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date	13/03/2015
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	Research
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 amount her Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department’s Annual Report and Accounts set out details of spend on research and development by the Core Department and its agencies, and total Departmental spend each year. The table below shows the information requested in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2013-14 (the last financial year for which a set of accounts has been published).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend on Research and Development (£000)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of Total Departmental Spending</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>106,232</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>108,998</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>101,623</p></td><td><p>4.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>92,304</p></td><td><p>4.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 19/03/2015 15:22:31 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

227293

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
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	Antisocial Behaviour: Noise
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 steps the Government plans to take to protect residents from persistently noisy neighbours.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	227573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Noise Act 1996 already provide local authorities with the necessary powers to tackle problem neighbour noise. This legislation allows local authorities to serve notices to stop the noise and prevent it from happening again.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has also introduced more effective anti-social behaviour powers under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. One of the powers is the Community Protection Notice which the police and local authorities can use to tackle behaviour that is having a detrimental effect on the quality of life of the community, is persistent or continuing and is unreasonable. In addition, apart from the statutory guidance, the Government has also published an information note highlighting how the new powers can be used to deal with noisy neighbours.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 19/03/2015 11:39:25 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy