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179589

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	Dredging
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 (a) time taken and (b) cost of dredging operations undertaken by the Environment Agency was in the (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14 financial years in each operational area; and what the expected benefits of such operations were.
tabling member constituency	Meon Valley
tabling member printed	George Hollingbery
uin	224541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Dredging is not identified as a separate category within the Environment Agency’s budget allocations or work recording systems, as it is often carried out at the same time as other channel activities. It is included within the broader category of ‘conveyance’ on which the Environment Agency spent around £45 million and £32 million in total in 2012/13 and 2013/14 respectively. The Environment Agency carries out conveyance work, including dredging, where it cost effectively reduces flood risk to people and property. The Environment Agency estimate that, on average, conveyance work provides about £7 of reduced flood damages for every pound spent. Dredging can provide other benefits, such as land drainage and navigation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The funding spent on conveyance in each operational Environment Agency area was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Environment Agency Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Allocated (£M) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Allocated (£M) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>1.03</p></td><td><p>0.56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria and Lancashire</p></td><td><p>3.77</p></td><td><p>1.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>2.31</p></td><td><p>2.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon and Cornwall</p></td><td><p>2.77</p></td><td><p>1.31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex Norfolk and Suffolk</p></td><td><p>3.96</p></td><td><p>1.07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire</p></td><td><p>4.41</p></td><td><p>4.47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire and North London</p></td><td><p>4.48</p></td><td><p>3.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent and South London</p></td><td><p>3.95</p></td><td><p>3.12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>3.26</p></td><td><p>2.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland Durham and Tees</p></td><td><p>1.11</p></td><td><p>1.73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire Herefordshire Worcestershire and Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>1.07</p></td><td><p>1.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solent and South Downs</p></td><td><p>2.01</p></td><td><p>2.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire Warwickshire and West Midlands</p></td><td><p>1.27</p></td><td><p>1.42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>2.01</p></td><td><p>1.38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Thames</p></td><td><p>4.12</p></td><td><p>1.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>3.43</p></td><td><p>1.82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 44.95 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32.27</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information on the time it took for each of the dredging operations to be undertaken.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 23/02/2015 15:37:13 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery

179590

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	Dredging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions the Environment Agency has (a) issued warnings and (b) brought prosecutions as a result of dredging or channel maintenance activities in each of the last three years; on how many occasions referrals were made to the police following such activities; and which rivers were affected in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Meon Valley
tabling member printed	George Hollingbery
uin	224542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The Environment Agency has a range of enforcement and sanction options that it can employ against those undertaking dredging or channel maintenance works incorrectly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Environment Agency officers do issue warnings and, where appropriate, make referrals to the police. However, the Environment Agency does not hold statistics on this centrally.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 23/02/2015 15:41:42 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery

179591

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	Land Drainage
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 estimate she has made of the comparative costs of (a) connecting new minor developments to surface water main drainage and (b) utilising sustainable drainage systems for such developments in the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Meon Valley
tabling member printed	George Hollingbery
uin	224543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Defra Research &amp; Development project WT1505 provides estimates of the comparative costs of sustainable drainage (SuDS) versus conventional drainage (to Building Regulations) for a minor development as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Small site<br> (&lt;0.2ha, 8 properties, 1 outfall)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Capital (construction) costs</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Maintenance costs (per annum)</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>SuDS (£)</p></td><td><p>Conventional<br> (£)</p></td><td><p>SuDS (£)</p></td><td><p>Conventional (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost estimate (SuDS: “normal” permeability)</p></td><td><p>44,000</p></td><td><p>59,200</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p>188</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These estimates relate to what the research classed as “normal” permeability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Using SuDS on sites with different permeability levels could incur higher or lower construction and maintenance costs. However, under the Government’s approach there is a presumption that conventional approaches to drainage can be used where construction costs would otherwise be higher.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 23/02/2015 12:09:52 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery

179595

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	Biodiversity
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 plans she has to introduce biodiversity offsetting; and whether ancient woodland will be exempt.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Joan Walley
uin	224406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government is not proposing any policy change regarding biodiversity offsetting at this point. As recommended by the Environmental Audit Committee and others, Defra waited for - and is considering - the report on the six offsetting pilots before making any further decisions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has always been clear that any policy change regarding offsetting would not alter existing protections in the planning system such as those for ancient woodland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/02/2015 12:12:59 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	286 label Biography information for Joan Walley

179623

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	Animals: Waste Disposal
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 analysis and research her Department has undertaken into the potential risk to human health of the transportation of animal carcasses and animal products in unsealed and unrefrigerated vehicles to rendering facilities.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	224369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Defra has not undertaken research into the potential risk to human health of the transportation of animal carcasses and animal products in unsealed and unrefrigerated vehicles to rendering facilities.</p><p>EU animal by-products (ABP) legislation, which is in force to protect public and animal health, requires animal carcasses and other ABP material to be collected and transported in sealed new packaging or covered leak-proof containers or vehicles at an appropriate temperature. Non-compliance with this requirement is a criminal offence under the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013. In addition, the Government has been urging the rendering industry to consider what improvements can be made to current practice when transporting ABPs and on the issue of cooling carcasse material.</p><p>The Department understands that the rendering industry is currently undertaking and funding its own research into the costs and benefits of chilling ABPs during storage and transport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/02/2015 11:15:40 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

179711

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	Motor Vehicles: Rights of Way
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the voting protocol for their proposed stakeholder working group on off-road recreational motor vehicles; and what is the proposed timetable for the group to report its findings to ministers and for the ensuing public consultation.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL4993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The proposed stakeholder working group on off-road recreational motor vehicles will not need to establish a voting protocol as it will deliver a report stating, if necessary, where there are differences of opinion, or where there is no consensus. It will then be for Ministers to decide what proposals in the report to take forward.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will set a target timeframe of 18 months for the group to report to Ministers and a public consultation will follow afterwards.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 23/02/2015 17:20:42 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

179200

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
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	Dog Fighting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to end dog fighting.
tabling member printed	Lord Hoyle
uin	HL4937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Dog fighting has been banned in this country for over 100 years. It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and punishable by up to six months’ imprisonment and a fine of £20,000 or both. In addition, the police have powers to investigate allegations of dog fighting as well as powers of arrest against those suspected of being involved in this barbaric practice.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 23/02/2015 16:36:02 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	1000 label Biography information for Lord Hoyle

179253

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
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	Hunting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the United for Wildlife's follow-up to the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade, what representations they are making to ensure that subsistence hunters are not being criminalised or evicted from their lands in the name of conservation.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL4990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>We have not made any specific representations on this issue.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is one of the global leaders in the response to the illegal trade in wildlife. At the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade held in February 2014 more than 40 Governments committed to action designed to strengthen law enforcement, reduce demand and support alternative livelihoods of communities affected by poaching and trafficking. These Governments recognised the illegal trade in wildlife as a major barrier to sustainable, inclusive and balanced economic development that damages ecosystems, undermines good governance and the rule of law, threatens security, and reduces the revenue and local benefits earned from economic activities such as wildlife‐based tourism and the sustainable utilisation of and legal trade in wildlife. They recognised that sustainable livelihoods will be best supported by engaging with communities living in and around protected areas to reflect their needs alongside those of local wildlife.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We welcome the leadership of the Botswana Government in hosting the Kasane Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade on 25 March as a follow-up to the London Conference.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 23/02/2015 13:30:58 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

179297

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
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	National Parks
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 the draft Governance of National Parks (England) and the Broads Bill will be published.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	224249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The draft Bill on governance in English national parks and the Broads, announced in the Queen’s Speech, will be published when it is ready and is the next step in the Government’s review of their governance and local accountability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 23/02/2015 11:57:04 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

179298

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
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	Crans Montana Forum: Western Sahara
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 she has made of the declaration by the African Union that the Crans Montana Forum in Dakhla, occupied Western Sahara, should be cancelled.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
uin	224248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Having received no invitation, no assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 23/02/2015 11:06:18 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams