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518117

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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	Rural Payments Agency: Performance Related Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Payments Agency will receive a bonus payment this year before payments to eligible farmers have been completed.
tabling member printed	Lord Willoughby de Broke
uin	HL8277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Senior Civil Servants (SCS) who are moderated as top performers at the end of the performance management year are eligible to receive a bonus payment.</p><p>The performance management year for the SCS runs from 1 April to 31 March. Performance markings for 2015/16 will be determined by the end of May 2016. Only then will the eligibility of SCS for bonus payments be known.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 11/05/2016 16:42:15 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1775 label Biography information for Lord Willoughby de Broke

518216

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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	Bovine Tuberculosis
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 applications to cull badgers are under consideration by her Department; and to which areas those applications relate.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	36854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Natural England has received 29 applications or expressions of interest for a badger control licence in areas where the disease is rife, primarily in South West England.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/05/2016 14:56:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

518217

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Hotels
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 hotel bookings her Department made for its (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	36795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Core Defra uses a single provider for all travel and hotel bookings. Provision of this service began in May 2012. Information relating to hotel bookings made prior to that date, through a different provider, is not available.</p><p> </p><p>This table sets out spend on hotels in financial years 2012-13 (from May 2012 onwards) to 2015-16:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong> <strong>(£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong> <strong>(£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong> <strong>(£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong> <strong>(£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ministers </strong></p></td><td><p>1,530</p></td><td><p>2,461</p></td><td><p>3,157</p></td><td><p>1,139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Special Advisers</strong></p></td><td><p>2,952</p></td><td><p>1,598</p></td><td><p>2,066</p></td><td><p>563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Officials</strong></p></td><td><p>425,676</p></td><td><p>665,583</p></td><td><p>743,896</p></td><td><p>472,544</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/05/2016 12:56:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

517940

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
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	Ragwort
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 her Department has withdrawn the Code of Practice on how to prevent the spread of ragwort; and what plans she has to consult with stakeholders and bring forward regulations under the Ragwort Control Act 2003.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	36740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The Code of Practice on How to Prevent the Spread of Ragwort is not being withdrawn. The Code will remain available on the GOV.UK website and all interested parties will be consulted if any changes are made in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/05/2016 16:01:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

517797

registered interest
date	05/05/2016
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	Squirrels: Pest Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the potential for the reintroduction of pine martens into areas of the UK that are infested with grey squirrels.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL8220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission is involved in the Vincent Wildlife Trust’s pine marten recovery project in mid and north Wales. The Forestry Commission in England is supporting a project in the Forest of Dean with the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, Natural England, Forest Research and others to pursue a pine marten restoration project. This project includes studies into impacts of pine martens including on trees and other wildlife. Natural England is also working with the Trust to restore viable populations of pine martens to northern England.</p><p> </p><p>The Forestry Commission is also working closely with one of the authors of the paper that identified the decline in grey squirrel populations in the Irish midlands, which may be associated with the abundance of pine martens. The work with the author and others will further explore the relationship between red squirrels, grey squirrels and pine martens in the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL8221 question first answered 11/05/2016 16:12:48 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

517798

registered interest
date	05/05/2016
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	Squirrels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what information they have gathered on the reported decline of grey squirrels in areas with pine marten populations.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL8221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission is involved in the Vincent Wildlife Trust’s pine marten recovery project in mid and north Wales. The Forestry Commission in England is supporting a project in the Forest of Dean with the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, Natural England, Forest Research and others to pursue a pine marten restoration project. This project includes studies into impacts of pine martens including on trees and other wildlife. Natural England is also working with the Trust to restore viable populations of pine martens to northern England.</p><p> </p><p>The Forestry Commission is also working closely with one of the authors of the paper that identified the decline in grey squirrel populations in the Irish midlands, which may be associated with the abundance of pine martens. The work with the author and others will further explore the relationship between red squirrels, grey squirrels and pine martens in the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL8220 question first answered 11/05/2016 16:12:48 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

517799

registered interest
date	05/05/2016
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	Woodland Trust
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current level of financial support they provide to the Woodland Trust and its tree planting programme, and whether they have any plans to increase that support over the next four years.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL8222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>In the last financial year, the Government provided £55,338.12 to the Woodland Trust, to plant 35,400 trees with state primary schools across England in spring 2016. This support will increase over the next four years, as we expand the programme to fund the Woodland Trust to provide an additional 400,000 trees for schools for schoolchildren to plant in school grounds and local communities.</p><p> </p><p>The Woodland Trust can apply for grants under the Countryside Stewardship scheme, as part of the Rural Development Programme, in the same way as any other land owner or manager and it receives grants from previous support mechanisms.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 11/05/2016 16:08:14 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

517833

registered interest
date	05/05/2016
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: Urban Areas
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 support tree planting in towns.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	36666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises the social and environmental benefits of urban trees. We will champion the Vision for a Resilient Urban Forest, developed by the Urban Forestry and Woodlands Advisory Committee Network. This Vision sets the direction and challenges local decision makers and communities to consider how they can better value, manage and expand the urban forest in their areas.</p><p> </p><p>Millions of schoolchildren across England, mostly in urban areas, will have the chance to plant trees in their communities as part of a Government-backed scheme to give free trees to schools in partnership with the Woodland Trust.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/05/2016 09:45:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

517834

registered interest
date	05/05/2016
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 progress the Government has made on its target to plant 11 million trees by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	36667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission publishes progress against the 11 million trees target quarterly. The latest report shows that over 640,000 trees have been planted towards meeting the 11 million target in 2015. This reflects the fact that we are at the opening stage of a new grant scheme. We are confident that more trees will be planted in the next phases of the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/05/2016 15:12:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

517603

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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	Floods: Agriculture
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, of the 1,103 claims to the Flood Recovery Fund made by farmers in Cumbria, Northumberland, Lancashire, Yorkshire, County Durham and Greater Manchester, (1) who is responsible for approving those claims, (2) how many have been paid, and (3) what is the total value of those claims.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL8196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Whilst the Farming Recovery Fund is not competitive, farmers wishing to apply to the Fund have to submit a formal application with evidence to support their need for a grant to contribute to the restoration of farmland badly affected by Storms Desmond or Eva. Payments are made to farmers once the work has been carried out and a claim has been submitted.</p><p> </p><p>The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is responsible for determining the eligibility of Farming Recovery Fund applications, issuing grant funding agreements to eligible applicants, and receiving, processing and paying claims for costs incurred under those grant funding agreements.</p><p> </p><p>The RPA received 1,103 applications for a total value of grant of £11,429,194 by the closing dates for the scheme. As of 5 May 2016, 209 applications have been approved with a total value of £1,947,738. A further 20 applications, with a value of £265,440, have been either rejected as ineligible or withdrawn by the applicant.</p><p> </p><p>Of the projects approved, 29 have been completed and have submitted claims with a value of £202,268. 13 of these claims have been paid with a total value of £78,504.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 11/05/2016 16:05:24 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford