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908953

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Procurement
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 contractors have been employed by his Department for (a) up to one year, (b) between one and five years, (c) between five and 10 years and (d) over 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	146176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>Defra’s systems do not differentiate between contractors and other types of contingent worker. The table below therefore sets out the number of contingent workers in the Core Department as at 31 March 2018.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Length of time</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of</strong> <strong>contingent workers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(a) Up to one year</p></td><td><p>347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(b) Between one and five years</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(c) Between five and 10 years</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(d) Over 10 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 24/05/2018 16:44:26 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

897220

registered interest
date	03/05/2018
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Official Cars
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 job titles are of civil servants in his Department who have been provided with (a) an official car and (b) a driver.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	141008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>No civil servants in Defra have been provided with an official car or a driver.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/05/2018 16:00:58 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

886364

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: 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, which regulations his Department (a) has introduced as a result of EU legislation from 23 June 2016 to date and (b) expects to implement as a result of EU legislation in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2019; and what estimate he has made of the cost of each such regulation to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	136559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>A total of 14 of regulations have been introduced in England as a result of EU legislation from 23 June 2016. Impact assessments were required for two of these regulations which together provide an estimated direct annual net cost to business of £560,000. A list of the regulations including those with impact assessments is provided below.</p><p> </p><p>A total of six EU directives are currently expected to require domestic legislation by Defra before we leave the EU on 29 March 2019. Assuming we continue to transpose EU law during the envisaged implementation period, we are currently aware of a further five EU regulations that would require domestic legislation before the end of 2019. A list of the EU regulations concerned is also provided below.</p><p> </p><p>List of EU related regulations introduced since June 2016</p><p> </p><p>1. The Waste (Meaning of Recovery) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016</p><p> </p><p>2. The Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (Amendment) Regulations 2016</p><p> </p><p>3. The Single Common Market Organisation (Emergency Aid for Milk Producers) (Amendment) Regulations 2016</p><p> </p><p>4. The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2016</p><p> </p><p>5. The Detergents (Amendment) Regulations 2016</p><p> </p><p>6. The Plant Health (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016</p><p> </p><p>7. The Plant Health (England) (Amendment) Order 2017</p><p> </p><p>8. The Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017</p><p> </p><p>9. The Environmental Impact Assessment (Land Drainage Improvement Works) (Amendment) Regulations 2017</p><p> </p><p>10.The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017</p><p> </p><p>11.The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2017</p><p> </p><p>12.The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (England) Regulations 2017</p><p> </p><p>13.The Single Common Market Organisation (Emergency Aid) (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2017</p><p> </p><p>14.The Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2017</p><p> </p><p>List of EU Directives due to be transposed by March 2019</p><p> </p><p>1. Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and repealing Directive 2001/81/EC.</p><p> </p><p>2. COMMISSION DIRECTIVE (EU) 2017/2096 of 15 November 2017 amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of life vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>3. COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE (EU) 2018/100 of 22 January 2018 amending Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/53/EC and Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/55/EC respectively, as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable species.</p><p> </p><p>4. Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2018/484 of 21 March 2018 amending Directive 93/49/EEC as regards requirements to be fulfilled by the propagating material of certain genera or species of Palmae in respect of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier).</p><p> </p><p>5. Commission Directive (EU) 2015/996 of 19 May 2015 establishing common noise assessment methods according to Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.</p><p> </p><p>6. Commission Directive (EU) 2017/845 of 17 May 2017 amending Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the indicative lists of elements to be taken into account for the preparation of marine strategies.</p><p> </p><p>List of EU Directives with transposition dates between April and December 2019</p><p> </p><p>1. DIRECTIVE (EU) 2017/2102 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 15 November 2017 amending Directive 2011/65/EU on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.</p><p> </p><p>2. Commission Directive (EU) 2018/350 of 8 March 2018 amending Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified organisms.</p><p> </p><p>3. Directive (EU) 2018/410 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2018 amending Directive 2003/87/EC to enhance cost-effective emission reductions and low-carbon investments, and Decision (EU) 2015/1814.</p><p> </p><p>4. Council Directive (EU) 2017/159 of 19 December 2016 implementing the Agreement concerning the implementation of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 of the International Labour Organisation, concluded on 21 May 2012 between the General Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives in the European Union (Cogeca), the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) and the Association of National Organisations of Fishing Enterprises in the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>5. Council Directive (EU) 2018/131 of 23 January 2018 implementing the Agreement concluded by the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) to amend Directive 2009/13/EC in accordance with the amendments of 2014 to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as approved by the International Labour Conference on 11 June 2014.</p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 25/04/2018 14:26:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

759698

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Pay
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 of his Department's staff had a pay increase (a) above, (b) at and (c) less than one per cent in each of the last three years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	10108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of staff in the core-Department who received a consolidated pay increase at (a) above, (b) at and (c) less than one per cent in each of the last three years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Above 1%</p></td><td><p>772</p></td><td><p>985</p></td><td><p>1069</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>At 1%</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>512</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Below 1%</p></td><td><p>1036</p></td><td><p>1168</p></td><td><p>501</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/10/2017 10:17:33 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

708500

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Policy
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 Department's main policy priority is for 2017; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	66665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>EU Exit will fundamentally affect everything we do. This is my top priority, and underpins all of our work. Within this, we want to be the first generation to leave the natural environment of England in a better state than we found it; and we want to be a world leading food, farming and fishing nation: to grow more, sell more, and export more food around the world.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/03/2017 13:06:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

707665

registered interest
date	03/03/2017
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	Dangerous Dogs: Private Property
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 number of people who have been (a) killed and (b) injured by dangerous dogs on private property since the amendment of the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014 to include injury caused by those dogs on such property.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	66494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p><br></p><p>Nine people have been killed by dogs on private property in England and Wales since the change in the law in May 2014 to extend the scope of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 to all places.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Office of National Statistics publishes annual data on injuries by dogs, but this does not distinguish between public and private property.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/03/2017 16:05:56 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

707666

registered interest
date	03/03/2017
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	Assistance Animals
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 number of assistance dogs that have been attacked by other dogs since the amendment of the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014 to include injury caused to assistance dogs.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	66493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 was amended in 2014 specifically to include a separate penalty of up to 3 years imprisonment for a dog attack on an assistance dog. This is, however, within the overall single offence of allowing a dog to be dangerously out of control. Dog attacks on assistance dogs are therefore not recorded separately. As part of their campaign to change the law Guide Dogs UK reported in June 2013 that there were around ten such attacks a month.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/03/2017 14:41:17 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

690295

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Pay
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 (a) mean and (b) median pay was for staff in her Department who were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) white, (iv) from an ethnic minority background, (v) disabled and (vi) non-disabled in the most recent year for which information is available, broken down by (A) full-time and (B) part-time workers.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	64164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The Civil Service is committed to being a place where everyone can thrive, regardless of background, with the aim of becoming the most inclusive employer in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst it is encouraging to see a positive trajectory in terms of diversity representation in the Civil Service, we recognise that there is more to do. That is why in March 2016 the Government published its refreshed Talent Action Plan for the Civil Service, identifying actions to support our staff, increase diverstity in the Civil Service and deliver the best possible public services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 28/02/2017 16:56:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

683371

registered interest
date	02/02/2017
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff
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 former prisoners have been employed by her Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	62955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>Defra is committed to offering job applicants who are former offenders equal and fair opportunities. This commitment is supported through membership and operation of the Business in the Community ‘Ban the Box’ scheme. Following the principles in this scheme, appropriate pre-appointment checks, including a basic criminal record check, are not made until later in the recruitment process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, Defra does not retain details centrally that would allow us to identify former-prisoners so the information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/02/2017 15:49:35 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies