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746664

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost to farmers and growers of the reduction in the bee population in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Bees and other pollinators play an essential role in our £100 billion food industry. In 2014, Defra published an independent review of the evidence on the status and value of pollinators. The review estimated that the total value of all pollinators through the value of insect-pollinated crops in the UK was approximately £600 million per year.</p><p> </p><p>The review also identified an overall decline in wild bee diversity over the last 50 years but concluded that we cannot say with confidence whether this impacts generally on the yield or quality of UK crops.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking action to understand better and manage any risks associated with changes in pollinator populations. In collaboration with research institutes and volunteer organisations, we have established a pollinator monitoring and research partnership to gather further data and improve our understanding of the status of pollinators and pollination services in the UK. We have also introduced a Pollinator and Wildlife Package to our Countryside Stewardship Scheme in England and are working with farmers, business and conservation organisations to provide pollinator habitat on farmland, in urban areas and in gardens in order to boost pollinator populations.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 12/07/2017 16:11:11 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

749383

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	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: Pay
	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 and what proportion of staff of his Department and each of his Department's agencies are covered by the remit of a pay review body.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	3604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Only Senior Civil Servants (SCS) in Defra and its Agencies are covered by a pay review body. Delegated grades (Grade 6 and below) and all staff in NDPBs are not covered by a pay review body; they have pay awards that are subject to Treasury pay guidance.</p><p> </p><p>99 people (4.4%) of Defra staff are covered by a pay review body.</p><p>6 people (0.3%) of APHA staff are covered by a pay review body.</p><p>3 people (0.5%) of CEFAS staff are covered by a pay review body.</p><p>7 people (0.4%) of RPA staff are covered by a pay review body.</p><p>3 people (1.9%) of VMD staff are covered by a pay review body.</p><p> </p><p>In total there are 118 people (1.7%) of staff in Defra and its agencies who are covered by a pay review body.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 3600 3602 question first answered 12/07/2017 10:26:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

749385

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	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: Pay
	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 and what proportion of staff of his Department are covered by the remit of a pay review body.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	3600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Only Senior Civil Servants (SCS) in Defra and its Agencies are covered by a pay review body. Delegated grades (Grade 6 and below) and all staff in NDPBs are not covered by a pay review body; they have pay awards that are subject to Treasury pay guidance.</p><p> </p><p>99 people (4.4%) of Defra staff are covered by a pay review body.</p><p>6 people (0.3%) of APHA staff are covered by a pay review body.</p><p>3 people (0.5%) of CEFAS staff are covered by a pay review body.</p><p>7 people (0.4%) of RPA staff are covered by a pay review body.</p><p>3 people (1.9%) of VMD staff are covered by a pay review body.</p><p> </p><p>In total there are 118 people (1.7%) of staff in Defra and its agencies who are covered by a pay review body.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 3602 3604 question first answered 12/07/2017 10:26:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

749384

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	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: Pay
	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 and what proportion of staff within each sponsored non-departmental public body of his Department fall within the remit of a pay review body.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	3602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Only Senior Civil Servants (SCS) in Defra and its Agencies are covered by a pay review body. Delegated grades (Grade 6 and below) and all staff in NDPBs are not covered by a pay review body; they have pay awards that are subject to Treasury pay guidance.</p><p> </p><p>99 people (4.4%) of Defra staff are covered by a pay review body.</p><p>6 people (0.3%) of APHA staff are covered by a pay review body.</p><p>3 people (0.5%) of CEFAS staff are covered by a pay review body.</p><p>7 people (0.4%) of RPA staff are covered by a pay review body.</p><p>3 people (1.9%) of VMD staff are covered by a pay review body.</p><p> </p><p>In total there are 118 people (1.7%) of staff in Defra and its agencies who are covered by a pay review body.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 3600 3604 question first answered 12/07/2017 10:26:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

749381

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	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: EU Law
	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 assistance he is receiving from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to ensure that his Department is fully funded to undertake its review of EU legislation on food and agriculture.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	3332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Over 80% of Defra’s agenda is affected by the vote to leave the European Union. As a result, Defra has reviewed and reprioritised its work programme so that many roles across the Defra group are now supporting EU exit-related work, either directly or indirectly. Given its extensive impact, it is not possible to give an isolated figure of FTE civil servants working on, or budget for, the EU Exit programme alone.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/07/2017 10:46:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

747596

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	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
	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 discussions he has had with each of the devolved administrations on his Department's plans for the reform of agriculture after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	2631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has spoken to Ministers from Scotland and Wales and the Defra Permanent Secretary has been in regular contact with the Permanent Secretary in the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs – Northern Ireland (DAERA-NI). The Secretary of State has also had a number of meetings with stakeholder groups from the devolved nations since his appointment. He met Ministers from the Scottish Government at the Royal Highland Show and plans to meet his Welsh counterparts at the Royal Welsh Show as well as visiting Northern Ireland later this month.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers have had regular meetings with the devolved administrations over the past year.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/07/2017 10:53:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

748149

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	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	Beaches and Rivers: Litter and Sewage
	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 he has to ensure that the UK's rivers and beaches are not polluted by sewage or litter.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	2876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government published the first Litter Strategy for England on 10 April, setting out our aim to clean up the country, including rivers and beaches.</p><p> </p><p>Our strategy is to apply best practice in education, enforcement and infrastructure to deliver a substantial reduction in litter and littering behaviour within a generation. The common aim of all the actions in the Litter Strategy is to change the behaviour of those who currently feel that it is acceptable to drop litter. By reducing the amount of litter dropped, and improving cleaning, we will also reduce the litter reaching our rivers and beaches.</p><p> </p><p>Pollution caused by sewage is controlled by discharge permits issued by the Environment Agency (EA) which must meet the requirements of various environmental regulations including the Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations and Bathing Water Regulations. In England, between 2015 and 2020 water companies are investing over £2 billion to improve their sewerage infrastructure, guided by the requirements of the EA. This includes investment to improve sewage treatment works and collecting systems with the aim of reducing the polluting impact of sewage discharges on beaches and rivers. The results to date are that bathing waters are at their highest ever quality, thousands of miles of rivers have been improved and the number of pollution incidents greatly reduced.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/07/2017 10:38:28 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

747733

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	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: Disease 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 recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the 25 year strategy for tackling bovine TB.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	2579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is taking strong action to deliver a long-term plan to eradicate bovine TB. The comprehensive strategy includes strengthening cattle testing and movement controls, improving biosecurity on farm and when trading, and badger control in areas where TB is rife.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The strategy is delivering results. Later this year we will apply for Officially TB free status in the Low Risk Area of the country where there is no significant TB in wildlife.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/07/2017 11:07:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

748152

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	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
	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 ensure a common UK environmental framework when the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	2842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Defra is working closely with the devolved administrations, sharing factual information and establishing views and priorities to get the best possible deal for all parts of our United Kingdom as we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government will work carefully to ensure that, as powers are repatriated from the EU framework, the appropriate powers are retained in Westminster and the appropriate powers are passed to the devolved administrations. In doing this, we will maintain the necessary common standards and frameworks for our own domestic market and empower the UK as an open, trading nation to strike the best trade deals around the world.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/07/2017 11:15:37 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord