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78652

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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 Banks
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 oral Answer from the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners to the hon. Member for York Central of 17 July 2014, what information her Department holds on how many (a) food banks existed and (b) people made use of food banks in the UK in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	206404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are no official figures for the number of food banks or for people who have made use of them. The provision of food aid ranges from small, local provision, through to regional and national schemes. The greatest proportion is community-led provision responding to local needs. As such, the Government do not believe it is possible to keep records of the number of food banks or how many people made use of them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/07/2014 09:28:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

78458

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Antibiotics: Agriculture
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 bring forward legislative proposals to restrict the use of antibiotics on farms to the treatment of sick animals.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	206200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The EU Veterinary Medicinal Products Directive is the core legislation which sets out the framework for controls on veterinary medicines, including veterinary antibiotics, within EU Member States. The European Commission is expected to publish proposals for the revision of the EU legislative framework later this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s position is that any changes to the EU legislation, including changes to controls on veterinary antibiotics, should be evidence based and take into account the potential impact on animal health and welfare.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/07/2014 13:37:41 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

77955

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
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	Regulation
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 her Department is taking to simplify existing environmental, marine and agricultural regulations.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	205985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>By contributing to Red Tape Challenge, Defra has reviewed over 1200 of its regulations. As a result of these reviews Defra has made commitments to revoke or improve nearly 800 regulations and as well as a number of significant non-regulatory changes that will directly benefit business and the wider public. These include the reform of all regulatory guidance produced by Defra and its agencies by spring 2015, so that users can quickly access clear information on what they need; changes to data reporting obligations, to remove any duplicate and unnecessary requests for information; and plans to explore opportunities to simplify and reduce the number of compliance inspections on farms.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>These reforms are being made without reducing existing protection of the environment or animal and plant health and are detailed in a report entitled “Defra <em>better</em> for Business: A Strategic Reform Plan for Defra Regulations” which was published on 9 April 2014[1]. Defra is working to deliver the vast majority of these proposals by April 2015 so that benefits can be felt quickly. Current estimates suggest that business could by then be saving £300million per year as a result of these reforms.</p><p> </p><br /><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/302112/pb14166-defra-better-for-business.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/302112/pb14166-defra-better-for-business.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/07/2014 14:05:53 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

77958

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
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	Common Agricultural Policy
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 effects of the CAP reforms on farmers.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Huw Irranca-Davies
uin	205877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to my previous answer of 23 June 2014, Official Report, column 63W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/07/2014 13:40:15 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1476 label Biography information for Huw Irranca-Davies

77614

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Nature Conservation
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 sites in England are designated as local wildlife sites and contain neutral grassland; how many sites in England containing neutral grassland have been de-selected as local wildlife sites in each of the last 10 years; and how many new sites in England containing neutral grassland have been designated as local wildlife sites in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
tabling member printed	Dan Byles
uin	205602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Local wildlife sites are usually selected within a local authority area. This process is often managed by the local Wildlife Trust along with representatives of the local authority and other local wildlife conservation groups. Local sites are afforded protection through the National Planning Policy Framework.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra receives annual reports from local authorities on the number and management of local wildlife sites. The latest data published in the 2013 update of our England Biodiversity indicators show that there were 43,500 local wildlife sites in the 2011/12 reporting period. We do not hold national information on the numbers of new or de-selected local wildlife sites, nor the specific habitat within those sites.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An England-wide sampling framework is under development to enable monitoring activity to contribute to an assessment of trends in habitat extent and condition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 205600 question first answered 21/07/2014 13:54:35 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4112 label Biography information for Dan Byles

77616

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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 Supply Networks Review
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 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 178W, on food supply networks review, and with reference to the statement in the terms of reference for the Elliot review published on 4 June 2013 that the final report of that review would be published in Spring 2014, for what reasons that final review has not been published.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Huw Irranca-Davies
uin	205615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Professor Elliott's final report of the Review into the integrity and assurance of food supply networks is being finalised and will be published soon.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/07/2014 14:29:31 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1476 label Biography information for Huw Irranca-Davies

77619

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Rodents
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 representations she has received on increased numbers of infestations of rats in a domestic setting; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	205590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I have not received any recent representations on the number of rat infestations in a domestic setting. Rats have no special legal protection and people are free to control them by legal means.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/07/2014 10:12:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

77620

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Grasslands
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 proportion of (a) limestone grasslands, (b) marshy grasslands, (c) acid grasslands, (d) lowland meadows and pastures and (e) upland hay meadows that has been lost in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
tabling member printed	Dan Byles
uin	205601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra has not undertaken an estimate of this nature. Natural England published an inventory of priority grassland habitats in 2013 which shows the current area of each priority grassland habitat type as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Priority grassland habitat type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Area (Ha)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Upland Calcareous Grassland</p></td><td><p>10,353</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Upland Hay Meadows</p></td><td><p>3,525</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Purple Moorgrass &amp; Rush Pasture</p></td><td><p>9,328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lowland Calcareous Grassland</p></td><td><p>65,567</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lowland Dry Acid Grassland</p></td><td><p>15,453</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lowland Meadows</p></td><td><p>3,6129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coastal &amp; Floodplain Grazing Marsh</p></td><td><p>218,182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>358,537</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An England-wide sampling framework is under development to enable monitoring activity. This is to contribute to an assessment of trends in habitat extent and condition.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/07/2014 13:47:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4112 label Biography information for Dan Byles

77621

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Nature Conservation
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 sites in England are currently designated as local wildlife sites; how many sites in England have been de-selected as local wildlife sites in each of the last 10 years; and how many new sites in England have been designated as local wildlife sites in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
tabling member printed	Dan Byles
uin	205600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Local wildlife sites are usually selected within a local authority area. This process is often managed by the local Wildlife Trust along with representatives of the local authority and other local wildlife conservation groups. Local sites are afforded protection through the National Planning Policy Framework.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra receives annual reports from local authorities on the number and management of local wildlife sites. The latest data published in the 2013 update of our England Biodiversity indicators show that there were 43,500 local wildlife sites in the 2011/12 reporting period. We do not hold national information on the numbers of new or de-selected local wildlife sites, nor the specific habitat within those sites.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An England-wide sampling framework is under development to enable monitoring activity to contribute to an assessment of trends in habitat extent and condition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 205602 question first answered 21/07/2014 13:54:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4112 label Biography information for Dan Byles

78629

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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: Prices
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 effect of changes in food prices on household budgets.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	904932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Family Food Survey shows that the proportion of income spent on food by the poorest 20% of households has remained relatively static over the last ten years, 16.8% in 2008 to 16.6% in 2012. The average price of food remains lower than some other European countries including France, Germany and Ireland. The annual rate of food price inflation was 0.0% in the year to June 2014, compared to an overall rate of 1.9%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/07/2014 16:10:44 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy