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1567705

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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	Government Departments: Environment Protection
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 she plans to publish the Greening Government Commitments annual reports for (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	125288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The Greening Government Commitments 2020-21 annual report was delayed to reduce pressure on facilities teams across government, as a result of COVID-19. The report will be published in early 2023. This will be the final report of the previous framework</p><p><br> The Greening Government Commitments 2021-22 annual report, the first report against the 2021-2025 framework, will be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 30/01/2023 11:31:19 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1565050

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
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 transaction for £1,567.63 on 14 December 2021 included in her Department’s publication of spending over £500 with a Government procurement card, how many members of Marine Management Organisation staff stayed at the Island Club Turks; and what the purpose was of that visit.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	118879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>Three members of the MMO Global Marine Team travelled to the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) under the UK Government’s Blue Belt Programme. The Blue Belt programme aims to enhance protection of the marine environment in the UK’s overseas territories. The TCI Government signed up to the programme in 2021 and formally announced this at World Ocean Day in 2022. The purpose of the visit was to meet with TCI Government Ministers and hold workshops with key stakeholders to scope support that the programme would provide to TCI.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 30/01/2023 12:37:29 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1565051

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
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 her Department’s publication of spending over £500 with a Government procurement card in November 2021, what accounts for the difference between the price of the payments made to Hotel Ibis by the Joint Nature Conservation Society on (a) 2 November for £2,719.00 and (b) 5 November 2021 for 2,649.80 for the accommodation of four staff between 31 October and 9 November 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	118880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>A team of JNCC's experts attended the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Glasgow in November 2021. Their involvement included hosting eleven livestream events on nature-based solutions for a net zero and resilient future, monitoring landscape change, addressing threats through global, national, and local approaches, international partnerships and oceans action.</p><p><br> The payments to the IBIS hotel for 31 October to 9 November 2021 were for two JNCC staff members for ten nights and one staff member staying for two nights, at a total cost of £5,368.80. All were attending the CoP-26 conference in Glasgow. The difference in the two sums is because the hotel divided up the total cost into two- part payments.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 26/01/2023 13:52:56 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1563471

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
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 it is her Department's policy that government procurement cards should not be used for purchases (a) of alcohol and (b) that could be made via an alternative compliant purchasing route.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	114583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>Government Procurement Cards are one of many routes to market and purchasing. Cards are used for low value, low risk goods and services and non-contentious irregular items from one-off suppliers. These items can also be procured through a self-service purchase order route.</p><p><br> Alcohol purchases are permitted only in exceptional circumstances and require additional approval from a senior civil servant.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 18/01/2023 11:05:13 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1552046

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions
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 she will to respond to Questions 97494 and 97595 tabled on 28 November 2022 by the Rt hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	111558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/12/2022 answer text <p>Answers are being prepared and will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 30/12/2022 10:14:13 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1551785

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
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 her Department's publication of electronic purchasing card spending over £500 for February 2021, (a) how many mugs were purchased by Natural England from We Brand It on 15 February 2021, and (b) what branding was printed on those mugs.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	110646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>The Natural England Evidence Services Team issued team members with a mug as part of a reward and recognition award and a wellbeing morale boost recognising their hard work and commitment during lockdown. 170 mugs were ordered, with NE branding and a picture of St. Cwyfan’s Church, Anglesey which was the winning photo on a team wellbeing competition during lockdown.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 17/01/2023 10:32:10 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1550324

registered interest
date	09/12/2022
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
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 their Department spent in 2021 on purchasing goods and services with a value of less than £500 on a government procurement card.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	107077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/12/2022 answer text <p>The department spent £199,762 in 2021 on purchasing goods and services with a value of less than £500 on a government procurement card. This equates to 2,486 transactions.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 30/12/2022 09:54:58 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1546082

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
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 18 July 2022 to Question 31794 on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, how many people working in her Department’s executive agencies held electronic purchasing cards that allowed them to make purchases against her Department's budget as of 31 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	97494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/12/2022 answer text <p>The number of electronic purchasing card holders in each of Defra’s executive agencies is as follows.</p><p> </p><p>Animal and Plant Health Agency: 50</p><p>Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science: 266</p><p>Rural Payments Agency: 12</p><p>Veterinary Medicines Directorate: 12</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 30/12/2022 11:15:36 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1546100

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Incentives
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 was the total value of non-cash vouchers awarded to staff working for his Department as performance-related bonuses in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21 and (e) 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	97595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/12/2022 answer text <p>The total spend for non-cash vouchers for Defra in 2021-22 was £130,040. Prior to this, Defra did not use non-cash vouchers as performance-related bonuses or otherwise.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 30/12/2022 11:19:31 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1542855

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: EU Law
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 much her Department has spent on staff activity related to the review of retained EU laws within her Department's areas of responsibility since 1 September 2021; and what funding her Department has allocated for these purposes for the rest of the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	88847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>Information is not held centrally on the staff activity related to the review of retained EU law or the passage of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill in financial years 2021-22 and 2022-23.</p><p> </p><p>The Retained EU law dashboard was made by the Retained EU Law team, in conjunction with the Government Strategic Management Office and is hosted on Tableau Public, which is a free platform for hosting public dashboards. The dashboard has been updated at no additional cost.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has undertaken a review of its REUL during 2022. Prior to EU Exit, roughly 80% of Defra's policy areas were governed by EU law. We have already reformed REUL in key areas through flagship legislation such as the Environment Act, Fisheries Act and Agriculture Act. Defra is in the process of analysing its REUL stock and determining what should be preserved as part of domestic law, as well as REUL that should be repealed, or amended. This process will inform our approach to resourcing.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 21/11/2022 17:37:39 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry