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515321

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Business: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 April 2016 to Question 32962, how her Department calculated that the Climate Ready Support Service enabled hundreds of organisations to understand their climate risk and take action; and what the exact number of such organisations was.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	35448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The Environment Agency does not have exact figures for the number of organisations accessing the Climate Ready Support Service because the service worked extensively through partners and intermediaries, as well as directly with organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The number given in my previous answer was calculated using statistics that the Environment Agency does have available, for example:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Download statistics show that over 8000 businesses have used the Climate Ready Business Resilience Health Check tool online.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>The service, in partnership with Climate UK, provided training and qualifications in business resilience, including preparing for severe weather and climate change, to over 300 business advisors and small businesses (SMEs).</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/04/2016 15:17:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

515322

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Business: 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, if her Department will take steps to promote access to the Climate Ready Support Service's online tools and to encourage businesses to plan for climate change.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	35434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The extensive range of tools that the CRSS produced with stakeholders over the past four years will continue to be available to help businesses adapt. They are currently available across a range of websites, due to the partnership nature of the service’s work. The majority can be found at <a href="http://climateuk.net/" target="_blank">http://climateuk.net/</a> and <a href="http://www.iema.net/" target="_blank">http://www.iema.net/</a>. If any transitional or new hosting arrangements were to be necessary they will be clearly signposted.</p><p>The Environment Agency will continue to play an important role in helping businesses adapt to climate change, especially as part of its core role on flooding, coastal risks, water management, freshwater habitats, and as a statutory adviser in the land-use planning system.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/04/2016 15:14:43 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

515323

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Business: 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 funding (a) her Department and (b) the Environment Agency provided for the Climate Ready Support Service in 2015-16; and what assessment her Department has made of the performance of that Service in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	35435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>Funding provided for the Climate Ready Support Service in 2015-16 was around £1 million. The Climate Ready Support Service Programme Board had regular overview of the performance of the Service. The majority of National Adaptation Programme actions to which the Service was contributing have now been completed.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/04/2016 15:19:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

514766

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
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	Floods: Northamptonshire
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 resources her Department allocated to local authorities and the emergency services in Northamptonshire to develop their capacity to deal with flash floods in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	David Mackintosh
uin	34978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government provides funding to Lead Local Flood Authorities to carry out their duties in relation to managing and co-ordinating local flood risk under the Flood and Water Management Act. Local flood risk includes surface water run off. However, local authorities decide what to spend according to local priorities.</p><p> </p><p>For the past three years this funding has been provided through two mechanisms i.e. direct grant from Defra via the Local Services Support Grant and from the Department for Communities and Local Government through the Local Government Finance Settlement. The total funding provided to Northamptonshire County Council in the last three years for their role as a Lead Local Flood Authority was:</p><p> </p><ul><li>2013/14 £290,000</li><li>2014/15 £288,000</li><li>2015/16 £241,000</li></ul><p> </p><p>Of this, the funding provided directly by Defra was:</p><p> </p><ul><li>2013/14 £140,000</li><li>2014/15 £140,000</li><li>2015/16 £93,000</li></ul><p> </p><p>This Department does not fund the work of the emergency services.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/04/2016 13:37:11 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4431 label Biography information for David Mackintosh

514448

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
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	Biodegradability
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 research her Department is (a) carrying out and (b) encouraging into extending the use of materials that biodegrade more quickly.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	34801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>In October 2014, Defra commissioned the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) project on biodegradable plastic carrier bags – solutions through innovation. The project is contracted to the plastic packing manufacturer Aquapak Polymers Ltd, and is due to report in December this year. The project is testing the biodegradability of a hydrophilic polymer under simulated composting and anaerobic digestion conditions, and in experiments simulating natural conditions, and testing the impact on aquatic life.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 25/04/2016 14:00:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

513515

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
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	Advisory Group on Litter
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which campaign groups attended the initial meeting of key stakeholders at the litter strategy advisory group.
tabling member constituency	Carlisle
tabling member printed	John Stevenson
uin	34307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>The Minister for Local Government and I had an initial meeting with the following organisations to discuss the Government’s intention to form a Litter Strategy Advisory Group and publish a National Litter Strategy:</p><p> </p><ol><ol><li>Keep Britain Tidy</li><li>Campaign for the Protection of Rural England</li><li>Hubbub</li><li>Local Government Association</li><li>The Industry Council for Research on Packaging and the Environment (INCPEN)</li><li>Foodservice Packaging Association</li><li>The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management</li></ol></ol> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/05/2016 08:48:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	3942 label Biography information for John Stevenson

513600

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
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	Litter: Fixed Penalties
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 plans to commence Section 154 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, on fixed penalty notices for leaving litter.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	34309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>No timetable has been set for when Section 154 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 will be commenced.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has announced plans for a new litter strategy and we are working with industry, experts and councils across England to improve the way we all tackle the scourge of litter. The litter strategy will promote affordable and replicable ways to influence littering behaviour and reduce littering. This will include work on ways to deal with littering from vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/04/2016 12:15:24 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

513640

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
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	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, what amount her Department expects to pay in penalties and disallowances required by the EU Commission in relation to air pollution in 2016-17; and what contingency has been made for that purpose in her Department's budget.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	34390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not expect to pay any penalties and disallowances imposed by the EU Commission in relation to air pollution in 2016-2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission has started infraction proceedings against the UK for not achieving European limit values for NO<sub>2</sub>. We want to work in partnership with Local Authorities and the Commission to improve air quality and avoid any prospect of fines levied from infraction. In December 2015, the Government published air quality plans setting out a comprehensive approach for meeting EU legal limits in the shortest possible time through a new programme of Clean Air Zones, alongside national action and continued investment in clean technologies. The UK has never had to pay an infraction fine.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 26/04/2016 10:57:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

513641

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
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	Climate Change: Publicity
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 for public communications on the need to prepare for the effects of climate change.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	34443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The effects of climate change continue to be taken into account within policy making across Defra and all levels of Government and within the broad range of related communications activities. Targeted communications closely tied to specific climate threats help those affected to understand potential impacts and the practical actions that they can take to increase their resilience and adapt. For instance, the Environment Agency have been ‘geo-targeting’ people in specific high flood risk locations via Facebook and other services to promote the benefits of and sign up to the free flood warning service.</p><p> </p><p>Government will be publishing the second UK Climate Change Risk Assessment in 2017 to be followed by the second National Adaptation Programme report and will, as part of that process, consider the need for further public communications on the effects of climate change in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 26/04/2016 11:05:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

513642

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
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	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 funding her Department has allocated for (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18 to help the UK prepare for the effects of climate change.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	34472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2016 answer text <p>Adaptation is embedded as an integral part of policy making across Defra and all levels of Government and within a broad range of programmes and activities that directly or indirectly support and build the UK’s resilience to climate change. The first National Adaptation Programme sets out more than 370 actions to help the UK better prepare for climate change and we continue to deliver on these actions. In Defra we are taking action across the breadth of the department’s policies, from our £2.3 billion flood defence programme to the Forestry Commission increasing the diversity of its planting stock so that the Public Forest Estate is resilient to the changing climate.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/04/2016 10:40:09 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner