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106278

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
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	Landfill
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 Environment Agency takes to ensure that landfill sites practices are in line with environmental regulations.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	213274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Prospective landfill site operators must apply to the Environment Agency for an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency will assess whether proposed operations can comply with the regulations. If it is satisfied, the Environment Agency will issue a permit, which will include conditions to ensure the operator complies with relevant legislation and manages its activities so that it does not cause pollution.</p><p> </p><p>Permits include limits on emissions of polluting substances to the wider environment. These include emissions:</p><p>• to groundwater;</p><p>• of landfill gas;</p><p>• that may affect amenity (e.g. noise, odour, dust, pests).</p><p> </p><p>To assess compliance with the permit, the Environment Agency:</p><p>• routinely visits landfill sites and meets with the operator;</p><p>• audits the operator’s management system and activities against the permit conditions and best practice;</p><p>• responds to complaints about the landfill site and monitors impacts on local communities where necessary;</p><p>• reviews and approves (or rejects) development plans;</p><p>• reviews reports required by the permit including the operator’s monitoring data and records of waste accepted.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency takes action where it identifies non-compliance with permit conditions in line with its Enforcement and Sanctions Guidance.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/11/2014 12:36:02 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

106279

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
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	Landfill
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 enforcement notices have been taken out against landfill operators in the (a) UK and (b) North East of England in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	213275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The following enforcement notices have been issued to landfill operators by the Environment Agency since 1 November last year:</p><p> </p><p>(a) England 40</p><p>(b) North East England 7</p><p> </p><p>The regulation of waste is a devolved matter. Defra does not hold data on enforcement notices issued in respect to Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/11/2014 12:40:37 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

106280

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
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	Park Homes: Water 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 representations she has received on park home owners being able to be individually metered for water use.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	213265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>We have not received any recent representation from park home owners on this topic.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of premises either receive their water and sewerage services from a water company or a reseller. A customer of a water company can request (under the Water Industry Act 1991) a water meter and if it is not feasible to fit one (due to it being impractical or unduly costly) they will be moved across to an assessed charge. The assessed charge should ‘bear as much relation as possible to the volumes of water such customers would be likely to use’ and are normally based on the average metered bill for the area or the number of bedrooms.</p><p> </p><p>Those customers of resellers (and this can include sheltered accommodation, housing association properties, flats above commercial premises, caravan parks and park homes) can ask for a meter to be fitted but there is no legal requirement on the reseller to do this.</p><p> </p><p>The industry regulator, Ofwat, regulates the resale market through The Water Resale Order 2006 (section 150 of the Water Industry Act 1991) and provides examples on how the charges should be apportioned.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 07/11/2014 14:15:11 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

106281

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
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	Floods
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 she has made of the effectiveness of the Repair and Renew grant scheme.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	213290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>We are working closely with local authorities, with support from the Environment Agency, to ensure the effective delivery and deliver the maximum benefit for the ‘Repair and Renew’ grant. We are aware of a number of collaborative applications that will have multiple beneficiaries. These demonstrate particularly effective use of the grant.</p><p>The scheme is still running. All local authorities must claim reimbursement for grant payments from Defra by 31 March 2015. After then we will be better placed to assess the effectiveness of the scheme.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/11/2014 12:45:26 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

105921

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she next plans to meet farming organisations in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	212928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State met with a number of Welsh farming organisations when she visited the Royal Welsh Show on 21 July. We work closely with farming organisations across the UK and look forward to meeting representatives in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/11/2014 16:11:33 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

105922

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Timber: Imports
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 she has made of the effectiveness of the EU Timber Regulation in preventing the import of illegally-harvested timber; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	212926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) prevents the trade of illegally-harvested timber in the EU by laying obligation on operators who place timber and timber products on the market, and those who subsequently trade in them. It was implemented in the UK by the Timber and Timber Products (Placing on the Market) Regulations in March 2013.</p><p>Independent assessments by the European Commission and WWF rank the UK’s efforts on tackling the trade in illegal timber and our domestic implementation of the EUTR as amongst the best in EU Member States.</p><p>To be fully effective in keeping illegally harvested timber and timber products out of the EU all Member States need to implement the EUTR. We are working closely with the Commission and other Member States on this and have offered to share the UK’s experience with them.</p><p>The review next year will provide us with an opportunity to improve the effectiveness of the EUTR.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/11/2014 12:12:10 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

105923

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Timber: Imports
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 steps she has taken with her EU counterparts to prevent shipments of illegal timber from sawmills in the Brazilian Amazon entering the European market; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	212927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) prevents the trade of illegally-harvested timber in the EU by laying obligation on operators who place timber and timber products on the market and those who subsequently trade in them. It was implemented in the UK by the Timber and Timber Products (Placing on the Market) Regulations in March 2013. The legislation applies to all timber and timber products in scope of the regulation, including illegally-harvested timber from the Brazilian Amazon.</p><p>In the UK, the National Measurement Office (NMO) is the competent authority for the EUTR. The NMO is working closely with its EU counterparts to prevent any shipments of illegal timber entering the EU market.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/11/2014 12:16:02 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

105926

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Pay
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 Instant Rewards of what value were given to her Department's officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not have or operate an Instant Rewards policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 07/11/2014 14:22:46 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105927

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Freedom of Information
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 much her Department has spent on legal fees over prevention of release of information requested by Freedom of Information requests since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested. Legal expenditure is not broken down in this way.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 06/11/2014 14:34:33 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105928

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions her Department has had requests for appointments by exception to the Senior Civil Service turned down by the Civil Service Commission since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided today by my Rt. Hon. friend the Member for Horsham to PQs UIN 213043 and 213053.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/11/2014 12:26:15 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney