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353867

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
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	Forests
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 plans she has to accelerate the rate of new woodland planting.
tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
tabling member printed	Neil Parish
uin	2316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>As promised in our manifesto, we have committed to planting 11 million trees during this Parliament, which we plan to do primarily through the Rural Development Programme’s Countryside Stewardship scheme. This scheme aims to invest £18 million on new woodland planting each year.</p><p> </p><p>We are also encouraging more woodland creation in several other ways. For example, our Woodland Carbon Code continues to attract private investment in woodland creation projects. The Forestry Commission is also leading an Environmental Impact Assessment project in Durham to help give clarity to landowners on where a full Environmental Statement may be required for afforestation, which may be deterring some landowners from planting new woodland. We will also help increase demand for wood by supporting forestry businesses to further increase their competitiveness, productivity and innovation, through other schemes under the Rural Development Programme.</p><p> </p><p>We remain strongly supportive of sector-led initiatives, such as Grown in Britain and the Roots to Prosperity strategy, in their work to grow demand for wood by further developing and strengthening the woodland economy from ground level up.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/06/2015 15:10:48 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4072 label Biography information for Neil Parish

353876

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
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	Food: Waste
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 is taking to tackle food waste in supermarkets.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	2313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Through the Waste and Resources Action Programme the Government is working with food manufacturers and retailers, including all the major UK supermarkets, to meet targets to reduce food waste from households and the grocery supply chain under the Courtauld Commitment.</p><p>Signatories reported a reduction of 7.4% in food supply chain waste since 2010 (there are also targets on household food waste and packaging waste). The third phase targets a further 1.1 million tonnes of food and packaging waste reduction by the end of 2015.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/06/2015 16:41:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

353886

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
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	Floods: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what date she plans that the flood reinsurance scheme will be fully operational.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	2310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p> </p><p /> <p>Flood Re is on schedule to be established and begin its operational testing phase by July 2015. It will be a matter for the Flood Re team itself to determine when the scheme is ready to accept policies following authorisation by the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority. We understand that the Flood Re team expect this to be in April 2016.</p><p /> <p>Insurers have agreed to continue to abide by the Statement of Principles which ensures continued access to flood insurance until Flood Re is fully operational.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Insurers have agreed to continue to abide by the Statement of Principles which ensures continued access to flood insurance until Flood Re is fully operational.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/06/2015 15:01:17 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

353890

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
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: Finance
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 the grant in aid allocation is for new flood defence assets for each year from 2014-15 to 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	2357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Defra has committed to a six-year programme of £2.3 billion capital investment for new and improved defences up to 2021. This is profiled as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>£395 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17 </strong></p></td><td><p>£395 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p>£405 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p>£410 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p>£365 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p>£375 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/06/2015 16:48:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

353895

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
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	Air Pollution: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what date she expects the UK to be compliant with the Air Quality Directive.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	2362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Revised air quality plans for nitrogen dioxide will be published by the end of 2015. A 40 day public consultation on draft plans will be held later this year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to complying in the shortest possible time with limit values for nitrogen dioxide under the Air Quality Directive. The consultation will set out our projected dates for UK compliance.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/06/2015 16:55:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

353896

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
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: Finance
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 the (a) budget, (b) outturn and (c) end-of-year surplus was for flood and coastal risk management in her Department in each year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	2365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>All information on historical funding and spending for Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) can be found on the GOV.UK website at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/401305/Central_Government_Funding_for_Flood_and_Coastal_Erosion_Risk_Management_in_England_feb_2015.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/401305/Central_Government_Funding_for_Flood_and_Coastal_Erosion_Risk_Management_in_England_feb_2015.pdf</a>.</p><p>All Government funding for FCERM has to be used in the year it is allocated. Defra accrued no surpluses or deficits during the period as all funding provided was used.</p><p>Details of spend for the financial year 2014/15 cannot be provided until Defra’s Annual Report and Accounts have been signed off and laid before Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/06/2015 15:23:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

353897

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
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: Finance
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 the (a) budget, (b) outturn and (c) end-of-year surplus was for flood asset maintenance in her Department in each year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	2366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the budget for asset maintenance activities for each year from 2010/11 to 2014/15. The actual spend on asset maintenance is in line with the budget for each year, excluding 2014/15. Information on actual spending for the final year cannot be confirmed until the Environment Agency’s Annual Report and Accounts have been signed off and laid before Parliament.</p><p>The figure for 2014/15 includes the additional maintenance funding provided by Defra in the wake of flooding over winter 2013/14.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total (£M)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>168</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>156</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>170</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>147</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>171</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/06/2015 15:29:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

349933

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
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	Air Pollution: York
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 information her Department holds on the levels of air pollution at (a) Collygate in York and (b) other measured points in York Central constituency in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>Defra uses both monitoring and modelling to assess air quality in the UK. Information about recent and historic levels of pollution, pollution forecasts, health advice and background modelled data is available on the UK-AIR website.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has two monitoring stations in the City of York Local Authority area, both of which are located in the York Central constituency. Information about the sites and the pollutants measured is available as follows:</p><p> </p><p>· York Fishergate: <a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00524" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00524</a></p><p> </p><p>· York Bootham: <a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00523" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00523</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities are responsible for reviewing and assessing air quality under the Local Air Quality Management system. As part of this assessment, the City of York Council undertakes additional monitoring. Information can be found at: <a href="http://www.jorair.co.uk/index.php?page=stations" target="_blank">http://www.jorair.co.uk/index.php?page=stations</a></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/06/2015 08:13:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

350052

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
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	Air 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 she is taking to tackle excessive levels of air pollution in towns or cities.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	2153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>We are fully committed to complying with EU air quality standards as soon as possible. We have already committed over £2 billion since 2011 in transport measures to improve air quality and will be publishing revised air quality plans for nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) by the end of this year. The plans will set out actions at all levels, including national and local, to achieve compliance with legal limits for NO<sub>2</sub> in the shortest possible time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 2122 question first answered 17/06/2015 08:34:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

350053

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
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	Climate Change
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 is taking to increase preparedness for extreme weather and flooding as a result of climate change.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	2154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>We are preparing for the impacts of climate change, including the increased threat of extreme weather and flooding, primarily through the implementation of the first National Adaptation Programme report which Defra published in July 2013. This sets out more than 370 actions across key sectors involving government, business, councils, civil society and academia.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p>The second round of reporting under the Climate Change Act 2008 Adaptation Reporting Power is currently underway. The process encourages organisations, such as major infrastructure providers and public bodies, to identify current and future climate risks to their organisation and functions, and asks them to develop a plan to address them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Over the next six years, £2.3 billion will be spent on more than 1,500 schemes to improve flood defences. This will better protect more than 300,000 homes, up to 420,000 acres of agricultural land, 205 miles of railway and 340 miles of roads. This represents an overall reduction in national flood risk of 5%, despite the increased underlying risk from climate change.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>National scenarios for flood and coastal risk management over the next 50 years are set out in our Long-Term Investment Scenarios (published December 2014).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/06/2015 11:01:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West