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1176660

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	What plans the Government has to reduce food waste by 20 per cent as recommended in the Committee on Climate Change's January 2020 report, Land use: Policies for a Net Zero UK.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	900657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>Waste is a devolved matter. Data recently published by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) shows UK food waste fell by almost 15% since 2007 – enough to fill Wembley Stadium three times. However, I know there is more to do everywhere. The Resources and Waste Strategy which covers England only sets out a range of policy actions to reduce food waste further including a £15 million food waste fund, a consultation on mandatory reporting of food waste by businesses, and continued support of cross-sector collaboration through the Courtauld Commitment 2025 to achieve a 20% reduction.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 06/02/2020 17:15:55 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1176661

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Dogs: Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to tackle the drugging of dogs for use by buskers.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	900660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>There are already laws and regulations in place to protect animals used by buskers. Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, it is a criminal offence to cause unnecessary suffering to an animal, and to administer an injurious or poisonous drug to an animal. Specific concerns about the welfare of dogs used by buskers can be reported to local authorities, the police or the RSPCA.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 06/02/2020 17:17:40 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1176708

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Farmers: Government Assistance
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 discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on supporting farmers to (a) maintain existing and (b) develop new routes to market after the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	13540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2020 answer text <p>Food and drink exports are a success story. Exports have increased by 24% in real terms since 2010. The Government is determined to help maintain existing and develop new export opportunities. This includes through ongoing market access and via showcasing and promoting our excellent food and drink even more in the years to come.</p><p> </p><p>Exports are an important driver of growth in the food and drink sector, allowing it to become more resilient, competitive and profitable. The UK’s growing reputation for high quality food and drink, with high standards of food safety, animal welfare and sustainability, is an excellent platform to increase overseas demand for our products further. Defra’s ‘Food is GREAT’ campaign is raising the profile and reputation of British food and drink overseas by building global demand and increasing positive perceptions of the UK’s food and drink products, as demonstrated by recent campaign activity in Japan to promote beef and lamb exports from the UK, following opening up of market access last year.</p><p> </p><p>Defra, in collaboration with the Department for International Trade and representatives of the food and drink sector, is developing a replacement for the existing International Action Plan for Food and Drink, which will set out the future export ambitions for the sector. This includes reviewing the support we offer in market, building on the success of Defra’s first agriculture counsellor in Beijing.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Government’s election manifesto, we have ambitious goals for British trade. As of 31 January 2020, when the UK left the EU, we had successfully concluded and signed trade continuity agreements with 48 countries. This accounts for £110 billion of UK trade in 2018. We will be continuing our programme to replicate existing EU trade agreements with trading partners to ensure continuity for UK businesses following the transition period. An up-to-date list of trade continuity agreements, signed and in discussion, is available on the GOV.UK website at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-trade-agreements-with-non-eu-countries" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-trade-agreements-with-non-eu-countries</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We aim to have 80 per cent of UK trade with countries covered by free trade agreements within the next three years, starting with the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. This will further present new routes to market for British farmers. We are also working hard to secure a free trade agreement with the EU that will provide tariff-free access to the EU market for UK goods, and facilitative customs arrangements that will ensure smooth trade.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 18/02/2020 14:31:37 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1176744

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Fish: Sales
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 average percentage variation between the live weight (a) shown on logbooks for fishing vessels of 10m and over registered in England and (b) derived from sales notes for (i) cod, (ii) monkfish, (iii) brill, (iv) whiting, (v) gurnard, (vi) lemon sole, (vii) squid, (viii) megrim, (ix) plaice, (x) red mullet and (xi) John Dory in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	13558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2020 answer text <p>The following data shows the percentage change between the live weight of landed catch as recorded in logbooks, landing declarations and sales notes, for the species referred to, as reported by English administered over-10 metre vessels landed into UK ports in 2019. This information is based on data currently held by the Marine Management Organisation.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that this data is yet to go through full validation checks, undertaken each year in advance of publication of the UK Annual Sea Fisheries Statistics. In addition, whilst valuable for initial cross-checking, the logbook is essentially a diary record of fishing activity maintained by skippers and not the formal landing declaration which documents the precise weight of landed catch.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Logbook, landing declaration and sales note live weights for selected species reported by English administered over 10 m vessels landed in to UK ports: Unvalidated data 2019 nei = not elsewhere included</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Species Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Logbook Live Weight (tonnes)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sales Note Live Weight (tonnes)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Landing Declaration Live Weight (tonnes)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Logbook to Sales Note Percentage Change</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Logbook to Landing Declaration Percentage Change</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anglerfishes nei</p></td><td><p>4,092</p></td><td><p>2,907</p></td><td><p>4,167</p></td><td><p>-29%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Atlantic cod</p></td><td><p>5,750</p></td><td><p>2,660</p></td><td><p>5,652</p></td><td><p>-54%</p></td><td><p>-2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brill</p></td><td><p>228</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Common squids nei</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>264</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>116%</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European plaice</p></td><td><p>1,484</p></td><td><p>1,515</p></td><td><p>1,542</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gurnard</p></td><td><p>853</p></td><td><p>872</p></td><td><p>970</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>John dory</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lemon sole</p></td><td><p>594</p></td><td><p>644</p></td><td><p>728</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Megrims nei</p></td><td><p>840</p></td><td><p>795</p></td><td><p>841</p></td><td><p>-5%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Red mullets</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whiting</p></td><td><p>2,206</p></td><td><p>2,258</p></td><td><p>2,379</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: UK Fisheries Administrations</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 18/02/2020 14:27:40 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1176749

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Fishing Catches: Software
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 3 February 2020 to Question 7676, on Fishing Catches: Computer Software, what volume of data the catch recording app will generate in a year; how the data are hosted; and whether the data from that app will be cross checked with (a) sales notes and (b) other data on the fisheries activity database (i) automatically as part of an integrated system or (ii) manually.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	13560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>When fully operational, it is expected that the catch recording system will generate data on approximately 200,000 fishing trips per year. This data will be hosted by the Centre for Fisheries, Environment and Aquaculture Science using Microsoft Azure. Data collected will be cross checked with sales notes and other data on the fisheries activity database using both automatic checks and manual checks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/02/2020 13:40:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1176750

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Fishing Catches: Software
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 7 January 2020 to Question 238, on Fishing Catches: Computer Software, whether the figure of £1.8 million includes the cost of (a) providing training to fishers on how to use the catch recording app, (b) providing training and guidance to staff of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) on the use of that app, (c) hosting and managing the data generated and (d) further hardware and software developments to ensure the MMO can compile a single record of fish caught and landed.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	13561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The figure of £1.8 million includes the development of guidance and training for both fishers and staff of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). Costs associated with hosting and managing the data as well as further hardware and software developments to ensure the MMO can compile a single record of fish caught are not included.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/02/2020 13:36:50 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1176755

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Fishing Catches: Software
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 she has taken to ensure the effectiveness of the catch recording app.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	13564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The catch recording service was developed using input from and testing with users. A ‘soft launch’ was also undertaken in 2019 where the app was tested by under-10 metre fishing vessel owners who submitted data from over 100 individual fishing trips.</p><p> </p><p>During the full roll out phase of the service, further feedback is being used to make additional improvements to both the guidance and system functionality. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) will continue to provide further support to the English fleet to help them adapt to the new digital solution.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/02/2020 13:35:31 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1176764

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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: Barnet
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 powers the London Borough of Barnet has to search and seize vehicles suspected of fly-tipping.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	13497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>Tackling fly-tipping is a Government priority. It blights local communities and the environment wherever it occurs. As such, we have given waste collection authorities such as the London Borough of Barnet the power to enable them to search and or seize vehicles that they suspect have been involved, are involved or are about to be involved in fly-tipping and other waste crimes.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, an authorised enforcement officer from a waste collection authority may search and seize any vehicle (and its contents) that the enforcement officer reasonably believes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>has been used to commit certain waste crimes, including fly-tipping (which is an offence under section 33(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990) where proceedings for that offence have not yet been brought against any person; or</li><li>is being used or is about to be used to fly-tip (or to commit certain other waste crimes).</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition, under section 6 of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989, a magistrate may issue a warrant to the police to seize a vehicle if there are grounds for believing that an offence under section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 has been committed.</p><p> </p><p>In the event a vehicle is seized as above, it must be dealt with in accordance with the Control of Waste (Dealing with Seized Property) England and Wales) Regulations 2015.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 13/02/2020 09:52:44 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1176766

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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: Barnet
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 funding has been allocated from the public purse to Barnet Council under the air quality grant programme in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	13498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>Barnet Council has not been awarded funding from Defra’s Air Quality Grant Programme in the last three years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 13/02/2020 10:00:29 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1176769

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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, how much money from the public purse her Department has spent on improving air quality in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	13499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The Joint Air Quality Unit (JAQU) is a cross-departmental team between Defra and the Department for Transport (DfT). It was set up in financial year (FY) 2016/17 and is responsible for the delivery of the UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows Defra’s spend for FY 2015/16 and JAQU’s total spend each year since FY 2016/17. Figures for FY 2014/15 are not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Defra Funding</strong> <strong>(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>DfT Funding</strong> <strong>(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong> <strong>(£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>-*</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>19.9</p></td><td><p>22.4</p></td><td><p>42.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>51.6</p></td><td><p>109.2</p></td><td><p>160.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*No DfT funding for FY 2015/16</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 13/02/2020 10:03:34 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord