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1047076

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
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	Farms: Inspections
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 FTE Farm Inspectors have been employed in each region in each of the last five years figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	211635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Defra and its agencies carry out farm inspections for a wide range of reasons including Animal Inspections, Disease Inspections, Environmental Inspections, Facility Inspections, Funding Scheme Inspections and Veterinary Medicine Inspections. These inspections form part of wider roles within each agency and we are therefore unable to provide the data as requested.</p><p> </p><p>These are the different kinds of farm inspections according to Gov.uk: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/farming-inspections" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/farming-inspections</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 31/01/2019 14:25:49 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1047079

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
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	Farms: Pollution Control
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 plans he has to reduce diffuse pollution from farms to improve water quality.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	211636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Farming is a significant source of environmental pollution to water. The Government has long term strategies in place to address this. Leaving the EU provides the opportunity to change the way in which we support farmers to enhance the environment. The new Environmental Land Management system, underpinned by natural capital principles, will deliver many of the key outcomes set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan, including clean and plentiful water. River Basin Management Plans and the Environment Agency’s monitoring give a comprehensive assessment of water and ecological quality and the impact of agriculture.</p><p> </p><p>The Catchment Sensitive Farming programme works alongside Countryside Stewardship and water company catchment programmes to advise farmers on ways to reduce pollutant loadings and other sustainable water management objectives.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our 25 Year Environment Plan commitments we introduced the Farming Rules for Water[1] in England in April 2018 to prevent and reduce diffuse pollution from agriculture. The rules are outcome focused and require farmers to manage their land and farming activities in ways which keep soil on the land, match nutrients to crop, and soil needs, and keep livestock fertilisers and manures out of the water.</p><p> </p><p>Other water and agriculture regulations are being reviewed as part of work to improve water quality and streamline the regulatory baseline for agriculture. Findings and evidence from the Environment Audit Committee’s report [UK progress on Reducing Nitrate Pollution] and the Dame Glenys Stacey Review, together with commitments in the Clean Air Strategy and evidence from the implementation of the Farming Rules for Water, will be considered by that review to enable a more integrated approach to reducing pollution from agriculture in future.</p><p><br></p><p>[1] The Reduction and Prevention of Agricultural Diffuse Pollution (England) Regulations 2018</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 31/01/2019 13:23:43 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1046160

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	Food: Waste Disposal
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 his Department or its agencies maintain a list of local authorities in England that undertake separate food waste recycling collections.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	211097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) publishes detail on food waste collection schemes at: <a href="http://laportal.wrap.org.uk/" target="_blank">laportal.wrap.org.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The WRAP data shows that in England in 2017/18 there were 123 local authorities with a separate food waste collection scheme.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 212301 question first answered 29/01/2019 13:24:23 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1045486

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
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	Forests and Trees: Conservation
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 his Department's Consultation on Protecting and Enhancing England’s Trees and Woodlands, if he will ensure that appropriate measures include local authority tree officers in the duty to consult.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	210441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed in the 25 Year Environment Plan to introduce a duty on local authorities to consult with local communities when a street tree is to be felled.</p><p> </p><p>Defra’s public consultation on ‘Protecting and Enhancing England’s Trees and Woodlands’ was launched on 30th December. It covers three measures we hope to include in the Environment Bill: a duty on LAs to consult on felling street trees (‘the duty to consult’), a duty on LAs to report on their tree felling and planting, and changes to the Forestry Act to give Forestry Commission more powers to tackle illegal tree felling. We are also consulting on best practice guidance for Tree and Woodland Strategies. The consultation is open until the 28 February 2019.</p><p> </p><p>A stakeholder workshop was held in Birmingham on 8 January 2019, which included representatives from local authorities as well as the Metropolitan Tree Officers Association, the National Tree Officers Association, the London Tree Officers Association and the Arboricultural Association. Defra welcomes further engagement from tree officers and local authorities in developing the duty to consult.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 24/01/2019 13:57:04 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1043709

registered interest
date	18/01/2019
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	Dairy Farming
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 plans he has to encourage the growth of free range dairy herds.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	210009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>Preferences for animal products from different production systems are driven by consumer demand. Our UK farming industry produces animal products under a range of different production systems, benefitting consumers who have access to a diverse choice of products from a range of different systems, including free range. The UK has some of the highest animal health and welfare standards in the world. Regardless of production method, all operational livestock farms must comply with comprehensive animal health, welfare and environmental legislation. Stockmanship and the correct application of husbandry standards whatever the system of production, is key to ensuring good welfare for all farmed animals. Our new system of agricultural support will support high welfare methods of production.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/01/2019 12:47:10 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1042381

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
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	Curlews: Conservation
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 Answers of 8 November 2018 to Question 186211 and of 28 November 2018 to Question 196767 on Birds: Conservation, and with reference to the completion in November 2017 of phase 2 of the Special Protection Area review, what guidance he has received on improving the network for breeding and non-breeding curlew.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	209298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>The phase two report highlights that there are currently no Special Protection Areas (SPAs) classified for breeding curlew in the UK. In England, the review identifies some potential areas that could be considered for classification including at existing SPAs. We are still considering this review.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 25/01/2019 13:56:05 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1042385

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
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	Lead: Ammunition
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 research he has commissioned on the effect of the use of lead shot on the environment; and whether he has plans to abolish the use of lead shot.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	209299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Environmental Protection (Restriction on Use of Lead Shot) (England) Regulations 1999 already offer protection for waterfowl.</p><p> </p><p>In response to the 2015 report by the independent Lead Ammunition Group, Government concluded there was insufficient evidence to justify a change to the legislation.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will consider the evidence review recently undertaken for the European Commission by the European Chemicals Agency before deciding if any changes to the current regulations are required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/01/2019 16:52:41 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1038966

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Reindeer: Imports
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 reindeer in how many consignments and from which countries were imported into the UK in 2018; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	207150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of reindeer and the number of consignments imported into the UK in 2018 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country from</p></td><td><p>Consignments</p></td><td><p>Animals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 Total</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) are not able to provide any data regarding the number of imports from third countries, as these are covered by a commodity code in TRACES which will not allow us to break the species down as far as reindeer for third country imports.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/01/2019 14:28:41 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1038967

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Reindeer: Exports
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 reindeer in how many consignments and to which countries were exported from the UK in 2018; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	207152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of reindeer and the number of consignments exported from the UK in 2018 is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country of Destination</p></td><td><p>Number of Consignments</p></td><td><p>Number of Reindeers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) can access information using TRACES (Trade Control and Expert System) for species of animals that require a health certificate for movement to the EU.</p><p> </p><p>APHA records Export Health Certificates (EHC) issued for animals to third countries that do not use the TRACES system. There are no exports of reindeer to third countries recorded in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/01/2019 12:59:34 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1038355

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
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	Farmers: Advisory Services
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 plans he has to increase access to independent agronomic advice for farmers in advance of proposed changes in agricultural legislation under the Agriculture Bill 2017-19.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	206712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>There are already a range of independent organisations that offer agronomic advice to farmers. This includes the Association of Independent Crop Consultants who provide advice to growers covering 3.5 million acres in the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In terms of designing future schemes, we will work closely with farmers, stakeholders and other organisations to consider the role of specialist advice in helping land managers deliver environmental benefits through the new Environmental land management (ELM) scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/01/2019 17:13:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew