The UK Government is investing more than £36 million between 2014 and 2021 to counter the illegal wildlife trade and we are introducing one of the world’s toughest ivory bans.</p><p>The UK has committed to continuing its leading role in global biodiversity conservation, including calling for at least 30 per cent of the ocean to be in Marine Protected Areas by 2030 and negotiating hard to agree a global post-2020 framework under the Convention on Biological Diversity that is both ambitious and transformational.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 29/07/2019 16:41:17 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1140863

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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: Disease 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 recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the badger culling programme.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	280129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>During 2018, badger culling operations in 32 areas of England were all successful in meeting their targets. According to Natural England’s chief scientist, the results show that industry-led badger culling continues to deliver the level of effectiveness required by the policy to be confident of achieving disease control benefits.</p><p> </p><p>Assessments of the effectiveness of badger culling are published annually on gov.uk at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bovine-tb-controlling-the-risk-of-bovine-tb-from-badgers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bovine-tb-controlling-the-risk-of-bovine-tb-from-badgers</a></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 31/07/2019 10:21:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1140864

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Sewage: Pollution
	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 ensure water companies reduce the number of pollution incidents.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	280130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>Since 1995 over £25 billion has been invested in improving sewage treatment and sewerage collection systems. This has achieved a 61% reduction in the amount of phosphorus and a 72% reduction in the amount of ammonia discharged to rivers. Bathing waters and rivers are cleaner than ever but there is still more to do. The recent deterioration in the environmental performance of the water industry, particularly in respect of pollution incidents is unacceptable. The Environment Agency (EA) expect the industry to minimise serious pollution incidents and approach a zero target by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The EA has begun a new Improving Water Company Performance programme which will toughen regulation to encourage the companies to meet their environmental targets. The programme will include:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Enhancing the EA’s regulatory tools and approaches, including more inspections, increasing the number of in-depth audits and greater use of technology to remotely monitor operations twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.</p></li><li><p>Maximising the use of enforcement and sanctions powers so they act as a powerful deterrent.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Updating the Environmental Performance Assessment targets for the 2021-2025 period to include a broader range of measures with tightened standards where appropriate.</p></li><li><p>Working with Ofwat to develop greater links between environmental performance and financial penalties and incentives.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Requiring water companies to produce root cause analysis reports for serious pollution incidents and to learn from them.</p></li><li><p>Requiring water companies to produce a pollution reduction plan signed off at CEO level which they will be accountable for.</p></li><li><p>Requesting that they proactively share good practice as an industry wide response to the problems we are facing</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 29/07/2019 16:43:20 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1140884

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Waste Disposal: Fees and Charges
	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 he has made of the effect on the level of (a) household and (b) commercial waste taken to household waste recycling centres of local authorities introducing paid permits for vans to access those centres.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	280272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>We have not made an assessment of the effect that introducing paid permits for vans to access household waste and recycling centres has had on the level of (a) household and (b) commercial waste. Permit arrangements at household waste and recycling centres are a matter for local authority decision making.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 30/07/2019 14:17:54 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1140932

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Agriculture: Subsidies
	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 pilot environmental land management schemes have been agreed, where those pilots will take place; and what the start date is for each such pilot.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	280135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>Tests and trials allow us to co-design and test the operability of elements of the new system and to understand if and how new elements of the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme work in a real life environment. Tests and trials are not analysing methods of delivery of environmental outcomes rather how the scheme or innovative mechanism will operate.</p><p> </p><p>We received 113 proposals from stakeholders to conduct tests and trials of the new ELM scheme in phase one. We identified 49 of these which most closely matched the identified priorities and would help us test critical elements or building blocks of the new scheme. Of these 49, two have subsequently merged with other phase 1 proposals and one has withdrawn from the process, leaving 46.</p><p> </p><p>The national pilot is due to start in 2021. It will test different types of possible approaches to deliver the new ELM scheme, and the underlying scheme mechanics (such as the payments system) before the ELM scheme launches in 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/08/2019 08:31:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1141016

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Water Supply
	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 has taken to ensure the adequacy of water supplies during heatwaves.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	280445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>Water companies have a statutory duty to provide clean and reliable water to customers under the Water Industry Act 1991, whatever the weather. To fulfil this duty there is a statutory requirement to maintain water resources management plans, which balance water supply and demand at least twenty-five years into the future.</p><p>The Government, the Environment Agency (EA) and Ofwat issued guidance to water companies in 2016 on how they should be planning to supply water to a growing population, while protecting and enhancing our environment, including taking appropriate action to respond to climate projections. Water companies are currently revising their plans.</p><p>The Government is working closely with other water regulators and the water industry to improve the resilience of water supplies. The Government recognises continued action is required and it is committed to a ‘twin track approach’, of reducing demand for water and increasing supply in parallel.</p><p>The Government is taking steps to improve water resources planning to ensure that there is better collaboration between water companies and other water using sectors on their water supply resilience. This includes the EA developing a National Framework for water resources, which use evidence to illustrate the regional and national challenge of water availability. The Government has also consulted on legislative improvements to ensure that water companies’ plans are informed by effective collaboration.</p><p>Water companies have statutory drought plans in place to mitigate the impacts of prolonged dry weather and drought. Water companies are prepared for spikes in demand during high temperatures and manage their water resources to prevent impacts on customer supplies.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 280446 question first answered 30/07/2019 14:40:48 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan