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1401239

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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	Clean Air Zones: Greater Manchester
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 of providing additional financial support to help businesses, organisations and individuals in Greater Manchester to move to cleaner, compliant vehicles under the plans for the introduction of a Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	100530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government has provided £132 million to Greater Manchester through the Clean Air Fund to support individuals and businesses to upgrade vehicles, together with £36 million for the implementation of measures to improve local air quality including the Clean Air Zone.</p><p>The HGV support scheme supported by this funding has recently opened for applications. Schemes for those vehicles that will initially be exempted from the CAZ are due to launch later in the year. Therefore, most of the funding already provided to the relevant local authorities is yet to be allocated.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/01/2022 18:03:29 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1401438

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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	Ivory
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 his Department is taking to remove unwanted ivory products from the UK.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	100580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p>The Ivory Act 2018 will introduce one of the toughest bans on elephant ivory sales in the world by banning the dealing in items made of or containing elephant ivory, regardless of their age, unless they fall within one of the narrow and carefully defined exemptions. The ban will come into force in the spring.</p><p>It is important to note that the Act will not affect the ownership of ivory items. We recognise that, for some low value items, owners may decide it is not cost-effective to register them for sale. This will be a decision for individual owners. Such items may of course be gifted, donated, or bequeathed rather than discarded. We will explain to owners what options are available to them as part of our awareness raising campaign.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 13/01/2022 16:50:27 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1400310

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
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	Plastics
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 of banning all non-essential single-use plastic in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	99023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>Plastic is an extremely useful material and when used in the right way and disposed of correctly, it can help us deliver the best environmental outcome. For example, we have seen how useful it can be for medical and clinical purposes as it is strong, flexible and light-weight. However, where the evidence supports the case, we will not hesitate to introduce bans and other measures to limit its use, as we have done with single-use plastic straws, stirrers, and cotton buds. Such an approach will continue to be applied to our upcoming policy measures, like our proposed ban of single-use plastic plates, cutlery and polystyrene food and drinks containers, to ensure we have the best overall impact on our natural environment.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 12/01/2022 13:41:03 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1400386

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
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	Forests: North East
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 his Department has made of the extent of damage to forest and wooded areas as a result of Storm Arwen in (a) Wansbeck, (b) Northumberland and (c) the North East.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	98948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>Using satellite imagery, Forest Research estimates that around 5,500 hectares of woodland was damaged by Storm Arwen. Of this, around 1,700 hectares was in England and most damage occurred in the North East. A map showing suspected areas of windblow is available to the public at <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwindblow-assessment-forestergis.hub.arcgis.com%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csarah.irrobeh%40defra.gov.uk%7C939e4d7aad0c42103bd808d9d1e4af0b%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637771602396532594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=ypcY7d1wLoozKDNQdY3B7%2Fm5W8SUyUZdkWZE3s85zfQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://windblow-assessment-forestergis.hub.arcgis.com/</a> and is being used to validate satellite imagery. A summary of this information will be made available in February.</p><p> </p><p>Forestry England is continuing to survey the forests it manages in Northumberland and the wider North East and it will be some time before the full extent of damage is known. There are no Forestry England woodlands within the Wansbeck constituency.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 14/01/2022 14:41:38 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1400387

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
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	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 plans his Department has to ensure that the trees lost as a result of Storm Arwen are replaced.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	98949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>Forestry is devolved and so this answer is for England only.</p><p> </p><p>Initial efforts have been focused on supporting the emergency services and utility providers in re-establishing essential networks and infrastructure with ongoing work to make sure impacted forests are safe for public access. It is estimated that it will take over a year to plan and implement the full recovery effort.</p><p> </p><p>A felling licence is not required to harvest trees that are no longer growing such as those that are blown over or snapped by the wind or are dead or dangerous. In some situations, this may lead to blown trees being cleared with no obligation for the owner to restock. In England, Defra and the Forestry Commission are investigating how regulation and incentives could be used to reduce the risk that there is a loss of tree cover or woodland area in these situations. Regulatory arrangements for clearing windblown trees vary between devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to bring tree planting rates across the UK up to 30,000 hectares per year by the end of this parliament in May 2024. The England Trees Action Plan is supported by an intended £500 million from the Nature for Climate Fund. In the Net Zero Strategy, the Government also announced that it will boost the Nature for Climate fund with a further £124 million of new money, ensuring total spend of more than £750 million by 2025 on peat restoration, woodland creation and management.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 14/01/2022 14:45:28 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1400392

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
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	Public Footpaths
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 new footpaths his Department has created in England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	98887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>The Highways Act 1980 allows highway authorities to create a new right of way where it can be shown that there is a need for it. As such, local highway authorities have statutory duties to record public rights of way, these are kept at a local authority level and the relevant date for each public right of way can be found in the definitive map and statement. The department does not hold a record of what footpaths have been created in an individual year.</p><p> </p><p>However, our network of National Trails is managed centrally, and work is continuing to support this network and in particular to complete the England Coast Path. To date, Natural England has published proposals for more than 99% of the England Coast Path route, and over 450 miles is already open to the public. The table below shows the total mileage of England Coast Path opened in each of the last five years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Miles opened</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>94.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>16.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>56.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 14/01/2022 14:42:20 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1400405

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
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	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 the timeline is for the public consultation on the Government's new PM2.5 targets.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Jo Gideon
uin	99086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>We are preparing to launch a public consultation on proposed targets for reduction of PM<sub>2.5 </sub>early this year. Following the consultation, we will publish a Government response and then set the air quality targets in secondary legislation by 31 October 2022.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 14/01/2022 17:11:24 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4817 label Biography information for Jo Gideon

1400407

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
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	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 steps the Government is taking to ensure that people (a) living with asthma and lung disease and (b) who are most vulnerable to the impacts of air pollution are prioritised in the forthcoming pollution exposure reduction target.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Jo Gideon
uin	99087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>We recognise the need to take action to reduce the impacts of air pollution on health and to particularly focus action on PM<sub>2.5</sub> - the pollutant of most significant harm to health.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside setting a new concentration target, a new population exposure reduction will help prioritise action that is most beneficial for public health and drive continuous improvement, even where concentration targets have already been met. We will be launching a consultation on the new targets early this year.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 14/01/2022 16:53:32 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4817 label Biography information for Jo Gideon

1400454

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
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	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, what steps the Government is taking to (a) mitigate the impact of increasing costs of food for consumers and (b) ensure that suppliers of food are adequately supplied.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	99081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>Consumer food prices depend on a range of factors including food import prices, domestic agricultural prices, domestic labour and manufacturing costs, and Sterling exchange rates, all of which fluctuate over time. Some of these factors are influenced by our trading arrangements with other countries.    Most food sectors businesses (retail etc) are accustomed to fluctuations in supply chain costs so they do not necessarily translate into consumer price rises. Food prices are set individually by businesses and it is not for the UK Government to set retail food prices nor to comment on day-to-day commercial decisions by companies.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has a highly resilient food supply chain, as demonstrated throughout the Covid-19 response. It is well equipped to deal with situations with the potential to cause disruption. Our high degree of food security is built supply from diverse sources; strong domestic production as well as imports through stable trade routes. UK consumers have access through international trade to food products that cannot be produced here, or at least not on a year-round basis. This supplements domestic production, and also ensures that any disruption from risks such as adverse weather or disease does not affect the UK's overall security of supply.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 14/01/2022 14:05:47 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1400470

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
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	Food: Waste
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 the Government plans to enshrine Sustainable Development Goals pertaining to food waste into law.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	99069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The UK is committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 target, which seeks to halve global food waste at consumer and retail levels by 2030. There is a programme in place to achieve this domestically including support for the Courtauld Commitment 2030 voluntary agreement with industry and consumer campaigns. Robust estimates of national food waste volumes are made periodically and used to monitor and report progress against the SDG 12.3 target. The Government has no plans to make this target legally binding.</p><p>Since 2007, action to reduce food waste in the UK has contributed to a reduction in post-farm gate total food waste between 2007 and 2018 of around 15% (1.7Mt). Excluding inedible parts, the reduction was 21%.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 97159 question first answered 11/01/2022 09:27:21 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy