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626592

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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: EU Law
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 her policy is on maintaining the standards set out in EU food standards directives after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	51361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>No decisions have yet been taken about the UK’s future relationship with the EU including on matters relating to existing EU law. We will ensure that food standards are maintained in the UK to provide continued high standards for consumers and stability for business.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/11/2016 12:59:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

626597

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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	Animal Welfare
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 she plans to publish her Department's review into animal establishments licensing in England.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	51311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>We expect to publish a document setting out our proposals on our review of the animal activities licensing in dur course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/11/2016 12:57:41 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

626599

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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	Dogs: Sales
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 she will bring forward legislative proposals to (a) end third-party sales of puppies and (b) regulate adverts relating to the private sale of puppies.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	51512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>We are currently reviewing the animal activities licensing schemes, including the breeding and selling of pet animals. We will, in due course, publish a document setting out our proposals for modernising the animal activities licensing schemes.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/11/2016 13:02:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

626601

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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	Livestock: Transport
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 vehicles the Animal and Plant Agency has inspected (a) during the loading of live animals and (b) at ports from which live animals have been exported in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
uin	51396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>Number of vehicles the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has inspected:</p><p>(a) during the loading of live animals:</p><ul><li><p><strong>99 during 2014</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>66 during 2015</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>127 during 2016</strong></p></li></ul><p> </p><p>(b) at ports from which live animals have been exported:</p><ul><li><strong>96 during 2014</strong></li><li><strong>121 during 2015</strong></li><li><strong>72 during 2016</strong></li></ul> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/11/2016 13:01:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

625947

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease 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, how much the Government has paid from the public purse in compensation to farmers for animals culled in efforts to control bovine tuberculosis since 1998.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Rob Marris
uin	51165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Net government compensation paid to farmers for animals culled in efforts to control bovine tuberculosis in England since 1998 is as follows. Net figures take account of any carcass salvage income received by government:</p><ul><li>1998/1999 - £0.2m</li><li>1999/2000 - £4.3m</li><li>2000/2001 - £5.2m</li><li>2001/2002 - £5.9m</li><li>2002/2003 - £23.2m</li><li>2003/2004 - £25.1m</li><li>2004/2005 - £25.2m</li><li>2005/2006 - £30.9m</li><li>2006/2007 - £13.2m</li><li>2007/2008 - £16.1m</li><li>2008/2009 - £28.4m</li><li>2009/2010 - £28.1m</li><li>2010/2011 – £24.3m</li><li>2011/2012 – £23.5m</li><li>2012/2013 – £23.9m</li><li>2013/2014 – £22.6m</li><li>2014/2015 – £20.9m</li><li>2015/2016 – £20.9m</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/11/2016 11:25:56 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1468 label Biography information for Rob Marris

625948

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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	Gamekeepers
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 gamekeepers there were in the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	51070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>Defra does not hold information on employment figures for gamekeepers. There is no requirement for gamekeepers or employers of gamekeepers to report this information to Defra.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/11/2016 14:38:58 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

625949

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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	Gun Sports
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 the value of grouse-shooting to the UK economy was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	51071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>Information on the value of grouse shooting to the UK economy is not held by the Government.</p><p> </p><p>According to an industry report (Public &amp; Corporate Economic Consultants report 2014: The Value of Shooting, found at <a href="http://www.shootingfacts.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.shootingfacts.co.uk</a>) shooting as a whole is estimated to be worth about £2 billion a year to the economy, supporting more than 70,000 full-time equivalent jobs. It is also involved in the management of about two-thirds of the UK’s rural landscape and the report cites £250 million is spent on management activities every year, with substantial benefits for conservation. The Moorland Association estimates that the grouse shooting industry supports 1,520 full-time jobs.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/11/2016 14:43:07 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

627329

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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: Prices
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 assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on food prices for products sourced from developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	907069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK currently sources only a small proportion of its food from developing countries. The most important drivers of retail food price inflation, including for products sourced from developing countries, are commodity prices, exchange rates and oil prices.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/11/2016 11:28:45 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

622582

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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: Apprentices
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 apprenticeships have been created in her Department in each region in each of the last five years; and how many participants in those apprenticeships subsequently secured a job within the Civil Service.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	50806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Departmental apprenticeships within Defra have recently been introduced as a response to the Civil Service annual apprenticeship targets.</p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeship data was not collected in Defra prior to January 2016. Data on apprenticeships is now collected and reported to Cabinet Office quarterly. In the most recent return to Cabinet Office, as of the end of the first quarter of 2016/17, it was reported that two apprenticeships had commenced within the Department, one within London and one within the West Midlands. Both participants are still undertaking their apprenticeship. The data collection exercise for those apprenticeships starting in Quarter 2 is currently underway.</p><p> </p><p>Defra plan to considerably expand their apprenticeship programme in light of the Government’s manifesto commitment to achieve three million new apprenticeship starts in England by the end of the Parliament. We are currently in the process of onboarding new apprentices from a recent recruitment campaign as well as looking at further opportunities to develop our existing employees through apprenticeship schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office will be centrally collecting data on all future apprenticeships to allow the Civil Service to report on its contribution towards the national target and enable tracking of initial outcomes of apprenticeships (e.g. successful completion and continued employment in the Civil Service).</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/11/2016 14:31:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

622585

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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: Iron and Steel
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 estimate she has made of the level of procurement of British steel by her Department in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	50636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>The information is not centrally held in the form requested. Over the last year Government has acted to level the playing field for UK steel producers in light of the complex global challenges faced by the UK steel sector. Last December Government issued guidance to central government departments on how to ensure that they take full account of the value provided by UK steel producers when conducting their procurement activities. This guidance is also being extended to the wider public sector.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/11/2016 13:24:19 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock