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49883

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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
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 28 April 2014, Official Report, columns 474-5W, on air pollution, how much funding has been allocated to local projects by the Government's air quality grant programme in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	197879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Total Funding allocated to local projects across England by Defra's Air Quality Grant Programme since 2010:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Final award</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£2,361,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£3,078,745</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£3,100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£1,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>£9,539,745</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

49897

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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
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 recent assessment he has made of the effects of plastic bags on marine environments.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	197740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra has funded a number of studies to investigate the potential for the absorption of contaminants by organisms that consume plastics. These studies are published in scientific literature. Defra is also currently conducting an analysis of the costs and benefits of the carrier bag charge, including on the marine environment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) has been monitoring seabed litter since 1992 through fisheries stock assessments and marine litter surveys.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

49899

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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
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 he expects to be able to announce his proposals for a single use plastic bag charge.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	197743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Last September the Government announced plans to introduce a charge on single use plastic bags with effect from October 2015. We are developing our proposals and in doing so are considering the recent report of the Environmental Audit Committee, together with the response to our Call for Evidence. We will announce our response as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

50012

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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
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 recent assessment he has made of the time taken by insurance companies to compensate those affected by the current year's floods.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	197736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra has funded a number of studies to investigate the potential for the absorption of contaminants by organisms that consume plastics. These studies are published in scientific literature. Defra is also currently conducting an analysis of the costs and benefits of the carrier bag charge, including on the marine environment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) has been monitoring seabed litter since 1992 through fisheries stock assessments and marine litter surveys.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

49561

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
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
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 an inquiry into the extent of problems arising from the use of motorised vehicles on unmetalled roads.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	197703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In the Deregulation Bill Committee debate on 25 March, we announced that we propose to form a working group along the lines of the current rights of way Stakeholder Working Group. We will invite stakeholders with the relevant experience and expertise to join a group with an independent chair and secretariat, ensuring that the group contains a balance across the full range of interests.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any proposals made by the group for changing the current framework for managing the recreational use of motor vehicles would be subject to a full public consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

49590

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
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
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 information his Department holds on the (a) level of world deforestation and (b) growth in world biomass power generation over the last 10 years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
uin	197675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Latest figures, supported by recent publications from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, are that 13 million hectares of the world's forest were converted to other uses or lost through natural causes each year in the last decade (2000–10), including 6 million hectares of primary forests<em>.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra does not hold information on the growth in world biomass power generation over the last ten years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

49591

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
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
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 social costs caused by (a) large particulates (PM10), (b) small particulates (PM2.5) and (c) nitrogen dioxide emitted to air in the UK by (i) domestic biomass generation of heat and (ii) biomass for power generation in the latest year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
uin	197669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra has not made any direct assessment of such social costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

49592

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
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
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 amount of (a) large particulates (PM10), (b) small particulates (PM2.5) and (c) nitrogen dioxide emitted to air in the UK by (i) domestic biomass generation of heat and (ii) biomass for power generation in each of the next five years; and what proportion of the annual national inventory of the respective emissions these represent.
tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
uin	197671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Projections of emissions have been made based on the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory released in December 2012 and the Department of Energy &amp; Climate Change's energy projections published in October 2013 for the year 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The emissions from domestic combustion in 2015 and their share of national total emissions are estimated to be: (a) for large particles (PM<sub>10</sub>), 10.1 thousand tonnes and 8.0%; (b) for small particles (PM<sub>2.5</sub>), 7.2 thousand tonnes and 9.8%; (c) for nitrogen oxides, 0.97 thousand tonnes and 0.087%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The emissions from power generation in 2015 and their share of national total emissions are estimated to be: (a) for large particles (PM<sub>10</sub>), 0.022 thousand tonnes and 0.017%; (b) for small particles (PM<sub>2.5</sub>), 0.011 thousand tonnes and 0.015%; (c) for nitrogen oxides, 1.5 thousand tonnes and 0.13%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Emissions of nitrogen dioxide have not been separately estimated from those of nitrogen oxides.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

49593

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
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
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 amount of (a) large particulates (PM10), (b) small particulates (PM2.5) and (c) nitrogen dioxide were emitted to air in the UK by (i) domestic biomass generation of heat and (ii) biomass for power generation in the latest year for which figures are available; and what proportion of the annual national inventory of the respective emissions these represent.
tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
uin	197670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The most recent year for which historic emission estimates are available from the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory is 2012. This data was published in December 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The emissions from domestic combustion and their share of national total emissions are estimated to have been: (a) for large particles (PM<sub>10</sub>), 10.9 thousand tonnes and 9.6%; (b) for small particles (PM<sub>2.5</sub>), 10.6 thousand tonnes and 13.7%; (c) for nitrogen oxides, 0.96 thousand tonnes and 0.09%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The emissions from power generation and their share of national total emissions are estimated to have been: (a) for large particles (PM<sub>10</sub>), 0.65 thousand tonnes and 0.57%; (b) for small particles (PM<sub>2.5</sub>), 0.55 thousand tonnes and 0.72%; (c) for nitrogen oxides, 4.2 thousand tonnes and 0.4%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Emissions of nitrogen dioxide have not been separately estimated from those of nitrogen oxides.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

49395

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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
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 discuss with the devolved legislatures how to ensure best practice is adopted in implementing single farm payments across the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	197566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Secretary of State negotiated successfully in the European Council of Agriculture Ministers to secure powers to implement CAP reform in the UK at a territorial level. The responsibility for delivery of direct payments under CAP reform therefore rests with each territorial administration. However, Defra Ministers regularly discuss the implementation of CAP reform with their devolved administration counterparts and officials from all four territorial administrations meet frequently to discuss implementation, share best practice and address UK-level and cross-border issues.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell