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61084

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Flood 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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of water infrastructure investment plans in tackling the problem of flooding; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	904181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Ofwat is assessing water infrastructure investment plans for 2015-2020 under the 2014 water price review. All water and sewerage companies have a duty derived from recent legislation to place greater emphasis on flood risk planning.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Water Industry Act 1991 has also been amended to make clear that sewerage undertakers can construct and use Sustainable Drainage Systems to fulfil their statutory duty to effectually drain an area where it is the most economical solution.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 12/06/2014 14:13:41 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

61315

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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
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 he is taking to help rural food and drink producers.
tabling member constituency	Hereford and South Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Jesse Norman
uin	904183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Stimulating economic growth in rural areas is a key priority for Defra and I recognise the importance of the food and drink sector to the rural economy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Rural Development Programme is now and will continue to support food and drink producers in rural areas to deliver growth and create jobs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are helping local food businesses gain recognition for protected food names. Over 60 British foods are now recognised in this way, including Herefordshire Cider and Perry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/06/2014 16:41:47 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman

61372

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Hill 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 steps the Government is taking to support moorland farmers.
tabling member constituency	Central Devon
tabling member printed	Mel Stride
uin	904182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We will almost double the direct payment rate in the moorland from 2015. We will also equalise the payment rates in the Severely Disadvantaged Area and the lowland. Taken together, these changes will distribute direct payments more equitably across English farms. They will also ensure that upland farmers on large areas of moorland are not put at a disadvantage in comparison with other upland farmers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/06/2014 16:40:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride

61518

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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
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 he has made of progress in other countries on tackling bovine TB in cattle and wildlife.
tabling member constituency	Montgomeryshire
tabling member printed	Glyn Davies
uin	904180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The success of the bovine TB eradication policies pursued in countries such as Australia, New Zealand, the United States, the Republic of Ireland and France demonstrates the need to bear down on the disease effectively in both cattle and in wildlife.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is no single solution.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/06/2014 16:38:51 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4041 label Biography information for Glyn Davies

61519

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Horses
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 he has made of the burden of regulation on the equine industry in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
uin	904186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As part of the Red Tape Challenge Agriculture theme, we announced in January the Government's intention to scrap 156 regulations and improve 134 others. There were 11 reform proposals related to equine regulation in Defra's Agriculture theme. An implementation plan containing these proposals was contained in Defra's “Better for Business – Strategic Reform Plan” published on 09 April 2014 which is available publicly, online.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/06/2014 16:42:59 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley

61520

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Flood Control: Severn Estuary
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 he is taking to improve and maintain flood defences along the Severn Estuary.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
uin	904187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>During this financial year the Environment Agency will invest £380,000 in maintaining flood defences and structures on the Severn Estuary in Gloucestershire. An additional £2 million will be invested to repair flood defences and structures damaged during the winter floods.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Severn Estuary Flood Risk Management Strategy identified a need for around £58 million of funding in Gloucestershire over the next 100 years to maintain or improve flood defences in the Estuary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 12/06/2014 15:48:15 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael

61521

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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, what level of funding his Department provides to tackle the effects of climate change; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Graeme Morrice
uin	904184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra spent £8.3 million in 2013-14 under its core adapting to climate change programme. This included £4.1 million to the Met Office Hadley Centre for the provision of world-leading climate science, and £1.6 million to the Environment Agency's Climate Ready support service to help organisations across England adapt to a changing climate. Adaptation is mainstreamed across Government. Other departments and other Defra programmes also fund activities that build resilience to climate change.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 12/06/2014 14:23:45 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4012 label Biography information for Graeme Morrice

60461

registered interest
date	06/06/2014
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	Floods: Insurance
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 criteria will be used to determine whether a property owner is eligible to access building insurance policies within Flood Re.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	199499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The criteria that the insurance industry will use to determine if a property is eligible for cover through Flood Re was set out in the information note published in March. It can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/292353/water-bill-flood-insurance-scope-flood-re.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/292353/water-bill-flood-insurance-scope-flood-re.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 11/06/2014 15:49:55 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

60462

registered interest
date	06/06/2014
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	Floods: Insurance
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 he has made of research carried out by the British Insurance Brokers Association into the difficulties that groups excluded from accessing buildings insurance within Flood Re are experiencing in accessing affordable flood insurance; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	199500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The survey by the British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) has been considered with interest.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra has commissioned its own research to monitor the market for flood insurance. This will include the market for domestic insurance, for which Flood Re has been designed, and the market for commercial flood insurance, for which Flood Re was not designed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I am planning to discuss this issue of commercial flood insurance with BIBA and representative organisations from the property sector at a round-table meeting later this month.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 11/06/2014 14:31:42 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

58345

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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	Environment Protection: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which companies have been (a) given warnings because of breaches of environmental law and (b) prosecuted for such breaches in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	199354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>a) Warnings: The table below shows the total number of written warnings issued by the Environment Agency to companies in England for breaches of environmental law for the period since 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No of written warnings issued by the Environment Agency in England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>16,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>13,774</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>12,009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>9,964</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>10,093</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total for period </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>61,980</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Due to the high volume, as recorded in the above table, it would incur disproportionate cost to collate the names of the individual companies who received such warnings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Records of any warning or warnings issued to the operator of a permitted site are held on the Environment Agency's public registers, which can be viewed at the relevant Environment Agency Area office. Alternatively, any individual may request information from the Environment Agency National Customer Contact Centre on a particular site or sites by telephoning 03708 506 506 or emailing enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>b) Prosecutions: The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted 760 companies in England over the last five full calendar years. A list of the companies, in each year, will be placed in the House Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 12/06/2014 14:38:06 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck