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657868

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date	13/12/2016
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	Soil
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 promote the use of more sustainable materials in topsoil and mulch products.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	57523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>We are supporting the horticulture sector to work towards targets for the removal of peat use in horticulture by 2020 for the retail sector and 2030 for the commercial sector as set out in the Natural Environment White Paper published in 2011. Part of this work is focussed on working with the industry on the development of a tool for assessing responsibly sourced and manufactured growing media ingredients.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/12/2016 11:54:48 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

657085

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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
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 million tonnes of total waste the UK generated in each year from 2010.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	57061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The amount of total waste generated in the UK for 2010, 2012 and 2014 was 201.5, 193.8 and 202.8 million tonnes respectively. These figures relate to all waste produced by the economy and not just to household waste.</p><p>These data are only compiled on a biannual basis so estimates are only available for these years with those for 2014 being the latest available data. These are published in ‘UK Waste Statistics’ which are available at : <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data</a>.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/12/2016 11:48:22 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

657086

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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
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 million tonnes of total waste she estimates the UK will generate in each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	57058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>Defra does not forecast estimates of total waste generated in the UK in future years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/12/2016 17:31:53 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

657087

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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	Wildlife: Smuggling
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 her Department plans to bring forward new Control of Trade in Endangered Species Regulations.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	57059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>We fully intend to bring forward amendments to, and the consolidation of, the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (COTES) Regulations following on from the consultation we undertook earlier this year. Related to this we are currently exploring whether any further amendments may be required to COTES, in particular as a result of the proposal announced on 21 September to ban sales of ivory less than seventy years old. Our intention is that the amended COTES Regulations will be laid in 2017, subject to the outcome of the ivory consultation due to be launched in the New Year.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/12/2016 17:24:14 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

657088

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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 proportion of household waste was recycled in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	57062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The UK waste from households recycling rate for each year from 2010 to 2015 is shown in the table below. Data for 2015 are the latest data available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>UK Recycling rate (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>40.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>42.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>43.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>44.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>44.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>44.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These data are available in the publication ‘UK Waste Statistics’ which are published at : <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/12/2016 11:50:08 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

657089

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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, what the UK rate of recovery was from non-hazardous construction and demolition waste in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	57060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The UK rate of recovery from non-hazardous construction and demotion waste in each year from 2010 to 2014 is shown in the table below. Data for 2014 are the latest data available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>UK C&amp;D* recovery rate (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>87.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>87.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>88.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>89.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>89.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Excludes excavation waste</p><p> </p><p>These are available in the publication ‘UK Waste Statistics’ which are published at : <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data</a>.</p><p>:</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/12/2016 11:45:39 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

657091

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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	Coal Gasification
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 her policy is on underground coal gasification.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	56962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government has made a firm commitment to reducing the UK’s carbon emissions, and our recent ratification of the historic Paris Agreement shows we are serious about global action on climate change.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy (BEIS) commissioned a report from Atkins into the greenhouse gas implications of underground coal gasification to inform Government policy about its development in the UK. The report was peer reviewed by academics and industry.</p><p> </p><p>The report finds that emissions from underground coal gasification would be too high to be consistent with our commitment to a low-carbon future. The Government is therefore minded not to support the development of this technology in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>A link to the Atkins report has been provided below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/underground-coal-gasification-evidence-statement-of-global-warming-potential" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/underground-coal-gasification-evidence-statement-of-global-warming-potential</a></p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/12/2016 17:19:25 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

657098

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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	Ivory
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 contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of 8 December 2016, Official Report, columns 188-9WH, whether her Department's proposals to widen the UK ban on ivory sales will include sales of ivory products dating from before 1947.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
uin	57276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>We have been actively exploring options to implement the Government’s manifesto commitment to press for a total ban on ivory sales and early next year we will consult on our proposal to ban sales of ivory that is less than 70 years old as of March 2017. As part of this, we plan to seek evidence on options and impacts of taking further action.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/12/2016 15:20:53 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

654822

registered interest
date	08/12/2016
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	Reservoirs
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 (a) the process is and (b) permissions required are for a reservoir to be drained.
tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
uin	56819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>No legal requirements exist to drain a reservoir under the Reservoirs Act 1975.</p><p>However, the operator should inform the reservoir ‘Supervising Engineer’ to oversee the process.</p><p> </p><p>An Environmental Permit issued by the Environment Agency may be required by an operator ahead of draining a reservoir. This is dependent on site specific issues, the type of release and whether fish may need to be removed.</p><p> </p><p>Emptying a reservoir does not decommission it and the operator’s legal responsibilities under the Act still apply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 13/12/2016 13:57:56 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

654823

registered interest
date	08/12/2016
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	Tree Planting
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 she has made of the cost to the public purse of each of the 11 million trees the Government has committed it will plant in this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan
uin	56810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission estimates that the average cost to the public purse will be around £3.25 per tree.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 13/12/2016 13:55:32 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan