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date	03/10/2019
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 proportion of local authorities provide food waste collections as part of their refuse collection service.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	294180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>In 2018/19 167 local authorities out of 327 (51%) offered food waste collection services for residents.</p><p>One of the commitments in the Resource and Waste Strategy was to work towards zero food waste to landfill by 2030. Our ‘consultation on consistency in household and business recycling collections England’ sought views on food waste being collected separately from dry recycling materials and other types of waste from households and businesses. Given the support for this proposal, the Government will legislate to ensure that every local authority in England provides a separate food waste collections from 2023.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 08/10/2019 15:24:39 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1148183

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
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	Plastic Bags: 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 plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals to make all plastic bags sold compostable.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	294181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The introduction of the 5p Carrier Bag Charge has been highly effective at reducing consumption of single-use carrier bags. Composting standard EN 13432 defines the requirements for biodegradability of products required to meet the standard. This requires the use of an industrial composter. Compostable bags can be disposed of in foodwaste collections but only if the householder’s local authority uses an industrial composting process to treat the waste (some use anaerobic digestion). The Government would need to ensure that there was the right infrastructure in place and that the environmental benefits outweighed using conventional plastics before legislating to mandate that all plastic bags were compostable. That evidence is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 08/10/2019 15:16:18 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1145872

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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	Seas and Oceans: Environment Protection
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 improve the UK’s Ocean Health Index score.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	290828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The UK Marine Strategy puts in place the framework for achieving good environmental status in UK waters. A recent consultation on the progress made towards GES showed that whilst progress was being made further work was needed.</p><p> </p><p>The updated UK Marine Strategy Part I assesses an array of ocean health factors as well as economic and social analyses of the way we use our marine environment and the benefits it provides us. The updated assessments will be published later this year, giving improved information to the scientists working on the UK’s Ocean Assessment Score.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is already a global leader in protecting seas, the ocean and marine life. Our work includes the creation of 355 Marine Protected Areas protecting 25% of UK waters, including the recent designation of 41 Marine Conservation Zones. On 8 June we announced a review into Highly Protected Marine Areas in England, which is due to report by early 2020.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 08/10/2019 11:53:00 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman