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816668

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	Exhaust Emissions: Greater London
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 potential merits of devolving powers to the Greater London Authority on the regulation of emissions from non-road mobile machinery.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	121095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Defra officials regularly have discussions with the Mayor’s office on a range of issues relating to air quality, including their experience of regulating emissions from non-road mobile machinery in London.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish a Clean Air Strategy this year setting out how we will work towards meeting our ambitious targets for reducing air pollution by 2020 and 2030, and are considering a range of options as part of that work.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 121096 question first answered 15/01/2018 16:58:02 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

816669

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	Exhaust Emissions: Greater London
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 discussions his Department has had with the Mayor of London’s Office to devolve powers on the regulation of emissions from non-road mobile machinery.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	121096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Defra officials regularly have discussions with the Mayor’s office on a range of issues relating to air quality, including their experience of regulating emissions from non-road mobile machinery in London.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish a Clean Air Strategy this year setting out how we will work towards meeting our ambitious targets for reducing air pollution by 2020 and 2030, and are considering a range of options as part of that work.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 121095 question first answered 15/01/2018 16:58:02 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

816702

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	Fly-tipping
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 his Department is taking to prevent industrial fly-tipping.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	121129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>The Environment Agency’s (EA) specialist crime unit uses intelligence and a range of technology to track down waste criminals, working with the police, partners and local councils. It also has powers to revoke licences and seize vehicles from people involved in waste crime. It inspects businesses to make sure their waste is managed lawfully. The EA has the power to prosecute individuals, businesses and companies who fly-tip.</p><p> </p><p>The EA leads on large scale fly-tipping. This means incidents of:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>More than 20 tonnes (about 20 cubic metres);</p></li><li><p>More than 5 cubic metres of fibrous asbestos or 75 litres of potentially hazardous waste in drums or containers;</p></li><li><p>Possibly linked to criminal business activity or organised crime.</p><p> </p></li></ul><p>Fly-tipping not falling within these criteria is the responsibility of local authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 10/01/2018 12:25:08 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

816703

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	Fly-tipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to review fly-tipping penalties and sentences.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	121130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling fly-tipping. It is for local authorities to use the full range of powers available to them and ensure they prioritise resources to tackling this issue. I am raising this with colleagues that Ministry of Justice and we will work with the appropriate people in the court system to ensure sentencing levels act as an effective deterrent.</p><p> </p><p>We have published a consultation on a range of proposals to tackle waste crime and fly-tipping. These proposals include giving local authorities and the Environment Agency the power to issue a fixed penalty notice to householders who give their waste to fly-tippers.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/01/2018 17:01:24 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

816704

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	Fly-tipping
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 effectiveness of the powers of local councils to prevent fly-tipping.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	121131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling fly-tipping on a number of fronts. We work closely with local authorities and the Local Government Association is a member of the Defra chaired National Fly-tipping Prevention Group (NFTPG). Local authorities and the Environment Agency have a full range of enforcement powers to tackle fly-tipping which have recently been strengthened. Following consultation in 2016 we gave local authorities the power to issue fixed penalty notices for small scale fly-tipping, and enhanced their ability to search and seize vehicles of suspected fly-tippers. It is the responsibility of local authorities to use the powers available to them. The NFTPG has published guidance which sets out clearly the powers available to local authorities and other partners when tackling fly-tipping.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 10/01/2018 17:48:49 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

816705

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	Fly-tipping
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 his Department has made of the effect of fly-tipping on local environments and wildlife.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	121132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Tackling all waste crime, including fly-tipping, is a government priority. Fly-tipping involves the illegal deposit of different types of waste, from the small scale deposit of single items to the larger scale deposit of multiple items. Fly-tipping incidents therefore can have different impacts on the environment depending on the type of waste being fly-tipped. The types of waste being fly-tipped can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fly-tipping-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fly-tipping-in-england</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency has recently published the Waste Crime Interventions and Evaluation Project which included an estimation of the environmental cost of illegal waste sites. The report can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/662841/Waste_crime_interventions_and_evaluation_-_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/662841/Waste_crime_interventions_and_evaluation_-_report.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/01/2018 11:45:56 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

816715

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	Electricity Generation: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2017 to Question 115103 on electricity generation: waste, what steps he is taking to ensure that less biodegradable waste is disposed of through incineration rather than through (a) composting and (b) anaerobic digestion.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	121142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Local councils have a statutory duty to collect household waste and dispose of it according to the waste hierarchy. This requires councils to take all reasonable measures to ensure that biodegradable waste, such as garden waste and food waste, is recycled through a) composting and b) anaerobic digestion, ahead of incineration.</p><p> </p><p>There has been an increase in the provision of garden waste and food waste collections, with 97% of councils in England providing dedicated garden waste collections and 50% providing dedicated food waste collections in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>While it is for councils to work with their householders to develop the levels of services required, the Government supports comprehensive collections of materials. In September 2016 the Waste and Resources Action Programme, as part of an industry-led group, published a Framework for Greater Consistency. This outlines a vision where every household in England can recycle a common set of materials including separate food waste.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 10/01/2018 18:03:45 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

816716

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	Biodegradability
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 waste his Department classifies as biodegradable waste.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	121143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Data on biodegradable municipal waste to landfill is produced annually in accordance with the Waste Framework Directive, and published in our UK Statistics on Waste statistical release.</p><p> </p><p>Biodegradable municipal waste is defined based on an agreed set of European Waste Catalogue (EWC) codes to represent ‘municipal waste’, and biodegradability factors are applied to each code. The list of biodegradable municipal waste codes is summarised in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>EWC code</p></td><td><p>Code description</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15 01 01</p></td><td><p>paper and cardboard packaging</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15 01 05</p></td><td><p>composite packaging</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15 01 06</p></td><td><p>mixed packaging</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15 01 09</p></td><td><p>textile packaging</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 05 01</p></td><td><p>non-composted fraction of municipal and similar wastes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 05 02</p></td><td><p>non-composted fraction of animal and vegetable waste</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 05 03</p></td><td><p>off-specification compost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 05 99</p></td><td><p>wastes not otherwise specified</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 06 04</p></td><td><p>digestate from anaerobic treatment of municipal waste</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 06 05</p></td><td><p>liquor from anaerobic treatment of animal and vegetable waste</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 06 06</p></td><td><p>digestate from anaerobic treatment of animal and vegetable waste</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 06 99</p></td><td><p>wastes not otherwise specified</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 12 01</p></td><td><p>paper and cardboard</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 12 06</p></td><td><p>wood containing dangerous substances</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 12 07</p></td><td><p>wood other than that mentioned in 19 12 06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 12 08</p></td><td><p>textiles</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 12 10</p></td><td><p>combustible waste (refuse derived fuel)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 12 12</p></td><td><p>other wastes (including mixtures of materials) from mechanical treatment of wastes other than those mentioned in 19 12 11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 01 01</p></td><td><p>paper and cardboard</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 01 08</p></td><td><p>biodegradable kitchen and canteen waste</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 01 10</p></td><td><p>clothes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 01 11</p></td><td><p>textiles</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 01 25</p></td><td><p>edible oil and fat</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 01 26</p></td><td><p>oil and fat other than those mentioned in 20 01 25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 01 37</p></td><td><p>wood containing dangerous substances</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 01 38</p></td><td><p>wood other than that mentioned in 20 01 37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 01 99</p></td><td><p>other fractions not otherwise specified</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 02 01</p></td><td><p>biodegradable waste</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 03 01</p></td><td><p>mixed municipal waste</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 03 02</p></td><td><p>waste from markets</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 03 03</p></td><td><p>street cleaning residues</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 03 04</p></td><td><p>septic tank sludge</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 03 06</p></td><td><p>waste from sewage cleaning</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 03 07</p></td><td><p>bulky waste</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 03 99</p></td><td><p>municipal wastes not otherwise specified</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 10/01/2018 17:58:27 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

816764

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	Plastics: Waste Disposal
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 standardise the collection and disposal of plastic items from the doorstep.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	121191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>While it is for local councils to work with their householders to develop the levels of services required, the Government supports consistent and comprehensive collections of waste and recycling. In September 2016 the Waste and Resources Action Programme, as part of an industry led group, published a Framework for Greater Consistency. This outlines a vision where a core set of recyclable materials (including plastic bottles and plastic packaging – pots, tubs and trays) from every household in England are collected and sorted cost effectively for onward reprocessing, using one of three standardised collection systems.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 10/01/2018 16:35:41 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

816829

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	Xylella: 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 steps his Department is taking to prevent the spread of Xylella through the importation of infected plants.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	121256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The threat that diseases such as Xylella pose to our country’s trees is a very real concern, for the landscape and for our economy. This is why in October last year, the Secretary of State wrote to European Commissioner Vytensis Andriukaitis to press for stronger EU protections against the disease, stating that we would be forced to take action if EU protections were not increased. The UK Government secured these increased protections in November 2017. Now, in addition to existing restrictions on host plants from high risk areas, inspections and testing are required for host plants moved anywhere within the EU. When we leave the EU we will have an opportunity to examine all our national biosecurity measures on plant imports to ensure they are as robust as possible to protect the UK against diseases like Xylella. This will significantly reduce the risk of the disease being brought to the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 11/01/2018 18:57:42 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	318 label Biography information for Lord Spellar