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1718513

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	Water Treatment
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 bring forward legislative proposals to make quaternary water treatment mandatory for sewage plants serving large populations.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	26544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Defra currently has no plans to make it mandatory for sewage plants to implement quaternary water treatment proposals. If changes are deemed necessary, these will be undertaken through usual consultation routes to assess the costs and benefits of making these changes.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 24/05/2024 13:29:35 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1695516

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
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	Thames Water
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 meetings the permanent secretary of his Department has held with Thames Water on Operation Timber in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	18227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The Permanent Secretary and senior officials in my department hold meetings with water companies, including Thames Water, on a regular basis to discuss issues affecting the water sector. As water companies are commercial entities, it is neither appropriate to comment on specific water companies, on the frequency of any such meetings nor publish any minutes of those meetings.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore grouped question UIN 18228 18229 question first answered 20/03/2024 16:50:30 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1695517

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
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	Thames Water
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 publish the minutes of meetings that officials in his Department have had with Thames Water on Operation Timber in each of the last 6 months.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	18228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The Permanent Secretary and senior officials in my department hold meetings with water companies, including Thames Water, on a regular basis to discuss issues affecting the water sector. As water companies are commercial entities, it is neither appropriate to comment on specific water companies, on the frequency of any such meetings nor publish any minutes of those meetings.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore grouped question UIN 18227 18229 question first answered 20/03/2024 16:50:30 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1695518

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
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	Thames Water
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 the Permanent Secretary of his Department last met officials from Thames Water to discuss Operation Timber.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	18229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The Permanent Secretary and senior officials in my department hold meetings with water companies, including Thames Water, on a regular basis to discuss issues affecting the water sector. As water companies are commercial entities, it is neither appropriate to comment on specific water companies, on the frequency of any such meetings nor publish any minutes of those meetings.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore grouped question UIN 18227 18228 question first answered 20/03/2024 16:50:30 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1687377

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
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: Ministers' Private Offices
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 1 February 2024 to Question 11394 on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Ministers' Private Offices, what the cost of each refurbishment was.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	13029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The creation of a Minister’s office for an additional appointment in January 2022 cost a total of £635 exclusive of VAT.</p><p> </p><p>The provision of an ergonomic chair for a health and safety workplace adjustment in September 2022 cost a total of £1,000 exclusive of VAT.</p><p> </p><p>The provision and installation of three whiteboards in November 2022 came to £2,139.42 exclusive of VAT.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2023 the creation, including outfitting, of a new Departmental media suite came to £22,075.99 exclusive of VAT.</p><p> </p><p>For the repair and replacement of upholstery of 14 meeting room chairs which had significant wear since their original purchase in 1997 cost a total of £3,450 exclusive of VAT.</p><p> </p><p>The creation of a Minister’s office for an additional appointment in December 2023 cost a total of £655.89 exclusive of VAT.</p><p> </p><p>Limited remedial work, including a localised repaint and filling on of screw holes, on an office wall due to the removal of a pre-existing whiteboard in December 2023 was not charged as those works were covered under the landlord’s Life Cycle Fund.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 23/02/2024 11:50:28 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer previous answer version 16952 answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1686894

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
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	Thames Water
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Minister has responsibility for drawing up contingency plans in case of the potential collapse of Thames Water.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	12737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>Water companies are commercial entities. It is not appropriate to comment on the position of specific companies. However, as you would expect, the Government prepares for a range of scenarios across its regulated industries – including water – as any government would. It is the Defra Secretary of State’s responsibility to develop these plans for the water industry and it would not be appropriate to publish these plans.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore grouped question UIN 12739 question first answered 14/02/2024 15:54:19 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1686895

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
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	Thames Water
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 publish his Department's contingency plan for the potential event of Thames Water's collapse.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	12739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>Water companies are commercial entities. It is not appropriate to comment on the position of specific companies. However, as you would expect, the Government prepares for a range of scenarios across its regulated industries – including water – as any government would. It is the Defra Secretary of State’s responsibility to develop these plans for the water industry and it would not be appropriate to publish these plans.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore grouped question UIN 12737 question first answered 14/02/2024 15:54:19 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1686348

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
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	Water Companies: Meetings
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 publish the (a) attendance at and (b) minutes of his meeting with water company executives on 23 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	12411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Environment Secretary held a roundtable with water company CEOs on 23 January to discuss their performance and necessary improvements. This follows his letter to water companies late last year, calling for increased sewer management to prevent storm overflows.</p><p> </p><p>The roundtable formed part of Defra’s ongoing engagement with the sector and our Plan for Water to drive more investment, stronger regulation and tougher enforcement to hold water companies to account.</p><p> </p><p>Details of external ministerial meetings are published on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 26/02/2024 12:56:37 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1686067

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
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: Ministerial Boxes
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 ministerial red boxes belonging to his Department have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	12170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The department has no record of any ministerial boxes being lost or stolen in the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 06/02/2024 14:34:17 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1684900

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
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: Ministers' Private Offices
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 any refurbishments have been made to ministerial offices in his Department in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	11394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>Refurbishments made to ministerial offices in Defra (all in Marsham Street, London) in each of the last two years have been:</p><p> </p><ul><li>January 2022: creation of a Minister’s office for an additional appointment</li><li>September 2022: ergonomic chair for health and safety workplace adjustment consideration</li><li>November 2022: installation of whiteboards</li><li>January 2023: creation of a departmental media suite</li><li>January 2023: repair and replacement of 14 meeting room chairs’ upholstery due to significant wear since 1997</li><li>December 2023: creation of a Minister’s office for an additional appointment</li><li>December 2023: limited remedial work on an office wall due to removal of whiteboard</li></ul><p> </p><p>Each of these refurbishments strives to strike a balance between value for the taxpayer and ensuring that staff are able to do their job effectively.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 01/02/2024 14:23:16 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney