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1125708

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
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	Coastal Areas: 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 estimate he has made of the number of miles of English coastline which are deemed unbeneficial for flood protection or adaption.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	252510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the answer applies to England.</p><p>The Government has not made any such assessment. Shoreline management plans prepared and approved by local authorities contain details of expected levels of protection.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/05/2019 10:52:41 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1125709

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
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	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 steps he is taking to improve the resilience of (a) homes and (b) businesses against flooding.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	252511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>In England, we are working with the commercial and technical sectors through a business led Property Flood Resilience Roundtable, to increase the uptake of flood resilience approaches (recoverability and resistance), both by homes and businesses, in areas at risk of flooding.</p><p> </p><p>Flood Re was established in 2016 to help improve the affordability and availability of Flood Insurance for homes at high risk of flooding across the whole of the UK (including Wales). Flood Re is required to take action to help the flood insurance market transition to one that is risk reflective by 2039. This includes exploring ways in which Flood Re can help improve the uptake of flood resilience measures in homes at risk of flooding.</p><p> </p><p>Our investment programme will better protect at least 300,000 homes from the risk of all flooding and coastal erosion by 2020/21. Up to 60,000 commercial properties have also benefited from better protection thanks to these schemes.</p><p> </p><p>Property Flood Resistance schemes are eligible for GIA and are used where it is technically or financially difficult to use other mechanisms and for residual risk to increase the level of protection from an asset.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/05/2019 16:10:23 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1090897

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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	Marine Protected 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 estimate he has made of the cost of enforcing marine protected areas per sq km in (a) the UK and (b) UK overseas territories in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	233444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>a) We do not currently hold the requested data, however, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) estimates compliance costs for each Marine Protected Area (MPA) byelaw it makes. These estimates are documented in the impact assessment (IA) accompanying each byelaw, which are available on GOV.UK. These estimates include compliance activity such as monitoring and boardings to detect and deter offences, but do not include costs related to any prosecutions for offences committed. These figures relate to England only. There are additional costs arising from the enforcement of Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authorities (IFCA) byelaws but these are not currently centrally compiled.</p><p> </p><p>b) Under the Blue Belt programme, £2 million per year over the past 4 years has been allocated to the MMO to support surveillance and enforcement of designated MPAs, and to support the development of legal frameworks and surveillance and enforcement strategies for further MPA designations.</p><p>At the start of the Blue Belt programme, there was 2.5 million km² of MPAs around the UK overseas territories and by 2020, there will be over 4 million km². Additional funding support for enforcement of Pitcairn Island was provided by Pew Charitable Trusts during years 2015-present.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/03/2019 10:10:10 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1088736

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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	Marine Protected 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, how many square kilometres of marine protected areas there were in (a) the UK and (b) UK overseas territories in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	232531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>a) Marine Protected Areas in the UK:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Area (km<sup>2</sup>)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>73,890</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>82,952</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>143,497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>143,651</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>165,252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>207,477</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>209,185</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>b) Marine Protected Areas in UK overseas territories:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>UK OT</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>MPA (km<sup>2</sup>)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date of designation</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Antarctic Territory South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf MPA</p></td><td><p>94,000</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos)</p></td><td><p>640,000</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Georgia and Sandwich Islands</p></td><td><p>1,240,000</p></td><td><p>2012; enhanced in 2013 &amp; 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pitcairn Islands</p></td><td><p>840,000</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helena</p></td><td><p>445,000</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,259,000</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition to these Marine Protected Areas, as announced in the Spring Statement, the UK Government is backing an Ascension Island bid to protect 100% of its offshore waters. Ascension Island plans to designate over 445,00km<sup>2</sup> of its waters as a fully protected no-take Marine Protected Area.</p><p> </p><p>Tristan da Cunha has committed to designating a comprehensive marine protection regime across its 750,000km<sup>2</sup> maritime zone by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 19/03/2019 16:14:24 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1064050

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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	Tyres: 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, what due diligence his Department undertakes relating to used tire exports to India for recycling purposes.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	223248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK and India are both parties to the Basel Convention which provides the system for controlling movements of hazardous and other wastes between countries. It is fully implemented in UK law through Regulation (EC) 1013/2006 on the shipment of waste and the UK Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007. Under Regulation (EC) 1013/2006, most exports of non hazardous wastes destined for recycling to non-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries are subject to light touch international export controls known as ‘green-list’ controls. The European Commission asks non-OECD countries, including India, to indicate where more stringent controls are required. India has indicated that exports of tyres from the UK can be exported under green-list controls and must also meet the requirements of Indian regulations.</p><p> </p><p>The UK environmental regulators take an intelligence led approach to checking compliance with waste export regulations. They carry out proactive and intelligence led inspections to stop waste shipments that breach these regulations before they leave our ports. Where concerns are raised about a recycling facility in other countries, further information is requested from the relevant authorities in that country to confirm sites are permitted and regulated according to their national laws.</p><p> </p><p>In our recently published Resources and Waste Strategy, we set out plans to introduce Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for more waste streams, including tyres. This will increase the responsibility on tyre producers regarding their end of life. We are also further developing a range of measures including: increased monitoring of international waste shipments, improved provision for waste repatriation, and charging higher fees to improve compliance. These changes aim to ensure any waste we do send abroad is fit for recycling, and that it is recycled to equivalent standards as required in the UK. This should create a more level playing field for domestic recyclers as well as reducing the chances of exported tyres being mishandled.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 26/02/2019 14:27:21 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

983265

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Bottles: Deposit Return Schemes
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 he has made of the merits of a nationwide bottle return scheme.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	176011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government will assess the costs and benefits of a deposit return scheme as part of its consultation later this year.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 11/10/2018 15:49:56 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

971735

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Packaging: 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, what processes his Department has in place to ensure that exported packaging waste is recycled by the country of destination.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	173529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>All businesses involved in the export of wastes are required to take all necessary steps to ensure that the waste they ship is managed in an environmentally sound manner throughout its shipment and during its recycling.</p><p> </p><p>There is a system of international rules on waste shipments which must be followed by both UK authorities and those in the country of destination to ultimately ensure the environmentally sound management of waste.</p><p> </p><p>Only exporters accredited by the relevant agency can issue evidence of the recycling of exported packaging waste (PERNs). PERNS can only be issued on waste sent to an approved site (that will operate to standards ‘broadly equivalent’ to those in the EU).</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 09/10/2018 15:18:53 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

971402

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Packaging: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2018 to Question 170273, whether his Department's Waste and Resources Strategy will address the recommendations made in National Audit Office's report, The packaging recycling obligations, HC 1386, published on 23 July 2018.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	172451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is considering the National Audit Office’s report carefully and will consult on reforms in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/09/2018 12:22:14 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

967790

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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, when he plans to publish the Waste and Resources Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	170273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>We will publish the Resources and Waste Strategy later this year.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 10/09/2018 10:51:41 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

937788

registered interest
date	10/07/2018
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	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, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the cost of recycling borne by (a) manufacturers and producers and (b) consumers.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	162483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not currently hold this information on the proportion of the costs of all recycling borne by manufacturers, producers and consumers. However, under the current Packaging Waste Regulations packaging producers and manufacturers financed £72.6 million in 2017 towards the costs of recycling packaging waste.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the 25 Year Environment Plan we have committed to reform the producer responsibility system (including the Packaging Waste Regulations) to incentivise producers to take greater responsibility for the environmental impacts of their products. More detail will be announced in the Resources and Waste Strategy, which will be published later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 16/07/2018 12:16:03 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane