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1693360

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
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: Offenders
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 civil servants in his Department have a criminal conviction.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	16664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>New appointments to Defra undergo pre-employment criminal record checks. Where a conviction is flagged, appointment is dependent on a role-specific risk assessment. Convictions for the following offences result in the individual automatically failing pre-employment checks and not being appointed: life sentences, arson, sexual offences and hate and terror offences.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has participated in the Going Forward into Employment Scheme for Ex-Offenders and has appointed to posts via this scheme. We can confirm that the numbers appointed under this scheme are currently less than 10. However, exact numbers may enable individuals to be identifiable and the privacy and confidentiality of this information requires us to ensure individuals are properly protected.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 19/03/2024 14:40:03 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1656124

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Environment Agency: Staff
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 and what proportion of (a) board members and (b) employees of the Environment Agency have previous experience in the sectors that they regulate.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	195830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs appoints members to the Environment Agency board based on the skills and experience they bring from a wide range of sectors, including finance, business, regulation, and agriculture.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency attracts and recruit’s employees with a wide range of skills and experiences also from a range of sectors. However, the information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 11/09/2023 12:18:07 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1656131

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Ofwat: Staff
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 and what proportion of (a) board members and (b) employees of Ofwat have previous experience in the sector that they regulate.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	195837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>Ofwat board members bring a range of relevant skills and experience, however no current board members have direct experience of working in a regulated water company.</p><p> </p><p>For employees of Ofwat, we do not hold this information. Ofwat recruits people on the basis of their skills and experience which can help us to hold companies to account. Once employed by Ofwat, they are subject to civil service rules on independence, propriety and probity as part of the Ofwat Code of Conduct applicable to all employees.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 08/09/2023 16:27:41 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1546825

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
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	Livestock Worrying
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 she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reward-only training and (b) e-collar training to deter escaped dogs from attacking sheep.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	99786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The statutory Code of Practice for the Welfare of Dogs includes guidance on how to keep dogs safe and under control, and can be found here: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F697953%2Fpb13333-cop-dogs-091204.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cfa2b72f04ac74c3b659308dad9094e62%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638060931235550706%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=LpFCX1q0SV%2F9atxRHpZuYvuJLK5eL2LIdRffQAYRDkg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Code of practice for the welfare of dogs (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Defra published research in 2014 on the use of e-collars which can be found here: <a href="https://sciencesearch.defra.gov.uk/ProjectDetails?ProjectId=15332" target="_blank">Science Search (defra.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 08/12/2022 15:58:35 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1541453

registered interest
date	11/11/2022
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: Civil Servants
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 civil service headcount for their Department was on (a) 15 November 2022 and (b) 1 February 2020.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	84837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The Core Defra civil service headcount was (a) 6,469 and (b) 4,965.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 28/11/2022 13:56:03 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1541293

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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: Coronavirus
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 employees in her Department work on matters related to covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	83579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>There are currently 9 employees working on matters relating to Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published its Living with Covid plan in February 2022 to help and support citizens as we transition out of the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 18/11/2022 17:19:16 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1470179

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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: Bradford
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 13 June 2022 to Question 11614, on Clean Air Zones: Bradford, how many pieces of correspondence there have been between Bradford Council and the Government on the Clean Air Zone in Bradford; what the cost would be of placing details of all correspondence in the Library; and if he will break down that cost.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	17901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>Bradford City Council was first directed to complete a feasibility study in March 2018 to reduce its NO<sub>2</sub> levels to within legal limits. Since then, there has been substantial correspondence related to the detail of their proposals which have been thoroughly scrutinised in line with the relevant legislation and Government policy. The relevant ministerial directions have been placed in the Library and the council’s website provides extensive details of the development and planned implementation of the proposals.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 20/06/2022 11:15:19 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1467252

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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: Bradford
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 place a copy of all correspondence between the Government and Bradford Council relating to the introduction of a Clean Air Zone in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	11614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Placing details of all correspondence in the Library would incur disproportionate cost. We will be placing copies of the relevant Ministerial directions under the Environment Act in the Library. Comprehensive information on the Clean Air Zone is available via <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbradford.gov.uk%2Fbreathe-better-bradford%2Fbreathe-better-bradford%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cee5f8f6c1a334cef72cf08da4d3e9683%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637907228447814510%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=37m9LdY8jUmCMKhIXhwqEAhBGR%2BI7qTH65YMH0oSwV8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">breathe better BRADFORD | Bradford Council</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/06/2022 16:52:42 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies