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78652

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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 Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the oral Answer from the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners to the hon. Member for York Central of 17 July 2014, what information her Department holds on how many (a) food banks existed and (b) people made use of food banks in the UK in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	206404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are no official figures for the number of food banks or for people who have made use of them. The provision of food aid ranges from small, local provision, through to regional and national schemes. The greatest proportion is community-led provision responding to local needs. As such, the Government do not believe it is possible to keep records of the number of food banks or how many people made use of them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/07/2014 09:28:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

78696

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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	Fly-tipping
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 dealing with animals involved in fly-tipping.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	206472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We have made no such estimate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 22/07/2014 10:55:02 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

78700

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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	Forests
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 promote the forestry industry.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	206547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is committed to promoting the forestry industry in line with its Forestry and Woodlands Policy Statement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to supporting the industry-led Grown in Britain initiative, which has already gained commitment from 26 major UK Contractors Group companies, with a collective turnover of over £26 billion, to buy British timber preferentially where possible, we are providing support to the sector though the Rural Development Programme, which has provided over £167 million over the past seven years. The new Farming and Forestry Productivity Scheme will further improve the forestry industry’s productivity by supporting new business entrants, innovative practice and our forestry skills base.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Renewable Heat Incentive has funded over 3,400 woodfuel boilers, helping to create a new sustainable market for British timber. In addition, our £15 million Rural Community Energy Fund is supporting 12 projects enabling communities to utilise local woodlands to meet their biomass energy requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 22/07/2014 11:39:08 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

78701

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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 Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2014, Official Report, column 611W, on Biofuels, what steps her Department has taken to embed the importance of food security across her Department's policies; and what research her Department supports in this area.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	206548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Through business planning Defra is able to ensure that food security is embedded as a priority objective across all relevant policy areas. For example, Defra’s policy to improve the openness of world markets will not only promote growth, but also ensure the diversity of the UK’s food supply. Pressing for reform of agricultural and trade policies will also contribute to future food security by increasing agricultural productivity and reducing inefficiencies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In terms of research, the Government’s Agri-Tech Strategy, published last July, sets out our approach to helping improve global food supply while maximising the economic potential of the UK’s agri-food science base. This is on top of the more than £400 million a year the Government was already spending on research into different aspects of food security, funded by the Research Councils, Department for International Development and Devolved Administrations as well as Defra.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 22/07/2014 11:03:51 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

78702

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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	Cane Sugar
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 discussions she has had with the European Commission on cane sugar imports.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	206596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>My Right Honourable friend, Elizabeth Truss MP, has not had any discussions with the Commission to date. However, since agreement was reached on the Common Agriculture Policy in June 2013, the Right Honourable Owen Paterson MP, the former Secretary of State, exchanged letters with the Agriculture Commissioner on the needs of the cane refining sector. My Right Honourable friend’s letters, sent on 22 July 2013 and 8 January 2014, stressed the importance of competition in the sugar market and the need for a reduction in tariff barriers for raw cane sugar in order to maintain this. In his replies, the Commissioner promised to take these issues into account. <br></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/07/2014 10:18:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

78704

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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	Correspondence
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 she has any plans to increase the number of replies within her Department's working day standard; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Guidance for Departments on handling correspondence from Members of Parliament allows Departments to set a target for replying of up to a maximum of 20 working days. Within this limit, Core Defra has set a target of 15 working days.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Core Defra continually reviews processes with a view to improving the service we provide.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 21/07/2014 15:39:56 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78452

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Correspondence
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 estimate the annual cost to her Department of (a) stationery and (b) postage incurred when sending a ministerial reply to hon. Members; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This information is not recorded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 21/07/2014 14:32:49 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78453

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
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 the restricted grant-in-aid to Royal Gardens Botanical, Kew has been in each financial year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	206134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Kew publishes the funding it receives from Defra in its Annual Reports and Accounts, which are publicly available on the Kew website. The presentation of Kew’s accounts has evolved over the years and they have moved to reporting in terms of ‘restricted’ and ‘unrestricted’ Defra funding from 2013/14. Defra places no restrictions on its core or operational funding (resource), which Kew currently considers how best to allocate to deliver its statutory objectives; Kew accordingly defines this as 'unrestricted'. Defra does place restrictions on its capital funding, which may only be used for specified purposes in accordance with bids from Kew. Kew now reports this as ‘restricted’ funding.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Kew budget since 2007/8 (All figures in £k):</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="6"> </td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="6"> </td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="8"><p>Data from Kew's Published ARA</p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Income Split</p></td><td><p>07/08</p></td><td><p>08/09</p></td><td><p>09/10</p></td><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>11/12</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>13/14</p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>GIA Income</strong></p></td><td><p>25,204</p></td><td><p>26,600</p></td><td><p>28,550</p></td><td><p>24,620</p></td><td><p>28,500</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>32,475</p></td><td><p>28,000</p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defra (Capital)</p></td><td><p>7.60</p></td><td><p>8.75</p></td><td><p>10.90</p></td><td><p>7.90</p></td><td><p>12.70</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>17.00*</p></td><td><p>13.6**</p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defra (Operational)</p></td><td><p>17.60</p></td><td><p>19.85</p></td><td><p>17.65</p></td><td><p>16.72</p></td><td><p>15.80</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>15.45*</p></td><td><p>14.4</p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*Taken from Defra records as income split is not published in Kew’s accounts for this year</p><p> </p><p>**Note this includes £1.3m for severance and redundancy payments</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 22/07/2014 11:58:53 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

78454

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Horse Meat
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 has been made on the investigation into criminal prosecutions as a result of the adulteration of beef products with horsemeat; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Huw Irranca-Davies
uin	206280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Food Standards Agency and the City of London police, working with their counterparts across Europe, are taking forward complicated and far-reaching investigations into the Europe wide horsemeat fraud. The Crown Prosecution Service has announced that criminal proceedings have been instituted for the mislabelling of goat meat and the failure to comply with traceability requirements in relation to horsemeat. It would not be appropriate to comment further on ongoing criminal investigations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/07/2014 10:25:41 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1476 label Biography information for Huw Irranca-Davies

78455

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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 Supply Networks Review
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 meetings (a) Chris Elliot and (b) members of his team have had with representatives from the meat importation sector during the investigation into criminality in the food chain.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Huw Irranca-Davies
uin	206279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The City of London Police, working with their counterparts across Europe, are taking forward complicated and far-reaching criminal investigations into the Europe-wide horsemeat fraud.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During the course of his Review into the Integrity and Assurance of Food Supply Networks, Professor Elliott and his team carried out site visits, and met many industry stakeholders, regulators and consumers, including representatives from the meat importation sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/07/2014 10:15:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1476 label Biography information for Huw Irranca-Davies