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77397

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
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	Training
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 awaydays his Department has held for officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost was of each such event.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra officials generally use facilities within the government estate where possible, for “awayday” events. Records of the use of external venues are not held centrally and collecting such information would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 15/07/2014 15:38:34 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77125

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Procurement
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 and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	205213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>This information is not held by the Department and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 15/07/2014 16:52:58 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

77128

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Fisheries
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 his Department is taking to support the fishing industry.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	205011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government's objective for fisheries is to have healthy fish stocks, a prosperous fishing industry and a healthy marine environment. The fundamental reform of the Common Fisheries Policy that the UK worked so hard to achieve has an important role in ensuring this, and the Government will continue to make financial support available under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund to help the sector achieve these objectives.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Regionalisation provides a process to work with other Member States and the industry to making fisheries management decisions closer to the fishery and those affected. This is an important step away from the ‘one-size-fits-all' approach to fisheries management. Legally binding requirements to set fishing rates at sustainable levels ensure an end to the overfishing we have seen in the past. The landing obligation will see an end to the wasteful practice of discards and improvements in avoiding unwanted catches in the first place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All of this will improve fish stocks, allowing greater catches to be taken and thereby providing a more economically and environmentally sustainable future for the fishing industry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/07/2014 16:42:56 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

76629

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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 Supply Networks Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish the final report of the Elliott Review into the integrity and assurance of the food supply networks commissioned by the Secretaries of State for Health and Environment Food and Rural Affairs, following publication of the interim report in December 2013.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The final report of the Review into the Integrity and Assurance of Food Supply networks, led by Professor Chris Elliott, is due to be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 14/07/2014 16:12:50 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

76713

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Parks: Pest 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 guidance his Department provides to local authorities on reducing vermin levels in public parks.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	204713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra does not provide specific advice on reducing vermin levels in public parks. However, the usual good principles of wildlife management apply. Namely, to remove or reduce, as far as is practicable, the factors that attract vermin: access to food, water and shelter. If further action is necessary then the services of properly trained pest controllers should be employed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 14/07/2014 16:10:12 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

76720

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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: Morecambe
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 funding will be allocated to the Lune Valley in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency as part of the recently announced badger vaccination project.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	204820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In April 2013, as part of the Government's Strategy for achieving Officially Bovine Tuberculosis Free Status for England, the Secretary of State announced new support for privately led vaccination initiatives in the Edge Area. Building on ongoing work with stakeholders, including a workshop held on 24 June, a new scheme will be launched shortly and will offer financial and other support, such as training and advice. This will be a grant scheme and as such prospective vaccination projects will need to apply for funding and support. The level of funding and support offered will be dependent on the extent to which successful projects meet the criteria that will be announced as part of the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/07/2014 16:37:10 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

76748

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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 Agency
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 people were employed by the Environment Agency in a full-time capacity in each month since June 2010.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	204990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The tables show the total full time equivalent (FTE) staff employed by the Environment Agency from 30 June 2010 to 30 June 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The numbers fell by 1,070 on 1 April 2013 as a result of the creation of Natural Resources Wales, which absorbed Environment Agency Wales staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The numbers include those staff directly employed on Environment Agency contracts of employment, either permanent or fixed term. The numbers do not include Employment Agency Staff, Consultants or Contractors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figure for January 2014, differs from that included in the reply given to the hon. Member for Garston and Halewood on 24 February 2014, <em>Official Report</em> column 91-92W, where the figure included Employment Agency Staff, Consultants and Contractors staff. The figure given in this reply does not.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 14/07/2014 14:38:46 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson attachment 1 file name 0305 - EA staff levels - tables.doc title FTE staff employed by Environment Agency
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

76756

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Biofuels
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 assessment he has made of the future prospects for farmlands and the pressures posed by a growing population and increased use of energy crops.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	204831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Crops can be a useful source of energy but we need to balance the need for new forms of energy with the need to grow crops for food, and we are working with other government departments to make sure we get this balance right. The Government's bioenergy strategy makes clear that food production must remain the primary goal of agriculture and bioenergy must not undermine food security in the UK or internationally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra is commissioning a collaborative project with the Energy Technology Institute to examine data from 32 existing bioenergy production businesses in England and Wales on food production and environmental sustainability. The project will deliver a set of indicators to help identify the types of bioenergy that can complement food production and those that present risk. Where there is risk to food production the project will consider mitigation measures and issues will be drawn out through case studies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2011 Defra and the Department for International Development co-sponsored the Government Office for Science's Foresight report which explores the increasing pressures on the global food system between now and 2050 and asks how a future global population of nine billion people can all be fed healthily and sustainably. The Report highlights the decisions that policy makers need to take today, and in the years ahead, to ensure that a global population can be fed sustainably and equitably. Defra has embedded the importance of food security across the Department's policies, recognising the many areas of policy that impact on food security outcomes, and we continue to invest significantly in research in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/07/2014 10:35:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

76757

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Morecambe
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 he will estimate how much money his Department has spent in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	204776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department is unable to provide information at this level of detail. However, the tables on pages 72 and 73 of Defra's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14, at the link below, set out analyses of the Department's spending by country and region within the UK, and by function. Notes providing context to the tables appear on page 71.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/328401/defra-year-end-accounts-2013-14.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/328401/defra-year-end-accounts-2013-14.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 15/07/2014 10:47:31 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

76758

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Countryside: Lancashire
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 his policy is on the inclusion of Upper Lune Valley in the (a) Cumbrian National Park and (b) Trough of Bowland area of outstanding natural beauty.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	204798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Designation of National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty is a matter for Natural England. In 2012 Natural England made Variation Orders to extend the boundaries of the Yorkshire Dales and Lake District National Parks. The proposed extensions to the Yorkshire Dales National Park include parts of the Lune Valley. The Orders were subject to a Public Inquiry in 2013 and the Secretary of State is now considering the Inspector's report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/07/2014 16:38:47 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris