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1719577

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
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, what recent steps he has taken to help tackle waste crime in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	27267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling waste crime, and we are preparing significant reforms to continue to increase the pressure on illegal waste operators. Reform of the waste exemptions regime will close loopholes and prevent exemptions from being misused to permit risky and illegal activity. Our planned electronic waste tracking reforms will make it harder than ever to mis-identify waste or dispose of it inappropriately. Planned changes to the Carriers, Brokers and Dealers licensing regime will modernise licensing and make it harder still for rogue operators to escape detection. These will come in addition to measures in the Environment Act 2021 which gives agencies stronger powers of entry and access to evidence in prosecuting waste crime as well as providing the Environment Agency with the ability to recover costs of investigation, intervention and enforcement at illegal or non-compliant waste sites.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also launched the Joint Unit for Waste Crime (JUWC). It brings together the Environment Agency, HM Revenue &amp; Customs, the National Crime Agency, the police, waste regulators from across the UK and other operational partners to share intelligence and tasking to disrupt and prevent serious organised waste crime. Since its launch the JUWC has worked with 131 partner organisations and engaged in 253 multi-agency days of action, which have resulted in 180 associated arrests by other agencies.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this we are working with stakeholders, such as the National Farmers Union and local authorities, to share good practice including how to prevent fly-tipping on private land. We are also currently funding a post within the National Rural Crime Unit to explore how the police’s role in tacking fly-tipping can be optimised, with a focus on rural areas.</p><p> </p><p>Across three rounds of our fly-tipping grant scheme we have now awarded nearly £2.2 million to help more than 50 councils tackle fly-tipping at known hot-spots, including in rural areas, such as by installing CCTV and raising awareness of the household waste duty of care. Case studies from completed projects have been published so that others can learn from successful interventions.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 23/05/2024 14:26:52 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1719589

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
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: 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, how much funding has been allocated to each of the devolved institutions to help tackle flooding in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	27366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Flood defence spending is a devolved matter so questions about flood management spending and policy should be addressed directly to the devolved administrations.  Defra does not have information on devolved administration spending.</p><p> </p><p>The Barnett formula is applied in the normal way to any new funding provided to UK Government departments when the funding is allocated to those departments’ budgets. ‘Barnett’ funding to Devolved Administrations is not ring fenced.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 23/05/2024 12:43:48 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1719629

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
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	Water Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 22 June 2023 to Question 188226 on Water Companies, how many (a) cautions, (b) prosecutions and (c) legal instruments the Drinking Water Inspectorate brought against water companies in each year since 2021 by water company.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	27313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Since 2021, the Drinking Water Inspectorate brought against water companies in each year since 2021,</p><p> </p><p>(a) two cautions, one against Thames (2023) and one against Southern Water (2023),</p><p> </p><p>(b) three prosecutions, against Southern Water (2022) and one against South West and Bournemouth Water (2022) and one against Wessex Water in 2023, and</p><p> </p><p>(c) 362 legal instruments.</p><p> </p><p>These are shown by water company below and comprise drinking water quality Legal Instruments (Notices), Final Enforcement Orders, Regulation 15 Notices for new sources, Radioactivity notices (waivers), Network and Information Systems (NIS) notices, Security and Emergency Direction (SEMD) notices, and notices for Price Review 2024 for water quality, NIS and SEMD. (They include the PR24 schemes that have been served to date which are most of the lead reduction schemes but no PFAS as yet, as the process is ongoing).</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Legal instruments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>2024 (inc PR24)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Affinity Water Ltd</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albion Water Ltd</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albion Water Eco</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anglian Water Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol Water Plc</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESP Water</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hafren Dyfrdwy</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Icosa Water</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent Water Networks Ltd</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leep Networks (Water) Ltd</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbrian, Essex and Suffolk Water Ltd</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth Water Ltd</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SES Water</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East Water Ltd</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southern Water Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Staffordshire Water and Cambridge Water PLC</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Severn Trent Water Ltd</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West and Bournemouth Water Ltd (incl Isles of Scilly)</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Water Utilities Ltd</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Utilities Water PLC</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Veolia Water Projects Ltd</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex Water Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire Water Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>362</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 24/05/2024 13:36:33 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1719821

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
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	Southern Water: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will undertake an environmental impact assessment of Southern Water’s decision to respond to increased rainfall by improving surface water drainage.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	27503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Environment Agency continues to liaise with Southern Water to implement Pathfinder projects in Whitstable, Margate and Deal, in order to reduce surface water inputs to Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) during heavy rainfall. These catchments are affected by hydraulic overload from groundwater infiltration into sewers, leading to the WWTW becoming overloaded and therefore subject to additional sewage spills to the environment. Measures taken by the Pathfinder project to slow rainfall ingress into groundwater have already led to reductions in spill numbers and works are continuing to reduce total spill numbers further. The Environment Agency also inputs to Drainage and Waste Water Management Plans to ensure future integrated planning is in place.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 24/05/2024 13:32:32 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1719822

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
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	Southern Water: Sewage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will undertake an environmental impact assessment of Southern Waters policy on sewage discharges into (a) Langstone Harbour and (b) the Solent.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	27504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Sewage discharges by Southern Water into Langstone Harbour and the Solent are permitted by the Environment Agency. The limits on these permits are informed by environmental impact assessments. If the Environment Agency finds any company breaching the conditions of their permits, they will take action, up to and including prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan is driving £60bn between now and 2050 to reduce the use of storm overflows, including those discharging into the Solent and Langstone Harbour.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 24/05/2024 13:32:39 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1719364

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	Environment Agency: 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 the planned timeframe is for the completion of the Environment Agency (a) works and (b) removal of scaffolding located by the bridge on the Silkstream on Colindale Avenue in Colindale.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	27015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Environment Agency is aware of the scaffolding next to the bridge over the Silk Stream on Colindale Avenue. This scaffolding is not associated with any Environment Agency work. The Environment Agency has been in contact with the third party who arranged for the scaffolding to be erected and has asked them to remove it. As the scaffolding and sandbags appear to still be in place, this will be followed up to expedite the removal.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 23/05/2024 12:37:10 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1719385

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	Plastic Bags: VAT
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 Value Added Tax has the charge for single-use carrier bags raised since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	27017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The single-use carrier bag charged has generated over £72 million in Value Added Tax since its introduction in October 2015 to April 2023. Data from April 2023 to April 2024 is currently being requested from retailers and is not available yet.</p><p> </p><p>Full data on the single-use carrier bag charge, including VAT figures, can be found online at <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.data.gov.uk%2Fdataset%2F682843a8-168c-4056-b6fe-741161a39f60%2Fsingle-use-plastic-carrier-bags-charge-data-for-england&amp;data=05%7C02%7CJoseph.Shen%40defra.gov.uk%7C1c8d230dea614b0793aa08dc79799e77%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638518810475434997%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=vYhh4Z2XhpLves16%2FUzmuONs%2FNwxAqKTf7vYEz%2FRqiI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England - data.gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 23/05/2024 12:33:26 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1719442

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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: Northamptonshire
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 plans to take to help reduce the risk of flooding in Northamptonshire.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>For the current financial year 2024/25, the Environment Agency has an allocation of £1,293,000 for flood defence maintenance work in Northamptonshire. This includes items such as weed cutting, grass cutting, fish and eel pass maintenance, mechanical and electrical maintenance work to assets, electricity and general operational costs. The Environment Agency will prioritise its statutory duties and those works which provide the highest benefit for reducing flood risk.</p><p><br> In Northamptonshire, over the period 2023/24 to 2029/30, the Environment Agency is forecasting to better protect 486 homes from flood risk via a capital investment of £18.4 million total spend. This represents the current consented Flood and Coastal Risk Management investment programme, which was approved in February 2024. We will continue to work with the Risk Management Authorities and communities to develop and progress identified projects.</p><p><br> Following the flooding experienced during the winter of 2023/2024, we will continue to work with partner Risk Management Authorities and communities to identify any needs for additional flood risk management work – either capital or revenue. We are currently engaging with a variety of communities (directly and with other partners) that experienced flooding to assist them in understanding their flood risk and working to develop community resilience so that these communities are more prepared and can recover faster following future flooding.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 23/05/2024 14:20:58 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719443

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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: Northamptonshire
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 his Department has allocated funding for flood defences in Northamptonshire.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>In Northamptonshire, over the period 2010/11 to 2022/23 the Environment Agency has better protected 310 homes from flood risk via a capital investment of £14.7 million total spend, sourced from both Government Grant in Aid funding as well as partnership funding sources.</p><p> </p><p>In Northamptonshire, over the period 2023/24 to 2029/30, the Environment Agency is forecasting to better protect 486 homes from flood risk via a capital investment of £18.4 million total spend. This represents the current consented Flood and Coastal Risk Management investment programme, which was approved in February 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency is working with Risk Management Authorities and communities across Northamptonshire. It should be noted that the former Northamptonshire County Council was successful in securing funding for a number of county-wide schemes which are now being progressed by the Unitary Authorities. Relatively small allocations have been used to benefit multiple communities and pave the way for increased resilience. In terms of council-led projects, the current priorities are East Brook Culvert in Kettering for North Northants Council (£425,000 future allocation, £227,000 previous spend) and St Leonards Road in Northampton for West Northants Council (£285,000 future allocation). Notable Environment Agency projects include development of the Nene Water Management Strategy (£3.5 million over a three-year programme) to provide a clear direction for the most economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable way to manage the river and waters between Northampton and Peterborough. There is also investment of £949,268 in the ongoing maintenance of the Northampton Flood Defences.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 23/05/2024 14:13:43 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719444

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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: Wellingborough
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 steps he has taken to help tackle waste crime in Wellingborough constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling waste crime, which is a blight on our local communities and the environment and damages legitimate businesses. We have strengthened regulators' powers, are tightening the law and have increased the Environment Agency's budget by £10 million per year to make it harder for rogue operators to find work in the sector and easier for regulators to take action against criminals. We are also providing grants to councils across the country to help them purchase equipment to tackle fly-tipping. North Northamptonshire council has been awarded £25,176 in the recently announced third round of the Fly-tipping Intervention Grant scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Waste crime in the constituency is addressed at several partnerships, the Northants Waste Enforcement Group, North Northamptonshire Community Safety Partnership and the Acquisitive and Rural Crime Group. All partnerships are linked on serious waste crime and fly-tipping by attendance of the same Environment Agency officer. This ensures information and intelligence is shared effectively.</p><p> </p><p>Engagement and information sharing directs where collaboration is most needed at any time in the county. Wellingborough is also covered by the Northants Project Plutus Partnership, the first in England to identify waste crime as a priority for cash-based money laundering. Project Plutus information sharing led directly to an Environment Agency-led intervention with Police and North Northants Council stopping a large-scale illegal waste operation that had potential to impact neighbouring Wellingborough. This is a significant investigation due to go to trial.</p><p> </p><p>The highly effective Operation Clean Sweep multi-agency days of action have been taking place in the Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire Environment Agency area. The intention is for the Environment Agency to extend this into North Northamptonshire and, when required, into Wellingborough.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 23/05/2024 14:09:55 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen