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900383

registered interest
date	09/05/2018
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	Forestry Commission: Land
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 he has had discussions with the Forestry Commission on its proposal to dispose of (a) Mortimer Forest, near Ludlow and (b) other areas of the land it owns; whether his Department has a role in approving (i) the process for and (ii) individual proposals to dispose of such land; and if he will publish the protocols under which the Commission can itself decide on such disposals to a private organisation.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	142314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>There has not been any discussion on land disposal because the Forestry Commission has no plans to dispose of Mortimer Forest or any other significant areas of land. We remain committed to maintaining the Public Forest Estate in trust for the nation. As set out in the Written Ministerial Statement on 7 November 2017 we will not allow any net reduction in size of the Estate. The Forestry Commissioners are empowered to buy and sell land on behalf of Ministers but before doing so on any significant scale they would be expected to consult Ministers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/05/2018 15:45:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

900385

registered interest
date	09/05/2018
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	Incinerators
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 4 May 2018 to Question 137401, what the parameters are within which something classifies as particulate matter.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	142315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The answer to Question 137401 referred to <em>total </em>particulate matter (TPM) which is measured continuously at incinerators by their continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS). TPM CEMS have to be calibrated by carrying out periodic sampling known as a reference method (i.e. the most accurate method) side-by-side with the continuous monitoring, and then adjusting the results obtained from the CEMS according to the results obtained by periodic sampling. The reference method for dust (another term for TPM) is set out in the British/European Standard BS EN 13284-1. It is therefore appropriate to refer to the definition in BS EN 13284-1 for dust in order to define TPM, which reads as follows:</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>“dust</em></strong></p><p><em>particles, of any shape, structure or density, dispersed in the gas phase at the sampling point conditions which may be collected by filtration under specified conditions after representative sampling of the gas to be analysed, and which remain upstream of the filter and on the filter after drying under specified conditions.”</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/05/2018 16:04:39 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

900387

registered interest
date	09/05/2018
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	Incinerators
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 the Environment Agency's Pollution Inventory of 2015, what method of monitoring PM10 and PM2.5 emissions were used by the (a) six cement works, (b) 33 chemical works, (c) 13 energy from waste sites, (d) 42 food and drink works and (e) 19 hazardous waste sites that reported on emissions of PM10 and PM2.5 in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	142316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) does not hold this information centrally and could only provide it at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The EA’s Pollution Inventory Reporting General Guidance describes the different methods which operators can use to determine releases. There are:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Measurement – based on standardised or accepted methods</p></li><li><p>Calculation – based on nationally or internationally agreed estimation methods and emission factors that represent the industrial sectors; and</p></li><li><p>Estimation – these are non-standardised and are based on expert judgement.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/05/2018 13:47:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

900069

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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	Incinerators
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 19 April 2018 to Question 135379, for what reasons that answer states that there is no commercially available equipment for continuous monitoring of PM10 and PM 2.5 when in an assessment of PM10 and PM2.5 emissions from five energy-from-waste plants by Ricardo AEA Consultancy carried out for his Department and published on 6 January 2016 there is reference to both periodic and continuous emission measurements.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	141676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The only reference to continuous measurement in the report is in Section 6 on page 14 which states “….periodic and continuous emission measurements undertaken for regulatory compliance indicated total PM emissions generally below 1 mg/m3 for these facilities….” which is clearly referring to measurement of total particulate emissions, rather than measurement of PM10 or PM2.5. The method by which PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations were measured is set out in section 3.1 of the report. This describes a type of periodic emissions measurement where particles from the exhaust gases are collected onto a material which is weighed in a laboratory before and after the sampling procedure in order to determine the mass of PM10 or PM2.5 collected. The results of this (together with the measurement of the exhaust gas flow rate recorded during the sampling period) are then used to calculate the concentration of these particles in the exhaust gases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/05/2018 15:57:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

900070

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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	Incinerators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason annual reports regarding emissions of particulate matter from energy from waste sites at (a) Twinwoods Heat and Power Bedfordshire, (b) Thetford Power Station, (c) Stallingborough, (d) Hartlepool Power Station, (e) Immingham Dock, (f) Oldbury, (g) Exeter Energy From Waste, (h) Slough heat and Power and (i) Calder Valley Incineration were not included in the 2016 Pollution Inventory.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	141677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>Total particulate matter is continuously monitored at all operational waste incinerators.</p><p>The reason emissions of particulate matter from some waste sites were omitted from the pollution inventory is that their emissions were below reporting thresholds in 2016. This includes Thetford Power Station, Stallinborough, Oldbury, Slough Heat and Power, and Exeter Energy From Waste.</p><p>Annual reports regarding emissions of particulate matter from Twinwoods Heat and Power Bedfordshire were not included in the 2016 pollution inventory because no report was submitted by the operator. The Environment Agency is currently reviewing why no report was submitted by the operator in 2016 and will ensure that all emissions data is proided as required under the relevant legislation.</p><p>No emissions were reported from the Immingham Dock and Calder Valley incinerators because they were non-operational in 2016.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Hartlepool Power Station is a nuclear power station and not an energy from waste site.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/05/2018 14:45:17 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

900148

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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	Countryside
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 the 25 Year Environment Plan policy paper published by his Department in January 2018, what the timescale is for the proposed review of National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty; and how that review will be conducted.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	141678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government announced its intention to conduct a review of national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty for the 21st century through the 25 Year Environment Plan. Further details on how the review will be conducted will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/05/2018 15:50:09 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

897987

registered interest
date	04/05/2018
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	Incinerators
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 comparative estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) PM 10 and (b) PM 2.5 particulate matter emissions in the vicinity of an incinerator that come from the incinerator and those that exist independently in the vicinity of an incinerator.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	141385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>Estimates of total particulate matter from incinerators compared to a local environment are made at the point of permitting using dispersion modelling techniques. The modelling estimates the total particulate released from an incinerator and combines this data with site specific information on the ambient air quality in the local environment to establish the contributory impact.</p><p> </p><p>Dispersion modelling is undertaken at the individual incinerator location taking into account the rate of particulate release, the height of stack, the temperature of the plume and the local topography. This modelling shows the impact on the local area of the installation. By incorporating local metrological conditions and background particulate levels (established by local authority testing stations) it is possible to gauge the relative impacts of the incinerators.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/05/2018 16:17:35 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

896315

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	Incinerators
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 amend the pollution inventory reporting guidance sent to incinerator operators.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	140553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The Environment Agency plans to issue updated pollution inventory reporting guidance to incinerator operators before the end of 2018. The updated guidance will apply to the reporting returns for 2018 which operators need to submit during January or February 2019.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/05/2018 15:44:10 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

895298

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
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	Incinerators: Dudley
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 amendments were made to the periodic emission limit values for particulate matter made in the variation number CP3136XQ to the permit given to MES Environmental for its Dudley incineration plant.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	139937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>Amendments were made to change the emission limit value (ELV) for particulate matter which is measured on a periodic (twice yearly) basis to the same value as that of the half hourly ELV for particulate matter which is measured on a continuous basis. This was in line with the Waste Incineration Directive which was in force at the time and remains in line with the current requirements of the Industrial Emissions Directive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 08/05/2018 11:22:44 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

895306

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
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	Incinerators: Runcorn
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 19 April 2018 to Question 135379, on Incinerators, for what reason the decision document sent to Runcorn EfW facility when granting permit No EPR/EP3731XL states on page 32 that current monitoring techniques will capture fine particles (PM2.5) and the resulting permit condition requires a full analysis of particulate size.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	139938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>The decision document states:</p><p> </p><p>“Whilst the [Environment] Agency is confident that current monitoring techniques will capture the fine particle fraction (PM2.5) for inclusion in a measurement of total particulate matter, a permit condition has been included that will require a full analysis of particle size distribution in the flue gas, and hence determine the ratio of fine to coarse particles.”</p><p> </p><p>The reason for this statement is that total particulate matter (TPM) includes PM2.5 as well as particulates of other sizes and therefore by monitoring TPM emissions, emissions of PM2.5 will also be captured.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 08/05/2018 11:25:43 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew