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1126036

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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: Former Ministers
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 his Department has paid to hon. Members under section 4 of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 since 13 July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	253606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Any such payments are published in the department’s audited annual accounts, and these accounts can be found on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/05/2019 12:10:48 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1086746

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Litter: Fines
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 fines have been issued for littering in each of the last 10 years for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	230828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>Data collection of fixed penalty notices was discontinued in 2009.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Reporting year (April to March)</em></p></td><td><p><em>Number</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>35,465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>33,693</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of fixed penalty notices issued for littering between 2007 and 2009 in England is presented in the table above. These are the most recent years for which records are available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/03/2019 11:44:59 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

971780

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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: Sick Leave
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 he has made of the number of days of sick leave taken by staff in his Department for mental health reasons in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	173654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The total number of days of absence taken by permanent payroll staff in the Core Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since 2010, for mental health reasons, is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Days of Mental Health Absence</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>2945</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>1880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>1787</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>1608</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>2604</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>1458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>2193</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/09/2018 15:19:39 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

969510

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
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
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 estimate how much water was lost due to leaks in each of the last ten years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	171678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The total amount of water leaked from water companies’ supply networks in each of the last ten years are shown in the following table. This information is based on Environment Agency analysis of data from water companies that operate wholly or mainly in England. Recent leakage figures are available on Discover Water: <a href="https://discoverwater.co.uk/leaking-pipes" target="_blank">https://discoverwater.co.uk/leaking-pipes</a>.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total leakage</p><p>(Millions of litres / day)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>3088</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>3084</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>3156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2949</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2963</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2916</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2942</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2896</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2918</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2986</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for the Environment in July called in water company Chief Executives who did not meet their leakage targets this year to explain this failure and what actions they were taking to improve their performance, particularly in light of the dry weather. They committed to tackle leakage as a priority.</p><p> </p><p>The 25 year environment plan sets out the Government’s ambitions for reducing demand on water resources. This includes support for Ofwat’s target for water companies to reduce leakage by 15% by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>In their draft Business Plans water companies have proposed an average reduction of 16% by 2025. It is now for Ofwat to scrutinise these plans.</p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/09/2018 11:17:22 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

969274

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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: Mobile Phones
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 a list of the mobile phone applications developed by his Department and its agencies in the last three years; and what the cost to the public purse was of developing of each of those applications.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	171519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. <br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/09/2018 11:22:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

968380

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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: Peers
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 members of the House of Lords hold (a) paid and (b) unpaid roles within (i) his Department and (ii) his Department's agencies.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	170927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold a definitive central record of all those who hold roles, either paid or unpaid, who are members of the House of Lords.</p><p> </p><p>One of the Department’s Ministers is a member of the House of Lords - Lord Gardiner of Kimble; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity.</p><p> </p><p>There are 2 members of the House of Lords who are appointed as non-executive Board members across Defra’s Executive Agencies, non-Ministerial Departments and executive Non Departmental Public Bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 24/09/2018 08:13:35 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

904866

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
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: Paternity Leave
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 male staff of his Department have taken shared parental leave; and what the average length of that leave was.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	144331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2018 answer text <p>In the department since April 2015, 11 male staff have taken shared parental leave and the average length was 61 days.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/05/2018 14:10:01 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

896468

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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: Disclosure of Information
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 non-disclosure agreements his Department has signed with employees in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	140815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>Defra has not signed any non-disclosure agreements with employees within the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/05/2018 14:38:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

884942

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
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	Domestic Waste: Recycling
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 councils charge for collecting garden waste for recycling.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	135930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The government does not hold this information centrally, but the latest data the Government has from the Waste and Resources Action Programme shows that 171 councils in England charged for collecting garden waste for recycling.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 23/04/2018 16:40:33 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

829987

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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: Public Expenditure
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 his Department spent on (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	124715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Expenditure on art and wine can only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Purchases of alcohol are not permitted under Defra’s Travel and Subsistence Policy.</p><p> </p><p>Defra’s expenditure on hospitality by financial year is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure on Hospitality (£000)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>182</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/02/2018 18:22:33 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders