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752622

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Rowanoak Waste Services: Dudley
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 Environment Agency has met HM Revenue and Customs to discuss the business dealings of the landowners of the site operated by Rowan Oak Waste at Shaw Road in Dudley.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	5394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Environment Agency have met Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Environmental Health and Planning Departments four times between November 2016 and July 2017 to discuss Rowan Oak Waste. At each meeting the Environment Agency have provided the latest information on their action against the clearance of the site and their enforcement action against the operator. The Environment Agency have also discussed and agreed how amenity complaints from the site would be dealt with.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Councillor Steve Waltho and Councillor Ali Shaukat have also attended these meetings. They have taken the information shared back to their local communities to keep them updated.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Environment Agency has spoken with HM Revenue and Customs on this matter. The Environment Agency have provided them with details regarding the criminal investigation into the site. The investigation is ongoing and we cannot, at this stage, provide the details of what information was shared as this could undermine our enforcement action.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/07/2017 12:23:13 question first ministerially corrected 25/07/2017 16:12:03 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey previous answer version 6714 answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

752623

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Rowanoak Waste Services: Dudley
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 Environment Agency has met HM Revenue and Customs to discuss the business dealings of the operators of Rowan Oak Waste site at Shaw Road in Dudley.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	5395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Environment Agency have met Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Environmental Health and Planning Departments four times between November 2016 and July 2017 to discuss Rowan Oak Waste. At each meeting the Environment Agency have provided the latest information on their action against the clearance of the site and their enforcement action against the operator. The Environment Agency have also discussed and agreed how amenity complaints from the site would be dealt with.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Councillor Steve Waltho and Councillor Ali Shaukat have also attended these meetings. They have taken the information shared back to their local communities to keep them updated.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Environment Agency has spoken with HM Revenue and Customs on this matter. The Environment Agency have provided them with details regarding the criminal investigation into the site. The investigation is ongoing and we cannot, at this stage, provide the details of what information was shared as this could undermine our enforcement action.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/07/2017 12:25:39 question first ministerially corrected 25/07/2017 16:11:43 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey previous answer version 6718 answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

751770

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
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	Litter
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 he has to introduce a legally binding extended producer responsibility scheme for litter.
tabling member constituency	Beckenham
tabling member printed	Bob Stewart
uin	4870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">UK legislation already exists to establish Producer Responsibility schemes for a number of items, including for packaging, which unfortunately can still be littered. </ins></p><p>The Government’s Litter Strategy for England, published on 10 April, outlines a range of measures to reduce litter and littering behaviour. As part of the Strategy we are establishing a working group to explore voluntary or regulatory measures to reduce the incidence of commonly littered items.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/07/2017 15:27:38 question first ministerially corrected 25/07/2017 16:12:48 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey previous answer version 6436 answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	3919 label Biography information for Bob Stewart

712097

registered interest
date	17/03/2017
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	Ivory: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government's proposed consultation on the domestic ivory trade will commence.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	68419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We intend to consult on our proposals on ivory this year.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We will be consulting on our proposals in this area shortly.</ins></p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 22/03/2017 11:03:17 question first ministerially corrected 22/03/2017 12:48:36 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey previous answer version 41656 answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

693739

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
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	Microplastics
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 officials from her Department have met officials from the World Health Organisation to discuss a ban on the use of microbead products.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	65358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>Defra has not met with the World Health Organisation to discuss<ins class="ministerial"> microplastics</ins>.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 28/02/2017 12:07:25 question first ministerially corrected 28/02/2017 17:36:33 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey previous answer version 37453 answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

660122

registered interest
date	16/12/2016
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	Flood Control
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 the partnership funding for flood protection raised within the current six-year programme has come from private sector donations.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	57996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>To reduce the risk of flooding to a further 300,000 homes as part of the flood and coastal erosion risk management investment programme 2015 to 2021, the Environment Agency expects currently that 1<ins class="ministerial">5</ins> per cent of the partnership funding contributions required will come from private sources. The Environment Agency continues to work in partnership with the private sector and expect that further contributions will be secured as the programme progresses.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/12/2016 15:15:50 question first ministerially corrected 19/01/2017 10:18:50 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey previous answer version 28242 answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

657867

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
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	Flood Control: Lancaster
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 Lancashire for flood defences since December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	57536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>In Lancashire, a total of £91.9 million has been allocated to flood and coastal risk management schemes in the Government’s six year capital investment programme between 2016 and 2021.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 19/12/2016 12:28:58 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey previous answer version 27030 answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

652646

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
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	Packaging: Waste
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 proportion of packaging waste which will be recycled or recovered in each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	56277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The proportion of packaging waste that was recycled or recovered in each year since 2010 was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>%</p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% recycled</p></td><td><p>60.7</p></td><td><p>60.8</p></td><td><p>61.4</p></td><td><p>64.6</p></td><td><p>59.2</p></td><td><p>59.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% recovered</p></td><td><p>67.3</p></td><td><p>67.1</p></td><td><p>69.1</p></td><td><p>72.7</p></td><td><p>64.1</p></td><td><p>65.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of packaging waste that will be recycled or recovered in each of the next three years is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>%</p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% recycled</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>58-60</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">63-67</del> <ins class="ministerial">58-62</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% recovered</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>63-65</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">58-62</del> <ins class="ministerial">63-67</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/12/2016 15:01:48 question first ministerially corrected 20/12/2016 16:59:37 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey previous answer version 25796 answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

623417

registered interest
date	28/10/2016
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	Hen Harriers: Conservation
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 pairs of hen harriers nested in the Bowland Fells and North Pennine Moors special protection areas for birds in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	50898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>The number of pairs of hen harriers that nested in the Bowland Fells and North Pennine Moors special protection areas (SPAs) are set out below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Bowland Fells SPA</p></td><td><p>North Pennine Moors SPA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 07/11/2016 11:41:10 question first ministerially corrected 12/12/2016 10:21:01 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey previous answer version 17958 answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

574082

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Marine Environment
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 she will ensure that the UK continues to comply with the (a) Bathing Waters Directive and (b) Marine Strategy Framework Directive when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	44856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We are committed to creating a cleaner, healthier natural environment for the next generation and our 25 year plan for the environment is designed to fulfil this commitment.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">In the 2015 Manifesto, we set the goal of being the first generation to leave the natural environment in England in a better state than we found it. We remain committed to this ambition.</ins></p><p> </p><p>Defra will be working with the Department for Exiting the EU on the UK’s withdrawal and future relationship, liaising closely with other key departments. The Government will work with industry, environmental groups and the public to develop these new arrangements. The Government is committed to improving our environment and achieving the UK vision for our seas and oceans.</p><p> </p><p>Until we leave the EU, EU law continues to apply and we will continue to comply with the requirements of the EU Bathing Water Directive and Marine Strategy Framework Directive.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/09/2016 16:45:18 question first ministerially corrected 13/09/2016 09:06:15 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey previous answer version 9371 answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy