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date	28/05/2015
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	Seals
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 she has made of the number of seals killed off the coast of the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>Seal conservation is a devolved issue so I can only respond with respect to England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No licences to cull seals have been issued in England since 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This means that no permission has been granted for any common or grey seals to be taken or killed out of season. All common seals and the majority of grey seals are protected all year-round through a conservation order in the East of England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government has not, however, made an assessment of the number of seals which may have been killed off the English coast, notwithstanding the licensing and conservation order protections.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 02/06/2015 08:19:19 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

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registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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 encourage reductions in food wastage.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	62
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>Through the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), the Government is working with food manufacturers and retailers to meet targets to reduce food waste from households and the grocery supply chain under the Courtauld Commitment. There has been a 15% (1.3 million tonnes) reduction in household food waste since 2007 and signatories reported a reduction of 7.4% in food supply chain waste since 2010. The third phase of the Courtauld Commitment targets a further 1.1 million tonnes of food and packaging waste reduction by the end of this year.</p><p>The Love Food Hate Waste programme helps UK households to reduce food waste and save money through awareness raising and consumer advice. There is also an agreement with the hospitality sector with targets to prevent and manage food waste in restaurants, pubs and canteens.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 01/06/2015 12:40:49 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon