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1150552

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date	17/10/2019
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	Sites of Special Scientific Interest
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 (a) number and (b) proportion of sites of special scientific interest that have had no condition assessments undertaken in the last six years; and if she will publish the names of those sites.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	1653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>56% (2,314) of the 4,125 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) have not had an assessment by Natural England (NE) within the past six years. In 2010, NE adopted a different, risk-based approach rather than a fixed six-year cycle. NE continues to support and encourage partners in the work they themselves do to undertake SSSI condition assessments. Information on individual SSSIs, including site names and the dates of assessments, is published on Natural England’s Designated Sites View: <a href="https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 25/10/2019 10:57:46 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1150553

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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	Natural England
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 (a) the cost to Natural England of monitoring sites of special scientific interest, (b) the number of Natural England FTE staff on (i) temporary and (ii) permanent contracts and (c) the amount her Department has awarded Natural England in its core grant-in-aid for each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	1654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Natural England’s costs for <em>Site of Special Scientific Interest</em> (SSSI) monitoring consist of external spend of £0.2 million and internal staff time of £0.5 million (which includes landscape monitoring). The projected staff numbers for the end of the financial year 19/20 are (i) temporary full-time equivalent (FTE) of 88 and (ii) permanent FTE of 1,656.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has awarded Natural England (NE) core grant-in-aid for each year since 2009 as shown in the table below. Natural England also receives ring-fenced grant-in-aid from Defra, some grant-in-aid from other Government Departments and income from other sources. This additional funding is for specific projects.</p><p> </p><p>Over the last 5 years NE’s Grant in Aid budget has reduced by nearly 50%, but the fall in total expenditure is about 25% when increases in other NE income are taken into account - close to the Defra Group average of 23% across the same period. NE no longer has responsibility for management of the Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship schemes; although it continues to provide advice under these schemes.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£'m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>212.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>220.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>172.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>174.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>138.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>109.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>94.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>83.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>79.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>71.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>60.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 22/10/2019 16:00:00 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1150554

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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	Environment Agency: 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, what estimate she has made of the number of Environment Agency FTE staff on (a) temporary and (b) permanent contracts in each year from 2009; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	1655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The below table shows the number of full-time equivalents (FTEs) in ENGLAND ONLY from 2009:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>a) Directly</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>b) Contracted Basis</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Perm Employees</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fixed Term Contract Employees</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Employment Agency Staff</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contractors</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>09/10</p></td><td><p>10,918</p></td><td><p>359</p></td><td><p>429</p></td><td><p>452</p></td><td><p>12,158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>10,063</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>209</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>10,512</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>9,816</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>516</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>10,628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>10,345</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>487</p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>11,358</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>10,068</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p>218</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>10,608</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14/15</p></td><td><p>9,624</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>343</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>10,235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15/16</p></td><td><p>9,556</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>275</p></td><td><p>391</p></td><td><p>10,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16/17</p></td><td><p>9,839</p></td><td><p>264</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>607</p></td><td><p>10,896</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17/18</p></td><td><p>9,174</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>10,006</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18/19</p></td><td><p>9,577</p></td><td><p>296</p></td><td><p>297</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>10,429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2019</p></td><td><p>9,793</p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td><p>293</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>10,705</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The changes in the number of staff who work at the Environment Agency represent the Spending Review settlements and income received from charge payers.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, please note the following:-</p><p> </p><p>In November 2017 896 FTE transferred to Defra Corporate Services under a Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) arrangement.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/10/2019 16:08:53 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1150555

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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	Environment Agency: Inspections
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 site inspections carried out by the Environment Agency in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	1656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 22/10/2019 12:26:44 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas