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931851

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
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: South Yorkshire
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 of the £3.5 billion assigned by the Government to the Air Quality Plan 2017 has been allocated to (a) Barnsley and (b) South Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	158260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is firmly committed to improving the UK’s air quality and ensure we leave our environment in a better state than we inherited it. This is supported by a £3.5billion plan to improve air quality.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have required 61 local authorities to develop local plans to deliver compliance with nitrogen dioxide limits as soon as possible. It is right that local authorities take the lead in developing local air quality plans as they know their local area best. The Government is supporting the local authorities with technical support in developing their plans and has committed £475m through the Implementation Fund and Clean Air Fund to provide them with funding for air quality improvements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In South Yorkshire Sheffield City Council and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council have been required to develop a local plan and to date have been awarded £2,502,100 from the Implementation Fund to date to help carry out the work needed to develop air quality plans and to implement a number of early measures including: a project to install rapid charging points at key locations across Sheffield; a project to purchase electric taxis and lease them out to taxi drivers to raise awareness of the ULEV experience; a project to adapt traffic signals on Abbeydale Road to reduce the occasions when traffic stops, with a reduction in sitting traffic lowering emissions; and funding for air quality communications. Further funding will be made available when they present their final plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Additionally, since 2017 South Yorkshire has received nearly £10m to improve air quality with Sheffield City Region awarded £7,500,000 in 2017 to support active travel, Sheffield City Council awarded £1,946,800 through the Clean Bus Technology Fund 2017-19 to enable 117 buses to be retrofitted with pollution-reducing technology, and £125,000 awarded to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council through the air quality grant to improve local air quality in Barnsley and Doncaster.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authorities currently have a range of tools they can use to reduce local air pollution which includes the powers to introduce a Clean Air Zone voluntarily. The Government also provides guidance and technical support to local authorities via a dedicated local air quality management Helpdesk and has provided an air quality toolkit for Directors of Public Health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Government has launched a consultation on a new Clean Air Strategy seeking views on a wider range of national measures and more powers to local authorities that can tackle non-transport sources of air pollution.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 157751 question first answered 02/07/2018 16:31:21 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

931896

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
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	Forestry
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 the Government is making on identifying Forestry Investment Zones as part of its Clean Growth Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	158152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>Pursuant to PQ 149587, stakeholders in Cumbria are developing their proposition to pilot the first Forestry Investment Zone. More detail will be available later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/07/2018 14:59:48 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

931897

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
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	Forestry
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 a short-list has been drawn up yet for the position of Tree Champion.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	158153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>Sir William Worsley was appointed by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs as the national Tree Champion on 13 June:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tree-champion-to-expand-englands-woodland" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tree-champion-to-expand-englands-woodland</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/07/2018 13:17:34 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

931898

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
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	Tree Planting
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 advice he has sought from the Committee on Climate Change on tree-planting targets required to help meet UK climate change obligations.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	158154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s Clean Growth Strategy, published in October 2017, responds to advice from the Committee on Climate Change and sets out how we will continue to decarbonise the UK to meet our climate mitigation obligations. The Strategy confirmed the important role of tree planting in contributing to carbon budget commitments, particularly in later carbon budget periods.</p><p> </p><p>The Committee on Climate Change emphasised the importance of tree planting in its independent assessment of the Strategy, published in January this year and in their annual progress report, published on 28 June 2018. We are developing a long-term trajectory for woodland planting to contribute to 5-year carbon budgets and deliver the 2060 aspiration to increase woodland cover in England to 12%.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/07/2018 12:52:47 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

931468

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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	Special Protection Areas: Birds
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 Answer of 15 June 2018 to Question 152799 on Special Protection Areas: Birds, for which of the potential Special Protection Areas he has received Natural England’s recommendation on classification; on what date was each such recommendation was received; and when he plans to classify those sites.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	157791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>Ministers have received Natural England’s scientific advice for the following potential Special Protection Areas (SPAs):</p><p> </p><ul><li>Bowland Fells (addition of lesser black backed gull) - 22 February 2013;</li><li>Flamborough and Filey Coast (site extension) - 11 July 2013;</li><li>Solway Firth (site extension) - 20 August 2015;</li><li>Solent and Dorset Coast (new marine site) - 22 October 2015;</li><li>Crouch and Roach Estuaries (site extension) - 30 March 2017; and</li><li>Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast (site extension) - 22 June 2018.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Ministers have yet to receive Natural England’s scientific advice regarding the Isles of Scilly SPA proposed site extension.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to formally classify the sites will be made following consideration of the respective public consultations and in view of other site designation priorities. The Secretary of State agreed to classify the Crouch and Roach Estuaries pSPA, which will be classified shortly.</p><p> </p><p>As a matter of Government policy, sites on which the Government has initiated public consultation on the scientific case for classification as a SPA are given the same protection as if formally classified.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/07/2018 13:10:51 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

931545

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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	Tree Planting
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 Answers of 14 February 2018 and 31 May 2018 to Questions 125838 and 146694 on Tree Planting and Forests, what his Department's policy is on the planting of 11 million trees during the course of this Parliament as referenced in the Conservative Party manifesto 2017.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	157748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to achieving its manifesto commitment to plant 11 million trees over the course of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>A number of schemes support this, including the Woodland Creation Grant under Countryside Stewardship, the Woodland Carbon Fund, the Woodland Creation Planning Grant, planting in the National Forest, and kick-starting the new Northern Forest.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has recently appointed a national Tree Champion who will help drive forward the commitment to plant 11 million trees.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/07/2018 13:15:50 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

931546

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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	Tree Planting
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 trees his Department has planted in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	157749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The estimated numbers of trees planted with Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs support in the 12 months from April 2017 to March 2018 were:</p><p> </p><p>a) In the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley – 900 trees</p><p>b) In South Yorkshire – 4,890 trees</p><p>c) In England – 1,763,649trees.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are based on the data used to produce the recent report “Government supported new planting of trees in England; report for 2017-18” available at <a href="https://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/Government-supported-new-planting-trees-England-2017-18.pdf/$FILE/Government-supported-new-planting-trees-England-2017-18.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/Government-supported-new-planting-trees-England-2017-18.pdf/$FILE/Government-supported-new-planting-trees-England-2017-18.pdf</a>, as well as the 2017-18 Annual Report of the Trees for Schools programme.</p><p> </p><p>These figures include new planting of trees and exclude trees planted for restocking or replacement purposes. For the period in question the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs was a source of support for all the recorded trees planted.</p><p> </p><p>Government grants for tree planting are awarded based on applications. In areas where fewer applications have been submitted, fewer trees have been planted.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/07/2018 15:41:37 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

931549

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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	Tree Planting: Schools
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 schools in (a) Barnsley and (b) South Yorkshire have received a portion of the money invested in the Trees for Schools Programme.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	157750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>Over the lifetime of the Trees for Schools programme, tree packs have been provided to 16 schools in South Yorkshire, four of them in Barnsley. This equates to 2,640 trees in South Yorkshire, 900 of them in Barnsley.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/07/2018 12:42:44 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

931550

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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: South Yorkshire
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 has taken to improve air quality and reduce air pollution throughout South Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	157751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is firmly committed to improving the UK’s air quality and ensure we leave our environment in a better state than we inherited it. This is supported by a £3.5billion plan to improve air quality.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have required 61 local authorities to develop local plans to deliver compliance with nitrogen dioxide limits as soon as possible. It is right that local authorities take the lead in developing local air quality plans as they know their local area best. The Government is supporting the local authorities with technical support in developing their plans and has committed £475m through the Implementation Fund and Clean Air Fund to provide them with funding for air quality improvements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In South Yorkshire Sheffield City Council and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council have been required to develop a local plan and to date have been awarded £2,502,100 from the Implementation Fund to date to help carry out the work needed to develop air quality plans and to implement a number of early measures including: a project to install rapid charging points at key locations across Sheffield; a project to purchase electric taxis and lease them out to taxi drivers to raise awareness of the ULEV experience; a project to adapt traffic signals on Abbeydale Road to reduce the occasions when traffic stops, with a reduction in sitting traffic lowering emissions; and funding for air quality communications. Further funding will be made available when they present their final plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Additionally, since 2017 South Yorkshire has received nearly £10m to improve air quality with Sheffield City Region awarded £7,500,000 in 2017 to support active travel, Sheffield City Council awarded £1,946,800 through the Clean Bus Technology Fund 2017-19 to enable 117 buses to be retrofitted with pollution-reducing technology, and £125,000 awarded to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council through the air quality grant to improve local air quality in Barnsley and Doncaster.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authorities currently have a range of tools they can use to reduce local air pollution which includes the powers to introduce a Clean Air Zone voluntarily. The Government also provides guidance and technical support to local authorities via a dedicated local air quality management Helpdesk and has provided an air quality toolkit for Directors of Public Health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Government has launched a consultation on a new Clean Air Strategy seeking views on a wider range of national measures and more powers to local authorities that can tackle non-transport sources of air pollution.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 158260 question first answered 02/07/2018 16:31:21 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

931554

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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: 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, if he will make an estimate of the total cost of flooding in Denbighshire and Conwy to (a) the private sector, (b) the public sector, and (c) householders over the past 30 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	157663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>Flood management in Wales is a matter for the Welsh Government.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/07/2018 13:25:14 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane