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437905

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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	Cats: Trapping
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 her Department holds on how many cats have been caught in snares on (a) private and (b) public land in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	20012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>Defra does not have data on the numbers of non-target animals caught in traps, including snares.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/12/2015 17:25:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

437924

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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	Productivity: Rural 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, what steps she is taking to implement the proposals in the Government's report entitled Towards a one nation economy: A 10-point plan for boosting rural productivity published in August 2015.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	19796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>Implementing the Rural Productivity Plan requires collaboration across Government.</p><br /><p>We have already begun to implement the plan, for example announcing new Enterprise Zones in rural areas and small towns, assessing expressions of interest to deliver 30 hours of free childcare early implementers in some areas, including rural, from September 2016, and lastly, premises without basic broadband will have access to a subsidised satellite scheme by the end of December.</p><br /><p>By investing in education and skills, increasing wages, improving infrastructure and connectivity, and simplifying planning laws for rural businesses and communities, we will help create thriving rural areas where generations of families can open and expand their businesses, buy a home and educate their children at first class schools.</p><br /> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/12/2015 17:29:09 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

437359

registered interest
date	11/12/2015
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	National Wildlife Crime Unit
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 times the National Wildlife Crime Unit has assisted police in wildlife crime investigations in (a) London and (b) the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	19720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Stockton North, Alex Cunningham, on 17 November 2015, PQ UIN16012.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/12/2015 15:26:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

437148

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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	Flood Control: Finance
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 16 November 2015 to Question 16031, how much the Environment Agency spent directly on maintaining flood defences in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14; and how much the agency projects it will spend on such defences in (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17, (iii) 2017-18, (iv) 2018-19 and (v) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	19606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows how much the Environment Agency spent directly on maintaining flood defences in the years requested:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Allocation £m</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asset Management</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government has confirmed that flood maintenance funding will be protected in real terms for the duration of this Parliament.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">In addition to the maintenance spend, a further £2.3 Billion will be invested in flood defences in the next six years, providing better protection to over 300,000 households.</ins></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/12/2015 11:14:44 question first ministerially corrected 04/02/2016 11:26:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 36488 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

437150

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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	Flood 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 assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Environment Agency's 2014 Long Term Investment Scenarios recommended optimum overall investment in flood defences of £750m to £800m each year to 2019-20; and whether she expects that level of overall investment to be achieved.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	19675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Environment Agency's Long Term Investment Scenarios report represents the best currently available projections of potential long term costs to manage flood and coastal risk under a range of scenarios reflecting future uncertainties. It will be kept under review as any further evidence emerges.</p><br /><p>The report confirms that current Government investment plans to 2020, together with forecast local contributions, are in line with the level the Environment Agency’s assessment indicates is necessary to reduce overall flood risk <del class="ministerial">by 5%</del>.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/12/2015 15:36:34 question first ministerially corrected 16/12/2015 16:15:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 35407 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

437151

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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	Flood Control: Finance
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 measures in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 will affect the level of funding for flood defences up to 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	19676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>In the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 we reiterated our commitment to invest £2.3 billion in more than 1,500 projects by 2021. This funding will help better protect 300,000 homes. We also announced our commitment to protect flood maintenance spending in real terms over this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/12/2015 15:40:20 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

437153

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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	Flood Control: Finance
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 3 December 2015 to Question 18118, when she plans to announce the level of funding for flood defence maintenance in each year until 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	19605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows how much the Environment Agency spent directly on maintaining flood defences in the years requested:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Allocation £m</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asset Management</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The Government has confirmed that flood maintenance funding will be protected in real terms for the duration of this Parliament.</p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">In addition to the maintenance spend, a further £2.3 Billion will be invested in flood defences in the next six years, providing better protection to over 300,000 households.</ins></p></ins></p> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/12/2015 11:14:44 question first ministerially corrected 18/12/2015 11:39:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 35561 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

436745

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
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	Flood 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, how much of the £1.7 billion of capital spending on flood defences between 2010 and 2015 was disbursed in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	19493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The following table sets out the capital spend on flood and coastal erosion risk management between 2010/11 and 2014/15.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Capital Funding (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12 </strong></p></td><td><p>261</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>315</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>478</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/12/2015 17:24:11 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

436747

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
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	Flood Control: 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, what review her Department has conducted on flood protection measures since the recent floods in Cumbria and Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	19295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The Environment Secretary announced on Sunday 13 December a new Cumbrian Floods Partnership group that will consider what improvements to flood defences in the region may be needed, look at upstream options for slowing key rivers to reduce the intensity of water flows at peak times and build stronger links between local residents, community groups and flood defence planning.</p><p>The Environment Secretary also announced a National Flood Resilience Review will be carried out to better protect the country from future flooding and increasingly extreme weather events. This will be delivered by a new cross Government team.</p><p>I will also be taking on a special Floods Envoy role across Cumbria and Lancashire coordinating the flood recovery operation across local agencies over the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/12/2015 10:07:03 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

436237

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
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	Lead: Ammunition
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 was spent on lead ammunition by her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1999.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	19242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>Defra was created in 2001. It is therefore not possible to provide an answer in respect of the years prior to this. Natural England was established on 1 October 2006, so no data is available until the 2006-07 financial year.</p><br /><p>The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has identified that it has spent £300 on lead ammunition in the past three years, but is unable to provide a breakdown by year. Prior to this, the shooting of pests was outsourced and Kew is unable to identify the cost of ammunition provided through this service.</p><br /><p>Financial records do not always specify the type of ammunition purchased or the material from which it was made. Our records – with the caveats above – imply that Natural England has spent an average of £253 per year on lead shot since records began.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/12/2015 12:53:39 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham