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1715976

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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	Soil
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when soil monitoring data from Natural Capital Ecosystem Assessment programme will become available.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL4375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The Natural Capital Ecosystem Assessment is a new environmental monitoring programme, assessing the state and condition of ecosystems in England and their natural capital. The field data, including soils data, is being collected on a five-year cycle that runs from 2023/24 to 2027/28. Final statistics and data will be published after 2027/28 when 100% of the data has been collected and there are outline plans to publish interim statistics, mid cycle, once 50% of the field data has been collected.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 17/05/2024 13:23:15 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1713281

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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	Soil
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect soil monitoring data will become available from the Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment Programme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL4022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Natural Capital Ecosystem Assessment is a new environmental monitoring programme, assessing the state and condition of ecosystems in England and their natural capital. The field data, including soils data, is being collected on a 5-year cycle that runs from 2023/24 to 2027/28. Final statistics and data will be published after 2027/28 when 100% of the data has been collected and there are outline plans to publish interim statistics, mid cycle, once 50% of the field data has been collected.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 01/05/2024 11:08:06 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1678145

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
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	Soil
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 debate that took place in the House of Lords on 8 September 2021 on the Environment Bill, column 867HL and the Answer of 4 January 2023 to Question HL4404 on Soil, for what reason his Department has not published a soil health action plan.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	7005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The policies the Government had intended to put in a soil health action plan for England were included in the <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F64a6d9c1c531eb000c64fffa%2Fenvironmental-improvement-plan-2023.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C575950ca7ea7473b779b08dbffb2396d%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638384913148817589%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yHCQ2%2BaiGNXIgL%2FElm89K8TcAr%2FD4bbH5Ou5AQxK3Xo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">2023 Environmental Improvement Plan</a> (EIP). The Government is required under the Environment Act 2021 to report on EIP commitments in the Annual Progress Report, which is independently monitored by the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP). The next report is due to be published by July 2024.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/12/2023 16:28:30 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1562881

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
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	Soil
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 8 September 2021 (HL Deb col 867) in which he said that they "will publish a soil health action plan for England", when they will publish this plan.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL4404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2023 answer text <p>The Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP), due to be published by 31 January 2023, will set out the government’s strategic direction for improving and protecting soil health so that it is valued and appropriately managed, balancing sustainable food production alongside increasing biodiversity and protecting our environment. We are currently planning to engage with stakeholders in the new year on next steps, once the EIP is published.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 04/01/2023 12:56:46 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1548210

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
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	Soil
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support farmers and growers to improve soil quality.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>Firstly, we are focusing on soil in two of the first standards that have been rolled out under the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme in June 2022 - the Improved Grassland Soils and Arable and Horticultural Soils standards. These are available to all farmers in England with arable land and improved grassland.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have been piloting three further grassland standards, and learnings from these have informed the standards that we launched in June 2022 and future standards. These will seek to support farmers to manage their soil to increase biodiversity and resilience to climate change, improve soil condition and carbon storage, and to improve water and air quality.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 13/12/2022 16:52:48 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1491732

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Soil
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 24 March (HL6855), in which he said that stakeholder engagement on the outline of Soil Health Action Plan for England (SHAPE) would start in the spring, and that stakeholder engagement not yet having commenced, when they will announce the timeline for that engagement.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Caithness
uin	HL1996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of stakeholder engagement for the development of a strategic and coherent plan for soil health measures. Further details regarding planned engagement with stakeholders on the importance of soil and the actions needed to ensure it remains a healthy and sustainable resource, will be published soon.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 28/07/2022 13:37:19 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	3310 label Biography information for The Earl of Caithness

1461114

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Soil
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 24 March (HL6855), when the stakeholder engagement on the outline of the Soil Health Action Plan for England (SHAPE) will start; who will be consulted; and how long the consultation will last.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Caithness
uin	HL37
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>We are currently developing the stakeholder engagement plan for the Soil Health Action Plan for England and will confirm timelines in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 24/05/2022 14:34:22 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	3310 label Biography information for The Earl of Caithness

1460202

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
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	Soil
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their Soil Health Action Plan for England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL7914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation. <ins class="ministerial">Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 28/04/2022 11:38:03 question first ministerially corrected 28/04/2022 11:44:50 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park previous answer version 67690 answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1439947

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
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	Soil
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to announce further plans to improve soil quality and structure in England.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Caithness
uin	HL6855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>A Soil Health Action Plan for England (SHAPE) is currently being developed. Stakeholder engagement on the outline of SHAPE is planned for this spring ahead of publication, which is anticipated for 2023. As part of the Soil Structure Measuring and Monitoring Scheme, methodology and guidance for arable and grassland soils is being developed and will be tested with practitioners this spring.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 24/03/2022 17:25:10 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	3310 label Biography information for The Earl of Caithness

1382834

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
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	Soil
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits for soil health of banning the use of ammonium nitrate and urea fertiliser; and what steps he is taking to promote the improvement of soil health with farmers.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	83524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 23 November 2021: PQ UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-11-17/76872" target="_blank">76872</a>.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/12/2021 15:47:18 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie