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1140863

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the badger culling programme.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	280129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>During 2018, badger culling operations in 32 areas of England were all successful in meeting their targets. According to Natural England’s chief scientist, the results show that industry-led badger culling continues to deliver the level of effectiveness required by the policy to be confident of achieving disease control benefits.</p><p> </p><p>Assessments of the effectiveness of badger culling are published annually on gov.uk at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bovine-tb-controlling-the-risk-of-bovine-tb-from-badgers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bovine-tb-controlling-the-risk-of-bovine-tb-from-badgers</a></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 31/07/2019 10:21:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1015071

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	Trade Agreements
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on setting environmental and animal welfare standards for future trade deals.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	195471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and officials from Defra meet regularly with their counterparts in the Department for International Trade to discuss a wide range of trade issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 195653 question first answered 29/11/2018 16:44:52 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1002607

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Energy
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 he holds on the energy efficiency rating of buildings used by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	188705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Defra complies with the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and implements a program of Display Energy Certificate (DEC) where applicable across its estate.</p><p> </p><p>We currently have 36 sites that require a DEC. These range from office buildings to laboratories. The table below shows the DEC rating of our buildings and the number of buildings in each category.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table1: DEC rating and number of sites</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>DEC Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Sites</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>B</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>C</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>D</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of the 10 sites rating E-G, 8 sites are laboratories (G rating – 1 site, F rating – 3 sites and E rating - 4 sites) and therefore have higher than average energy use due to the operational nature of these sites.</p><p> </p><p>The 2 remaining E rating sites are offices and are only 3 and 10 units from achieving D rating (average).</p><p> </p><p>We continue to invest in the energy efficiency of our estate, through our estate forward maintenance plan and our energy performance contract.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/11/2018 12:26:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

942437

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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	Veterinary Services: Coventry
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 he has to increase access to veterinary care for animal owners in Coventry on low incomes.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	164270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>Pet owners on low incomes can access veterinary services through organisations and charities such as the Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals, the Cats Protection League, the RSPCA and others.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are no plans for Government to increase access to veterinary care for animal owners on low incomes in any areas, including Coventry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 19/07/2018 14:45:01 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

905493

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
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	Gluten-free Foods
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 Department is taking to increase the availability of gluten-free food to consumers.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	144797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>Promotion of individual food brands is a matter for the food industry. However, it is very important that food marketed as ‘gluten free’ or ‘very low gluten’ is correctly labelled and complies with the relevant legislation. The Food Standards Agency and Local Authority Trading Standards Departments are responsible for ensuring compliance with the relevant regulations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/05/2018 16:43:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

900430

registered interest
date	09/05/2018
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	Beverage Containers: Recycling
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 responses were received to his Department's call for evidence on voluntary and economic incentives to reduce littering of drinks containers and promote recycling which closed on 20 November 2017.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	142325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The call for evidence on voluntary and economic incentives to reduce littering of drinks containers and promote recycling was held by the independent Voluntary and Economic Incentives Working Group.</p><p> </p><p>The Working Group’s report summarising responses to its call for evidence and including its expert views has been published on the GOV.UK website. Annex B of this report states that there were 276 responses to the call for evidence. It also includes a breakdown of the number of responses by organisation and a list of respondents.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/05/2018 15:17:09 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

900431

registered interest
date	09/05/2018
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	Waste Management
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 staff have been employed on the Waste and Resources Action Plan in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	142326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The table below provides data on the average number of Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) employees at the end of each financial year since 2010.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WRAP employees </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>254</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>253</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>249</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>183</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/05/2018 16:06:33 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

900112

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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: Apprentices
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 number of apprenticeship starts across the food, farming and agri-tech sector in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	141680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>Data on apprenticeship starts is published on Gov.uk and can be found in the Further Education (FE) data library.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fe-data-library" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fe-data-library</a></p><p> </p><p>The FE library contains searchable tools that allow apprenticeship starts to be analysed using both the old apprenticeship frameworks, which will be replaced by 2020, and the new apprenticeship standards. Data can be further broken down by factors such as age group and level. Data specifically covering frameworks/standards can be found at the links below:</p><p> </p><p>2014/15 and 2015/16 academic years:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643191/Apprenticeships-framework-SSA-data-tool.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643191/Apprenticeships-framework-SSA-data-tool.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2016/17 academic year:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/661049/201617_apprenticeships_by_framework_and_sector_subject_area.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/661049/201617_apprenticeships_by_framework_and_sector_subject_area.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2017/18 academic year (August 2017 to January 2018) reported to date:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/694143/Q2_201718_apprenticeships_by_SSA_framework.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/694143/Q2_201718_apprenticeships_by_SSA_framework.xlsx</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/05/2018 14:33:34 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

900113

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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	Water Supply
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 his Department has made of the average real terms investment in the water supply infrastructure in each year since 1988; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	141681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>Since privatisation in 1989 the water industry has invested approximately £4.9 billion per year on average (in 2016/17 prices) in both water supply and wastewater infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>Ofwat calculates that between the years of 1989 to 2018 the following amounts have been invested in water supply:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1989 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1990</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1991</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1992</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1993</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1994</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1995</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1996</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1997 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Water </strong> <strong>Supply</strong> <strong>Capital Investment (£ billion)</strong></p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>1998</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1999</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2001</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2002</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2003</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2004</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2007</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Ofwat has also calculated the 1988 total capital expenditure for water and wastewater combined as £3.7 billion. A breakdown of capital expenditure between water supply and wastewater infrastructure is not available pre-1989.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are in 2016/17 prices using RPI financial year average.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/05/2018 15:54:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

895476

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
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	Milk: 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 estimate he has made of the average farm gate milk price in (a) February 2018, (b) February 2017, (c) February 2016, (d) February 2015, (e) February 2014, (f) February 2013, (g) February 2012 and (h) February 2011.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	139946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>Farmgate milk prices for the month of February for each of the years 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 are set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Price (</strong><strong>pence per litre)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-18</p></td><td><p>29.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-17</p></td><td><p>27.47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-16</p></td><td><p>23.01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-15</p></td><td><p>26.06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-14</p></td><td><p>33.96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-13</p></td><td><p>30.07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-12</p></td><td><p>28.93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-11</p></td><td><p>26.08</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>.</p><p>Farmgate milk prices are published on a monthly basis at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk/united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-statistics-notice-data-for-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk/united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-statistics-notice-data-for-december-2017</a>, with data going back to 1970.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/05/2018 10:00:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham