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1484618

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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, if he will respond to the letters in the Veterinary Record written by Mr Langton and co-authors, on 1 April and 20 May, rebutting his Department’s criticisms of their research entitled Analysis of the impact of badger culling on bovine tuberculosis in cattle in the high-risk area of England, 2009–2020, in a letter published on 18 March which cited incorrect data.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	27502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The UK Chief Veterinary Officer (“CVO”), Dr Christine Middlemiss, and Defra’s Chief Scientific Adviser (“CSA”), Professor Gideon Henderson, have made clear their views on Mr Langton’s paper in their letter to the Veterinary Record of 18 March and in the correction published on 21 May, which had no impact on their original conclusions. I have nothing further to add on that topic.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 04/07/2022 15:33:23 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1484739

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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	Joint Unit for Waste Crime: Staff
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 Answer of 23 June 2022 to Question 18814 on Joint Unit for Waste Crime: Staff, what are the roles of the 14 staff who work at the Joint Unit on Waste Crime as on 29 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	27548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>1 x Manager</p><p>1 x Senior Team leader</p><p>1 x Technical officer</p><p>8 x Environmental Crime Officers</p><p>1 x Digital researcher</p><p>1 x Communications and engagement officer</p><p>1 x HMRC intelligence officer</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 04/07/2022 08:10:23 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1484743

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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: Prosecutions
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 Answer of 23 June 2022 to Question 18812 on Joint Unit for Waste Crime, how many and what proportion of those associated arrests led to (a) prosecutions and (b) successful prosecutions.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	27551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>These arrests were carried out by other agencies for non-waste crime offences so this is not data held by the Joint Unit for Waste Crime.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 04/07/2022 08:14:05 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1484795

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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	Noise
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 noise (a) abatement notices and (b) warning notices have been issued in England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	27538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Defra does not hold information on Noise Abatement Notices and Fixed Penalty Notices<strong>. </strong>This information is only held at local authority level.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 27539 question first answered 04/07/2022 15:36:32 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1484797

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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	Noise
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 people have been (a) issued with a fixed penalty notice for failing to comply with a noise nuisance warning notice and (b) prosecuted following a noise nuisance warning notice in England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	27539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Defra does not hold information on Noise Abatement Notices and Fixed Penalty Notices<strong>. </strong>This information is only held at local authority level.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 27538 question first answered 04/07/2022 15:36:32 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1484822

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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 assessment his Department has made of the impact the badger cull on levels of bovine tuberculosis among cattle.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	27635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>The badger cull has led to a significant reduction in bovine TB as demonstrated by the publication of independent academic research. TB levels are monitored in all cull areas annually, and more in depth epidemiological analysis conducted by Downs et al (2019)[1], has shown that the incidence of TB breakdowns in cattle herds in the first cull areas of Somerset and Gloucestershire has fallen substantially, by 37% and 66% respectively, relative to matched un-culled (comparison) areas.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-49957-6" target="_blank">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-49957-6</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/07/2022 16:09:10 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1484344

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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	Electronic Cigarettes: Recycling
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 number of facilities in the UK that safely recycle disposable electronic cigarettes.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	26931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>77 Approved Authorised Treatment Facilities (AATFs) are approved under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations for the treatment of Small Mixed WEEE which would include electronic cigarettes. It is a matter for the operator to decide what specific categories of equipment they choose to treat under the terms of their approval.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/07/2022 16:16:51 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1484345

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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	Electronic Cigarettes: Recycling
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 proportion of disposable electronic cigarettes that are properly recycled in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	26932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>Neither Defra nor the Environment Agency collect data on the proportion of disposable electronic cigarettes that are recycled.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/07/2022 16:16:02 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1484349

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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	Tyres: Manufacturing Industries
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 assessment of the potential impact of requiring changes to tyre manufacturing processes on the levels of toxic particles in the environment.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	26705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport commissioned a three-year research project in February 2021, which aims to understand better the measurement techniques, material properties and control parameters of tyre wear emissions. The project will also assess how the composition of tyres affects the emission of pollutants from tyre wear, with the aim of informing any policy or legislation that may be required to reduce these emissions.</p><p> </p><p>Industrial emissions from tyre manufacturing are controlled through the Environmental Permitting Regulations (England and Wales) 2016 and are categorised as either “Part A2” or “Part B” installations. Local Authorities regulate these sites in accordance with the regulations and current guidance in England. This regulatory framework requires industrial facilities to have an environmental permit and they cannot exceed limits on allowable emissions. These regulatory standards may be updated in future to help further reduce emissions from industry.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/07/2022 16:21:27 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1484365

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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: Greater London
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 it his policy to give City Hall more power over air quality policy in London.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	26874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Responsibility for air quality in the capital is already devolved to the Mayor of London and as such, City Hall has a number of powers including:</p><p>- Oversight of London borough air quality action plans, including the power to issue guidance to which London boroughs must have regard when carrying out their air quality duties under the Environment Act 1995.</p><p>- The power to issue directions to require London boroughs to take action to address local air pollution as set out in section 85 of the Environment Act 1995.</p><p>Under the same legislation, local authorities in London are required to assess local air quality and to take action to reduce pollution if air quality objectives are not met. They must also report on their data and actions to the Mayor of London, to whom they are accountable.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 04/07/2022 15:39:45 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson