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49561

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
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
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 he will commission an inquiry into the extent of problems arising from the use of motorised vehicles on unmetalled roads.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	197703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In the Deregulation Bill Committee debate on 25 March, we announced that we propose to form a working group along the lines of the current rights of way Stakeholder Working Group. We will invite stakeholders with the relevant experience and expertise to join a group with an independent chair and secretariat, ensuring that the group contains a balance across the full range of interests.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any proposals made by the group for changing the current framework for managing the recreational use of motor vehicles would be subject to a full public consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

49590

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
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
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 his Department holds on the (a) level of world deforestation and (b) growth in world biomass power generation over the last 10 years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
uin	197675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Latest figures, supported by recent publications from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, are that 13 million hectares of the world's forest were converted to other uses or lost through natural causes each year in the last decade (2000–10), including 6 million hectares of primary forests<em>.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra does not hold information on the growth in world biomass power generation over the last ten years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

49591

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
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
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 social costs caused by (a) large particulates (PM10), (b) small particulates (PM2.5) and (c) nitrogen dioxide emitted to air in the UK by (i) domestic biomass generation of heat and (ii) biomass for power generation in the latest year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
uin	197669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra has not made any direct assessment of such social costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

49592

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
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
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 amount of (a) large particulates (PM10), (b) small particulates (PM2.5) and (c) nitrogen dioxide emitted to air in the UK by (i) domestic biomass generation of heat and (ii) biomass for power generation in each of the next five years; and what proportion of the annual national inventory of the respective emissions these represent.
tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
uin	197671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Projections of emissions have been made based on the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory released in December 2012 and the Department of Energy &amp; Climate Change's energy projections published in October 2013 for the year 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The emissions from domestic combustion in 2015 and their share of national total emissions are estimated to be: (a) for large particles (PM<sub>10</sub>), 10.1 thousand tonnes and 8.0%; (b) for small particles (PM<sub>2.5</sub>), 7.2 thousand tonnes and 9.8%; (c) for nitrogen oxides, 0.97 thousand tonnes and 0.087%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The emissions from power generation in 2015 and their share of national total emissions are estimated to be: (a) for large particles (PM<sub>10</sub>), 0.022 thousand tonnes and 0.017%; (b) for small particles (PM<sub>2.5</sub>), 0.011 thousand tonnes and 0.015%; (c) for nitrogen oxides, 1.5 thousand tonnes and 0.13%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Emissions of nitrogen dioxide have not been separately estimated from those of nitrogen oxides.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

49593

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
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
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 of (a) large particulates (PM10), (b) small particulates (PM2.5) and (c) nitrogen dioxide were emitted to air in the UK by (i) domestic biomass generation of heat and (ii) biomass for power generation in the latest year for which figures are available; and what proportion of the annual national inventory of the respective emissions these represent.
tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
uin	197670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The most recent year for which historic emission estimates are available from the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory is 2012. This data was published in December 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The emissions from domestic combustion and their share of national total emissions are estimated to have been: (a) for large particles (PM<sub>10</sub>), 10.9 thousand tonnes and 9.6%; (b) for small particles (PM<sub>2.5</sub>), 10.6 thousand tonnes and 13.7%; (c) for nitrogen oxides, 0.96 thousand tonnes and 0.09%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The emissions from power generation and their share of national total emissions are estimated to have been: (a) for large particles (PM<sub>10</sub>), 0.65 thousand tonnes and 0.57%; (b) for small particles (PM<sub>2.5</sub>), 0.55 thousand tonnes and 0.72%; (c) for nitrogen oxides, 4.2 thousand tonnes and 0.4%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Emissions of nitrogen dioxide have not been separately estimated from those of nitrogen oxides.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

49445

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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
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 he will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of his Department to Brighton; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	197452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2014 answer text <p>There are no current plans for the Department to relocate staff or offices to Brighton.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

49491

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who is responsible for the collection and disposal of clinical waste from patients' homes.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	197597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Local authorities have duties to arrange for the collection and disposal of household waste. Clinical waste produced at domestic property is treated as household waste.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

49520

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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
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 progress has been made on the review of partnership funding for flood defences; and when the results of this review will be published.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	197579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The independent evaluation of the Flood and Coastal Resilience Partnership Funding approach was published on 23 April 2014. The report is available on the Defra R&amp;Dwebpages at the following the link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&amp;Module=More&amp;Location=None&amp;ProjectID=18734&amp;FromSearch=Y&amp;Publisher=1&amp;SearchText=fd2663&amp;SortString=ProjectCode&amp;SortOrder=Asc&amp;Paging=10#Description" target="_blank">http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&amp;Module=More&amp;Location=None&amp;ProjectID=18734&amp;FromSearch=Y&amp;Publisher=1&amp;SearchText=fd2663&amp;SortString=ProjectCode&amp;SortOrder=Asc&amp;Paging=10#Description</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

49538

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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
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 the Environment Agency expects to conclude its investigation into Churngold Recycling Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	197571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>This is a complex investigation that the Environment Agency is working hard to complete. Legal challenges to the investigation in the civil courts have caused delays. Once the investigation is complete and the matter has been legally reviewed, the Environment Agency will decide on any appropriate enforcement.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

49365

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
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
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 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 37W, on rural areas: broadband, what the latest figures are for how much funding is for projects (a) granted, (b) under pre-contract approval and (c) still under consideration for funding.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Huw Irranca-Davies
uin	197295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The current breakdown of funding to date that has arisen from the Rural Community Broadband Fund is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>a) Projects granted (contracted and in delivery) total: £0.459 million;</p><p> </p><p>b) Projects with pre-contract approval total: £0.634 million; and</p><p> </p><p>c) Projects under consideration total: £14.0 million.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Until contracted, all costs are estimated and subject to revision.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson previous answer version 8812 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934
tabling member	1476 label Biography information for Huw Irranca-Davies