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1718007

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
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: Buildings
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 of 14 May to Question 24911 on Buildings, what was the (a) location and (b) operating body of each building.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	26156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The locations of the four properties identified with RAAC are:</p><p> </p><p>1. Starcross, Exeter</p><p>2. Worcester County Hall, Worcester</p><p>3. Polwhele, Truro</p><p>4. Itchen Abbas, Winchester.</p><p> </p><p>All have been either declared safe, or partially or fully vacated to minimise risk while remediation is underway. The operating body for each property is Defra Group Property, who both work with landlords and manage a range of building occupiers across core Defra, our Executive Agencies and Arm’s Length Bodies.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 21/05/2024 12:35:36 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1716093

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) has been found on his Department's estate.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	24911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>After significant survey work across the estate, we have identified 4 Properties where RAAC is present. Where necessary for Health and Safety, buildings have been closed or partially closed to enable remediation.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 14/05/2024 15:04:44 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1686386

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
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: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
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 his Department’s transparency data Spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card solution for September 2023, updated on 20 December 2023, what the purpose was of spending £630 with See Tickets on Other Miscellaneous Expenses.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	12327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>The expenditure of £630 relates to the purchase of 30 tickets to a UK Parliament Multimedia Tour on 9 August 2023. This formed part of a summer internship induction day. The tour gave interns knowledge on the history, heritage and work of UK Parliament today as they begin working for Defra.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 09/02/2024 18:34:12 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1682979

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
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: ICT
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 the Fifty-first Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2022-23 on Tackling Defra’s ageing digital services, HC 737, published on 10 May 2023, what steps his Department has taken to replace legacy computer systems since the publication of that report.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	10129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>We continue to invest in replacing legacy IT systems, both through the dedicated upgrade programmes and through major programme deliveries.</p><p>For example, our Legacy Application Programme is addressing technical debt which includes exiting from old data centres, removing obsolescence, bringing applications into mainstream support, and improving their security posture. Over 180 applications have had their most critical legacy technology addressed through this programme. We are addressing legacy technology in other applications through digital transformation and policy programmes where this provides a better coordinated approach. This approach has enabled us to remediate the most critical legacy technology and continue to remediate priority applications to April 2025.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 29/01/2024 11:51:05 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1673134

registered interest
date	27/11/2023
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: Staff
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 flood support officers his Department employed in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	3818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) does not have “flood support officers” as a role. The EA has numerous flood incident response roles that staff hold alongside their day jobs. Staff are regularly trained and exercised in these roles. Some of these roles are only activated during an incident and some are on standby 24/7 365 days a year.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 30/11/2023 17:43:21 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1660195

registered interest
date	12/09/2023
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	Sewage: Sunderland
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 sewage releases there have been in (a) Sunderland and (b) the Sunderland Central constituency in (i) 2023 and (ii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	199149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) provides information on when and for how long sewage discharges have occurred. All EDM data is published <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenvironment.data.gov.uk%2Fdataset%2F21e15f12-0df8-4bfc-b763-45226c16a8ac&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C58579eebdf0840e3a4dc08dbb53aa4d8%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638303035691931912%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=IDJaCsYzqPB0yatK%2BciBUT3Wl1N3Xu%2FV9RzR4CRu9A4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">online (opens in a new tab)</a> annually since 2020. The 2022 data was published in <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fenvironment-agency-publishes-event-duration-monitoring-data-for-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C58579eebdf0840e3a4dc08dbb53aa4d8%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638303035691931912%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=cWWEZS8KhPJV9nHHmmgtn%2BciojDx%2Ber7mzEqnIxQN1E%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">March 2023 (opens in a new tab)</a>. The full EDM data set for 2023 will be published by the Environment Agency in March 2024.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 199478 question first answered 19/09/2023 10:56:51 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1385789

registered interest
date	07/12/2021
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	Landfill: Sunderland
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 environmental impact of the Halliwell Banks Landfill site on the surrounding area.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	88720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>The former Halliwell Banks landfill site falls under the scope of the Part 2a Contaminated Land regime and was designated a “special site” as a result of its potential impact to the groundwater in the Principal Aquifer, the North Sea and the Northumberland Costal Special Protection Area. Following the 2A regime, “Appropriate Persons” with a link to the site have been identified, and, in accordance with the statutory procedure, required to commission a post determination report examining the issues with the site. This report is currently being jointly scrutinised by the Environment Agency and Natural England, who expect to make a determination on its suitability in coming months.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 88721 88722 question first answered 14/12/2021 15:52:13 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1385790

registered interest
date	07/12/2021
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	Landfill: Sunderland
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 he has made of the potential costs of mitigating potential negative impacts of the Halliwell Banks Landfill site on the surrounding area (a) as at 7 December 2021, (b) in 10 years and (c) in 20 years.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	88721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>The former Halliwell Banks landfill site falls under the scope of the Part 2a Contaminated Land regime and was designated a “special site” as a result of its potential impact to the groundwater in the Principal Aquifer, the North Sea and the Northumberland Costal Special Protection Area. Following the 2A regime, “Appropriate Persons” with a link to the site have been identified, and, in accordance with the statutory procedure, required to commission a post determination report examining the issues with the site. This report is currently being jointly scrutinised by the Environment Agency and Natural England, who expect to make a determination on its suitability in coming months.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 88720 88722 question first answered 14/12/2021 15:52:13 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1385791

registered interest
date	07/12/2021
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	Landfill: Sunderland
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 risk to public health as a result of the Halliwell Banks Landfill site.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	88722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>The former Halliwell Banks landfill site falls under the scope of the Part 2a Contaminated Land regime and was designated a “special site” as a result of its potential impact to the groundwater in the Principal Aquifer, the North Sea and the Northumberland Costal Special Protection Area. Following the 2A regime, “Appropriate Persons” with a link to the site have been identified, and, in accordance with the statutory procedure, required to commission a post determination report examining the issues with the site. This report is currently being jointly scrutinised by the Environment Agency and Natural England, who expect to make a determination on its suitability in coming months.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 88720 88721 question first answered 14/12/2021 15:52:13 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1357273

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
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	Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011
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 enforcement actions have been made under the Waste Regulations 2011 since those regulations came into law; and if he will provide a list of all enforcement actions taken under those regulations.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	52491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) has taken 46 enforcement actions under the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 since they came into force. Alongside these enforcement actions, the EA issues cautions and advice and guidance to operators where appropriate to bring them into legal compliance. The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 legislation is one part of the enforcement framework for waste that the EA works under.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 18/10/2021 13:54:20 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott