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1010192

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Air Pollution: Children
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 his Department has made of the outcomes of projects reducing children’s exposure to air pollution in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	192831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter. In England, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs sets out the national policy framework for tackling harmful air pollution. Local measures, such as those aimed at reducing exposure around schools, are taken by local authorities to whom air quality actions are delegated. Whilst Defra has provided funding for local authorities through the Air Quality Grant, including for some schemes specifically aimed at schools, it is for local authorities to assess the outcomes of projects they run.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 22/11/2018 16:54:11 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1010274

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Game: Birds
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 mortality rate was for game bird farms in each year from 2010 to 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	192783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) do not hold information on the mortality rate for game bird farms in each year from 2010 to 2018.</p><p> </p><p>APHA do not maintain year on year statistics for game farms.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 22/11/2018 11:50:43 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1010276

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Game: Birds
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 game bird farms have more than (a) 20,000 and (b) 50,000 birds.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	192784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) do not hold accurate or reliable figures on the number of birds on game bird premises.</p><p> </p><p>APHA do not maintain year on year statistics for game farms.</p><p> </p><p>At the time of registration the owner of the birds will normally supply APHA with an estimate of the usual numbers likely to be held on the holding.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 22/11/2018 11:45:27 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1010277

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Game: Birds
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 he will commission research comparing the welfare of caged game birds with those that are not caged.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	192785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>Defra conducted research into gamebird welfare in different rearing systems. The 2010 to 2012 project AW1303 looked at whether cage-based breeding can meet the needs of gamebirds, and if not, to identify best practice. This research found that for pheasants and partridges, providing increased space does not necessarily equate with enhanced welfare.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to this, Defra’s advisory body, the Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC), was tasked with considering all aspects of gamebird farming in order to inform future work in this area. This assessment included a range of traditional and more intensive methods of gamebird breeding and rearing, including: breeding partridges in cages; breeding pheasants in grass pens or raised cages; rearing partridges and pheasants in brooder huts with grass pens; and commercial broiler chicken-type sheds with outdoor runs.</p><p> </p><p>In 2008 FAWC published an Opinion on the Welfare of Farmed Gamebirds, and its recommendations fed into Defra’s current Code of Practice for the Welfare of Gamebirds Reared for Sporting Purposes:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69379/pb13356-game-birds-100720.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69379/pb13356-game-birds-100720.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 22/11/2018 15:37:27 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1010397

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Air Pollution: Pollution 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, whether he plans to include provisions for achieving World Health Organisation limits on (a) nitrogen dioxide, (b) PM2.5 and (c) PM10 emissions by 2030 in his forthcoming Environment Bill.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	192935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>We consulted on our Clean Air Strategy earlier this year, which set out our plans to reduce exposure to air pollution including fine particulate matter, and which signposts our intention to progressively move towards WHO guideline levels for PM2.5, committing to halve the population living in areas with concentrations of fine particulate matter above WHO guideline levels by 2025<strong>.</strong> This goes further than European Union requirements and we are the first industrialised nation to commit to progressively reducing fine particulate matter pollution in this way.</p><p> </p><p>Through our UK plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide concentrations, we are working with local authorities to assist them in reducing exposure to nitrogen dioxide, and to bring these within agreed limits in the fastest possible time.</p><p> </p><p>WHO guidelines are very ambitious, which presents a particular challenge for all countries, particularly in large urban areas and some coastal areas. We will set out provisions to be included in the Environment Bill in due course. Our final Clean Air Strategy will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 22/11/2018 17:44:46 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1010398

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Air Pollution
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 implications for his policies of the World Health Organisation conclusion that there is no safe level of PM2.5 or PM10.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	192936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>Particulate matter will always exist as long as we have sea salt, sand and other forms of dust. Particulate pollution is also blown over from neighbouring countries.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to reduce public exposure to particulate matter from man-made sources in the environment as set out in our draft Clean Air Strategy. We consulted on a commitment to halve the population living in areas with concentrations of fine particulate matter above World Health Organisation (WHO) guideline levels by 2025. The WHO have commended our ambition; this goes further than European Union requirements and we are the first industrialised nation to commit to progressively reducing fine particulate matter pollution in this way. Our final Clean Air Strategy will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 22/11/2018 17:22:06 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1008489

registered interest
date	16/11/2018
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 Racing: Animal Welfare
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 he has made of the number of racehorses (a) injured and (b) killed in the UK in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	192099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) publishes annual statistics of the number of horse fatalities at racecourses. These are shown in the table below and can also be found on their website. We do not have any estimates of the numbers of racehorses injured.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1994</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Runners</p></td><td><p>71,475</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>94,776</p></td><td><p>90,518</p></td><td><p>91,146</p></td><td><p>86,456</p></td><td><p>88,377</p></td><td><p>89975</p></td><td><p>91360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fatalities</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>196</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rate</p></td><td><p>0.28%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.19%</p></td><td><p>0.23%</p></td><td><p>0.22%</p></td><td><p>0.22%</p></td><td><p>0.18%</p></td><td><p>0.19</p></td><td><p>0.18</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 22/11/2018 16:13:07 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1007798

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Tree Planting
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 he has made of the number of trees that have been planted as a result of Government policies in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	191862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>By the end of September 2018 at least 15.2 million trees have been planted with government support since April 2010, equivalent to approximately 12,900 hectares of woodland.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s support for this woodland creation has predominantly been from the Countryside Stewardship scheme and its predecessor, the England Woodland Grant Scheme. Further Government support has been through the Environment Agency and National Forest Company.</p><p> </p><p>In the Autumn Budget the Government announced an additional £60 million for tree planting initiatives, comprising £10 million to fund urban tree planting and £50 million for a Woodland Carbon Guarantee scheme. This will add to other new planting in the pipeline, supported by the High Speed 2 Woodland Fund, the Woodland Carbon Fund and the Government’s kick start investment in the Northern Forest.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also committed to planting 11 million trees in this Parliament (2017-2022). Woodland creation is a key part of our 25 Year Environment Plan.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/11/2018 14:59:17 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1007801

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Reindeer: Imports
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 reindeer, in how many consignments and from which countries were imported into the UK in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	191857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of reindeer and the number of consignments imported into the UK in 2017 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country</p></td><td><p>Number of consignments</p></td><td><p>Number of reindeer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017 Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>58</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency is not able to provide any data regarding the number of imports from third countries, as these are covered by a commodity code in TRACES (Trade Control and Expert System) which will not allow us to break the species down as far as reindeer for third country imports.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/11/2018 16:39:11 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1007802

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Reindeer: Exports
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 reindeer, in how many consignments, and to which countries were exported from the UK each year from 2011 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	191858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of reindeer and the number of consignments exported from the UK from 2013 to 2017 is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Country of destination</p></td><td><p>Number of consignments</p></td><td><p>Number of reindeer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) can access information for the past five years using TRACES (Trade Control and Expert System) for species of animals that require a health certificate for movement to the EU, therefore we are unable to supply the data for the years 2011 and 2012. There are no records of reindeer movements to the EU for the year 2014.</p><p> </p><p>APHA’s records for Export Health Certificates issued for animals to third countries that do not use the TRACES system are available for the year 2015 onwards but there are no exports of reindeer to third countries recorded.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/11/2018 16:51:34 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew