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1139721

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Waste Management: 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 financial support his Department provides to local authorities for investment in waste and recycling facilities.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	278601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has provided local government with over £200 billion for this spending period and while councils make their own spending decisions, we would expect councils to prioritise what they do to deliver what their residents want to see and to invest in waste and recycling facilities as necessary to ensure good waste management practice.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also investing around £3 billion of grant funding in 24 Private Finance Initiative (PFI) waste infrastructure projects. These grants support infrastructure including material recovery, mechanical biological treatment and anaerobic digestion facilities, as well as implementing and expanding kerbside recycling services.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 30/07/2019 09:27:32 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1139723

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Food: 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 assessment he has made of the cost to the public purse of the introduction of separate food waste collections throughout England.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	278603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>In the supporting impact assessment to our consultation on consistency in recycling, we modelled three scenarios on how that policy could be delivered, all including separate food waste collection. In the preferred option of that impact assessment (option 3, which for local authorities includes weekly separate food waste, free garden waste, weekly dry multi-stream recycling and fortnightly residual waste collections) the overall cost to the public purse is estimated to be just under £260 million a year between 2023-2035.</p><p> </p><p>This comprises: local authority initial costs and subsequent savings; lost revenue to the Exchequer from local authority and business waste diverted away from landfill; lost garden waste income to local authorities; and policy costs to Government in supporting waste collection changes to municipal business.</p><p> </p><p>The full impact assessment is available from the following link: <a href="https://consult.defra.gov.uk/environmental-quality/consultation-on-consistency-in-household-and-busin/supporting_documents/recycleconsistencyconsultia.pdf" target="_blank">https://consult.defra.gov.uk/environmental-quality/consultation-on-consistency-in-household-and-busin/supporting_documents/recycleconsistencyconsultia.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>We will refine our analysis based on consultation feedback and engagement with the sector.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 30/07/2019 09:14:46 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1139724

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	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, how many local waste collection authorities own arms-length commercial waste collection services.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	278604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>We do not record this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 29/07/2019 16:24:15 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1139725

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Agriculture: Plastics
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 the Government has to tackle agricultural plastic pollution.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	278605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the reply given to the Hon. Member for Delyn, David Hanson, on 1 July 2019, PQ 268406.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 29/07/2019 16:33:36 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1139729

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Landfill: Methane
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 funding his Department has made available to waste disposal authorities for the prevention of methane emissions from closed landfill sites.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	278607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>No funding has been made available by the Department to disposal authorities for the prevention of methane emissions from closed landfill sites.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 30/07/2019 14:55:20 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1139732

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Waste: Crime
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 has been spent on tackling waste crime in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	278610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>In tackling waste crime the Environment Agency has spent: (in millions)</p><p> </p><p>£13.4m in 2013/14</p><p>£11.2m in 2014/15</p><p>£11.4m in 2015/16</p><p>£10.8m in 2016/17</p><p>£10.7m in 2017/18</p><p> </p><p>Data for 2018/19 has not yet been released.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 29/07/2019 16:21:55 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1139733

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Fly-tipping: Fines
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 revenue has been raised from fines for fly-tipping in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	278611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>Over the last five years fines totalling £3,332,214 have been levied by the courts in England on offenders convicted of fly-tipping offences prosecuted by local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Further detailed data about fly-tipping, including fines, in England is publicly available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fly-tipping-in-england" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fly-tipping-in-england</a>.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 30/07/2019 15:01:06 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1139734

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Nappies
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 financial support was available to re-useable nappy schemes in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	278612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 30/07/2019 16:18:48 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1134874

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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	Plastics: EU Law
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 the Government plans to implement the EU Single-Use Plastics directive in full which includes measures on oxo-degradable plastics; and what plans he has to extend that legislation to include oxo-biodegradable plastics.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	269776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>In our Resources and Waste Strategy we have committed to match or where economically practicable exceed the ambition of the Single-Use Plastics Directive.</p><p>The term oxo-degradable plastics is used in the Directive. The Directive mandates that oxo-degradable plastics shall be restricted from being placed on the market from 3 July 2021. Oxo-degradable plastics are conventional plastics. They include additives which are designed to promote the oxidation of the material to the point where it embrittles and fragments, potentially resulting in risks from micro-plastic particles. The Government remains committed to reducing the health and environmental impacts of certain plastic products, including those made from oxo-degradable plastics, in the marine environment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is concerned that, in the absence of standards, claims about the biodegradability of plastic based products cannot be verified leading to potential confusion in the market place, possible increased levels of consumption and potential environmental harm at the point of disposal.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Bioeconomy Strategy published on 5 December last year, the Government committed to work with UK Research and Innovation and industry to seek evidence on the demand, benefits and implications (for example the impact on recycling streams) of a standard for bio-based and biodegradable plastics that would include carrier bags. The call for evidence will seek evidence in relation to labelling and information provision.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/07/2019 13:07:01 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1050439

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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	Nappies: 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 steps the Government is taking to reduce the volume of disposable nappies in household waste; and what assessment he has made of the (a) environmental and (b) financial merits of the introduction of reusable nappy schemes by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	214063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>I met Procter &amp; Gamble who have developed a technology to recycle nappies and I understand they are in discussions with several local authorities to establish a facility in the UK. The Government is committed to eliminating all avoidable waste by 2050, and wants to encourage more recycling and to make it easier for households to recycle. We say more on how we will do this in our Resources and Waste Strategy which was published in December last year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>While reusable nappies may make a valuable contribution to reducing residual waste that has to be disposed of to landfill or incineration, the Government has not made a formal assessment of the environmental or financial merits of the introduction of reusable nappy schemes by local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/02/2019 14:18:35 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin