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1567568

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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: Subsidies
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 much funding was released from the Basic Payment Scheme following the reduction of direct payments to farmers in England in the (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	125434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>Applying reductions to Direct Payments frees up money to be spent on financial assistance under our other schemes for farmers and land managers. As set out in our Future Farming and Countryside Programme annual report, published in October 2022, we spent £1.654 billion on Direct Payments in financial year 2021 to 2022. That was part of a total spend of £2.294 billion on existing farming schemes and our new financial assistance schemes, as set out in that report.</p><p>Information about spend on Direct Payments and financial assistance under our other schemes for financial year 2022 to 2023 will be included in an annual report to be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 24/01/2023 15:01:05 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

1567081

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
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	Shellfish: North East
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 impact of the anonymity of the expert panel on public confidence in the results of the enquiry into crustacean deaths in the North East.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	123933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The expert panel was set up by the Defra Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor Gideon Henderson, to independently scientifically review all the available evidence of the unusual crustacean mortality event in the north-east of England in autumn 2021. The Government Chief Scientific Advisor, Sir Patrick Vallance, was consulted as the panel was formed and had oversight of the membership and the Terms of Reference</p><p><br> The identities of the panel members have been made public. Names and affiliations of members have been released and published.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 23/01/2023 15:37:41 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1567082

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
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	Shellfish: North East
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 she will publish the names of the people on the expert panel set up to investigate crustacean deaths off the North East coast.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	123934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Names and affiliations of the crustacean mortality expert panel (CMEP) members have been published.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 23/01/2023 15:55:22 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1567147

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
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	Highly Protected Marine Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to extend the ban on bottom trawling to cover more Highly Protected Marine Areas.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	123883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Defra has consulted on five candidate pilot Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs). The responses and further evidence we received are still being analysed and we aim to publish a summary of responses in early 2023. Any HPMAs designated would have the highest levels of protection in our seas, banning extractive, destructive and depositional uses, including bottom trawling, to help the protection and recovery of marine ecosystems. Activities of this nature are not compatible with the aims of HPMAs. Any pilot HPMAs would be designated through the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 by 6 July 2023. This would be a year from the start of the consultation as required by the Act.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 23/01/2023 15:07:19 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1567226

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
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	Fisheries: North Atlantic Ocean
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 provide access to the quotas for spurdog following the conclusion of the annual fisheries negotiations with (a) the EU and (b) other North Atlantic states.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	124033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Following the recent UK-EU agreement on total allowable catches for Northeast Atlantic spurdog in 2023, UK fishing quotas have been published within the Secretary of State determination of fishing opportunities for British fishing boats and presented to Parliament. <br> <br> We are working with the Devolved Administrations and Marine Management Organisation to ensure spurdog quota allocation methods will be in place and will provide industry with clarity over their fishing opportunities for 2023. These will be announced ahead of fishing being allowed in UK waters.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 23/01/2023 15:50:56 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1567359

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
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	Farmers: North West
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 farmers there were in (a) St Helens, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	123986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Statistical estimates of the number of farmers on commercial agricultural holdings are shown in the table below. Farm labour data is sourced from the Defra June Survey of Agriculture but detailed geographical data are only available in the years where the survey is sent to a larger sample of farms.</p><p> </p><p>Farmer are defined here as full time and part time principal farmers, business partners, directors and spouses.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of farmers in St Helens, Merseyside and the North West 2010 to 2021</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>St Helens <sup>(a)</sup></p></td><td><p>Merseyside <sup>(a)</sup></p></td><td><p>North West</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>405</p></td><td><p>21,341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>21,758</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>21,619</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>429</p></td><td><p>21,753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>22,022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>22,116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>21,730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>22,051</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>22,382</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>22,347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020<sup>(b)</sup></p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>22,440</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes</p><p>: represents data that are not available as the survey was too small to produce geographical breakdowns to this level of granularity.</p><p>- represents data that has been suppressed to protect confidentiality, due to the small number of values in this cell</p><p>(a) Data is only available at this detailed geography in large scale survey years (2010, 2013, 2016, 2021)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(b) It was not possible to run a full-scale June Survey in 2020 due to the Coronavirus outbreak and as a result, regional breakdowns are not available for that year.</p><p> </p><p>Commercial holdings are those registered with the Rural Payments Agency for payments or livestock purposes and with significant levels of farming activity (as recorded in responses to the Defra June Survey of Agriculture or the Cattle Tracing System). Holdings are only included if they have more than five hectares of agricultural land, one hectare of orchards, 0.5 hectares of vegetables or 0.1 hectares of protected crops, or more than 10 cows, 50 pigs, 20 sheep, 20 goats or 1,000 poultry.</p><p> </p><p>Full data series by region, county and local authority are published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/structure-of-the-agricultural-industry-in-england-and-the-uk-at-june" target="_blank">Structure of the agricultural industry in England and the UK at June web page</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 23/01/2023 17:22:05 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1566232

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
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: Subsidies
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 recent estimate she has made of the number of payments made to farmers by the Rural Payments Agency.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	902965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>By 31 December, the Rural Payments Agency had made over 107,000 payments worth more than £1.6 billion across the Basic Payments, Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship schemes. This means that 97.9% of farmers had received at least one payment during the first month of the opening of the payment window.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 12/01/2023 15:10:44 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1566544

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
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	Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, what plans she has to (a) revoke, (b) replace or (c) retain the Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	122130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>Defra is in the process of analysing and assessing its retained EU law stock to determine what should be preserved as part of domestic law, and what should be repealed, or amended. This work will determine how we use the powers in the Bill, including in relation to the Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 24/01/2023 13:59:46 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1565825

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
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	Farms: Solar Power
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 farmers to increase their use of solar panels; and whether she is providing specific funding designed to achieve that aim.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	120969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Protecting our environment, backing British farmers and delivering long-term energy security with more renewables is at the heart of HM Government’s manifesto. The Net Zero Strategy sets out a clear vision for a sustained increase in deployment of renewable generation capacity in the 2020s and beyond. In addition, The British Energy Security Strategy set out a series of bold commitments to support and accelerate this as part of a decisive shift away from expensive fossil fuels</p><p><br> HM Government recognises the need to preserve our most productive arable farmland as best as possible. The National Planning Policy Framework sets out clearly that local planning authorities should consider all the benefits of the best and most versatile agricultural land, when making plans or taking decisions on new development proposals. Where significant development of agricultural land is shown to be necessary, planning authorities should seek to use poorer quality land in preference to that of a higher quality.</p><p><br> On farm, the Farming Investment Fund seeks to encourage farmers to invest in technologies with improved energy-use efficiency and use of renewable energy. The Farming Innovation Programme supports industry-driven research into innovative technologies. It is funding projects that explore renewable energy sources.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 23/01/2023 16:26:33 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1565862

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
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	Members: Correspondence
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 he will to respond to correspondence of (a) 3 October 2022, (b) 1 November 2022, (c) 1 December 2022 and (d) 15 December 2022, from the Hon. member for Basildon and Billericay on a constituent, reference MC2022/19778 and JB39102.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	120864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>I apologise for the delay in responding to the hon. Member. A reply will be sent in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 23/01/2023 16:26:00 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron