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346846

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the Basic Payment Scheme was not rolled out online as originally announced: what was the additional cost to the taxpayer of returning to paper-based British Payment Scheme applications; what assessment they have made of the reasons for the failure of the online roll-out; and in the light of the date for final submissions of completed Basic Payment Scheme forms being extended from 15 May to 15 June, whether there will be any delay in making payments to farmers by the end of 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Willoughby de Broke
uin	HL84
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>While the core of the new online Rural Payments system is working well, there have been performance problems around the interface between the customer portal and the back end of the system. That one area was not consistently stable and it was having a negative effect on the rest of the service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As a result, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) switched the approach to delivery of the Basic Payment Scheme in 2015 to one where farmers and their agents use existing forms to complete their claims by the extended deadline.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Over the longer term we will continue to work on a user-friendly web interface - but for this claim year the priority is making sure farm businesses get the help and support they need to get their claims in on time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are currently assessing the additional costs from the revised approach.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The RPA will be making full payments as early as possible in the payments window, which opens in December.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 10/06/2015 16:40:42 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1775 label Biography information for Lord Willoughby de Broke

346900

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: South West
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 proportion of badgers exterminated through culling in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Somerset were found to carry bovine tuberculosis in all instances in which tests were carried out in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>Badgers culled under licence in Somerset and Gloucestershire in 2013 and 2014 were not routinely tested for tuberculosis (TB), since this research had already been carried out under the Random Badger Cull Trial (RBCT).</p><p>However, testing of badgers between 1998 and 2005 via the Randomised Badger Culling Trial and Road Traffic Accident surveys provided evidence of the typical prevalence of TB in badgers in areas of high incidence of TB in cattle. TB was found in around one third of all badgers in these areas.</p><p>During the culls, four badger carcasses were tested on occasion at the specific request of landowners. The tests were carried out by independent veterinary surgeons. Of the four carcasses, one carcass was confirmed to be infected with Bovine TB.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/06/2015 11:36:57 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

346913

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Food: Consumption
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 she is taking to encourage the consumption of (a) eggs, (b) bacon, (c) chicken and (d) butter.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	72
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>This Government is helping to grow the UK’s food and drink industry, which remains the country’s biggest manufacturing sector contributing £103 billion a year to our economy and employing 1 in 8 people.</p><p>Consumers both here and abroad want to buy great British food and drink. We are championing British produce overseas using the GREAT campaign, supporting companies to increase their exports and opening new markets for animal and animal products including poultry, pigmeat and dairy.</p><p>We are encouraging UK producers to raise the profile of unique regional products and boost their sales under the EU Protected Food Name scheme. We are pressing for better country of origin labelling in Europe, particularly for dairy, so that our consumers can identify and buy quality British produce. The Plan for Public Procurement: Food and Catering Services, published in July 2014, guarantees that all central government departments purchase food to British standards of production.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/06/2015 10:38:59 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

346984

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Food: Waste
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 she is taking to encourage reductions in food wastage.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	62
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>Through the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), the Government is working with food manufacturers and retailers to meet targets to reduce food waste from households and the grocery supply chain under the Courtauld Commitment. There has been a 15% (1.3 million tonnes) reduction in household food waste since 2007 and signatories reported a reduction of 7.4% in food supply chain waste since 2010. The third phase of the Courtauld Commitment targets a further 1.1 million tonnes of food and packaging waste reduction by the end of this year.</p><p>The Love Food Hate Waste programme helps UK households to reduce food waste and save money through awareness raising and consumer advice. There is also an agreement with the hospitality sector with targets to prevent and manage food waste in restaurants, pubs and canteens.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 01/06/2015 12:40:49 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

346988

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Herons: 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, what steps she is taking to improve the habitat of bitterns.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	65
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>Like all wild birds, the bittern is protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Under this Act it is an offence to kill or injure any wild bird; take, damage or destroy the nest of any wild bird while that nest is in use or being built; and take or destroy an egg of any wild bird.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Bittern habitat is also protected and improved through being designated and managed as Special Protection Areas under the EU Habitats Directive, and as Sites of Special Scientific Interest.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 1994 Natural England (then English Nature) initiated a Bittern Recovery Programme. By 2012 restoration of approximately 2500 hectares of bittern reed-bed habitat at 80 sites across the UK had been achieved. This resulted in an increase of bittern numbers, from a 1997 low of 11 males to a high of 140 males in 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 02/06/2015 09:56:40 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

229486

registered interest
date	25/03/2015
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	Rights of Way
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, under the provisions of the Deregulation Bill, rights of way officers have a duty to persuade objectors to a footpath deregulation order agreed by a county council to correct an error in the definitive footpath map in order to prevent an appeal to the Secretary of State.
tabling member printed	Lord Skelmersdale
uin	HL5947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p><em>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member</em></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 26/03/2015 17:02:38 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	3121 label Biography information for Lord Skelmersdale

229377

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
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	Forest of Dean
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 given by Baroness Kramer on 18 June 2014, Lords Hansard, column 899, what her policy is on transferring the Public Estate Forest Land at Cinderford North Quarter site in the National Heritage Forest of Dean for development.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Martin Horwood
uin	228919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p><strong>I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave to his previous question on 10 March 2015, PQ UIN 226483.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 26/03/2015 08:43:38 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1499 label Biography information for Martin Horwood

229378

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
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	Climate Change
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 invite the Pensions Regulator to submit a Climate Change Adaptation Report looking at the effect of climate change on the UK pensions sector.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Martin Horwood
uin	228920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The current round of reporting under the Adaptation Reporting Power is already underway and its scope was subject to a full public consultation. The Pensions Regulator was not invited to report.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will review and consult on the third round of reporting, taking account of our latest assessment of climate risk, during which the involvement of a range of new reporters will be considered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 26/03/2015 06:31:20 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1499 label Biography information for Martin Horwood

229116

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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 research her Department has commissioned from external bodies between September 2010 and December 2014 has not been published; when each such report was commissioned; what the nature of the research commissioned for each such report was; from whom each such research report was commissioned; what the value of each such commission was; on what date each such report was received by her Department; for what reason each such research report has not yet been published; and when she plans to publish each such report.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	228841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Details for all core Defra’s research projects including description, contractor, cost and publications, commissioned between September 2010 and December 2014 are published online at <a href="http://randd.defra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://randd.defra.gov.uk/</a>. Defra is committed to publishing the results of high quality research and contractors are encouraged to publish articles in scientific journals. Core Defra publishes final research reports online and exceptions tend to relate to risks to personal or national security or limitations identified by specialist reviewers. The department does not hold centrally a record of which exemption applies to individual research projects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 26/03/2015 06:21:51 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

229117

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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	Government Departments: Timber
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 Greening Government Commitments Annual Report 2013 to 2014, published in February 2015, what steps she plans to take to improve implementation of policy on procurement of construction timber and office furniture by government departments.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Martin Horwood
uin	228709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government continues to promote and support the Timber Procurement Policy (TPP). This includes the provision of practical advice to public sector procurers and suppliers through the Central Point of Expertise on Timber (CPET), which provides guidance and information through a helpdesk and regular, targeted workshops. Central Government Departments report annually on the application of the policy in construction contracts for the purposes of the Greening Government Commitments. CPET is reviewing the certification schemes that support the TPP to ensure they are sufficiently robust, and will report in the summer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I am writing to Departments reminding them of the importance of the TPP, pointing them to the example of best practice of the Environment Agency as summarised in WWF’s recent report on Government implementation of the TPP, and asking for details of how they are ensuring implementation, for example by including the TPP in contracts and in key performance indicators. The Government Buying Standards (GBS) for Construction and for Timber Products require the TPP to be met. These GBS are now included in the CCS Facilities Management Framework contract, with work ongoing to ensure all future Government contracts include these criteria.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 26/03/2015 06:29:22 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1499 label Biography information for Martin Horwood