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date	04/07/2016
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: Females
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 she plans to take to encourage more women to work in the food and farming industries.
tabling member constituency	Tamworth
tabling member printed	Christopher Pincher
uin	905730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>Our farming and food sector need to draw from the widest possible range of talents, including women. A record 2600 women are now leading farms and am I keen to build on this, which is why I championed women’s involvement in farming at a recent round table.</p><p>There was significant growth in the take-up of agriculture as a degree course last year and it is encouraging that so many people are seeing the potential of this exciting career. More women than ever before are taking agriculture-related courses, with women now accounting for 62% of enrolments.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/07/2016 16:47:38 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher

533492

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
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	Food: 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 progress is being made on ensuring that government departments buy more British food.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	905732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>All fresh milk served in government establishments and more than 90% of butter and cheese served is made from British milk. This represents £11 million of business for British dairy farmers.</p><p>We are working with all central Departments to ensure their food and catering contracts comply with the balanced scorecard approach.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice recently launched a tender for supplying food to prisons, worth £500m, which requires bids to use the balanced scorecard. From April this year all 30 million portions of UHT milk supplied to prisons each year is 100% British milk. We are working with MoD to develop the best way to embed the balanced scorecard into their forthcoming contracts for the Armed Forces at home and abroad.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/07/2016 16:51:12 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

450582

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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: Agriculture
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 acres of farmland she plans will be protected by government investment in flood defences over the next six years.
tabling member constituency	Newark
tabling member printed	Robert Jenrick
uin	903463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>As a result of the Government’s £2.3 billion, six year capital investment programme more than 420,000 acres of farmland will be better protected by 2021.</p><p>Together with our investment in the last parliament this means that more than a million acres of farmland will be better protected from flooding over this decade.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/02/2016 11:48:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick

439182

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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: Overseas Trade
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 effect of her visit to China in November 2015 on opening up new markets to British farmers and producers.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Jo Churchill
uin	902792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>During my visit to China I concluded deals to open the Chinese market to British barley and pigs trotters, together worth up to £190m over the next five years.</p><p>I also presented the Chinese inspection authorities with a forward plan to open market access to UK poultry meat and beef and lamb.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 17/12/2015 12:20:22 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill

437149

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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, how many full-time equivalent Environment Agency staff were employed on maintenance of flood defences on 1 April (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	19674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government has committed to protect flood maintenance funding in real terms over the course of this Parliament.</p><br /><p>The Environment Agency does not record the number of personnel working solely on maintaining flood defences, as the relevant staff undertake a number of activities, including both operating and maintaining defences. Maintenance may also be performed by third parties.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 21/12/2015 13:38:24 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas