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450582

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	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: 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, how many acres of farmland she plans will be protected by government investment in flood defences over the next six years.
	tabling member constituency	Newark
	tabling member printed	Robert Jenrick
	uin	903463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>As a result of the Government’s £2.3 billion, six year capital investment programme more than 420,000 acres of farmland will be better protected by 2021.</p><p>Together with our investment in the last parliament this means that more than a million acres of farmland will be better protected from flooding over this decade.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/02/2016 11:48:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick

226283

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	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	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, how many flood defence schemes are planned to be built under the Government's flood defence programme.
	tabling member constituency	Lincoln
	tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
	uin	908024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>Our 6 year flood defence programme, announced in December, includes more than 1,400 projects across the country. This £2.3 billion investment is a real terms increase and will mean 300,000 more homes will be better protected.</p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/03/2015 09:04:14 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

381990

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	Flood Control: Construction
	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 defence schemes are planned to begin construction under the Government's six-year flood defence programme in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	900419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>161 schemes are due to start construction this financial year: 2015/16. This is part of the Government’s £2.3 billion six-year programme that will better protect 300,000 homes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 18/06/2015 15:21:14 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

437149

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	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	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, how many full-time equivalent Environment Agency staff were employed on maintenance of flood defences on 1 April (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	19674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government has committed to protect flood maintenance funding in real terms over the course of this Parliament.</p><br /><p>The Environment Agency does not record the number of personnel working solely on maintaining flood defences, as the relevant staff undertake a number of activities, including both operating and maintaining defences. Maintenance may also be performed by third parties.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 21/12/2015 13:38:24 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

176425

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2015
	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	Fracking
	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 she will publish without redaction the Shale Gas: Rural Economy Impacts report, published by her Department with redactions in March 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Chippenham
	tabling member printed	Duncan Hames
	uin	907292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>The economic impact of fracking is a matter for the Department for Energy and Climate Change.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The paper that my Hon Friend refers to was an internal draft document. It was not analytically robust and was not signed off by Ministers. It has not been published and we have no plans to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My department is responsible for the environmental aspects of this policy. The Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering review on shale gas concluded if fracking is properly regulated it is safe and has minimal environmental impacts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/01/2015 14:32:54 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	3951 label Biography information for Duncan Hames

439182

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2015
	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	Agriculture: Overseas Trade
	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 effect of her visit to China in November 2015 on opening up new markets to British farmers and producers.
	tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
	tabling member printed	Jo Churchill
	uin	902792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>During my visit to China I concluded deals to open the Chinese market to British barley and pigs trotters, together worth up to £190m over the next five years.</p><p>I also presented the Chinese inspection authorities with a forward plan to open market access to UK poultry meat and beef and lamb.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 17/12/2015 12:20:22 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill

425689

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2015
	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: Exhaust Emissions
	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 effect on air quality of levels of emissions from motor vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
	tabling member printed	Stewart McDonald
	uin	902028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>We have been open about the difference between real world and laboratory testing for diesel cars and our modelling takes into account the gap between laboratory testing and real world emissions. The UK government is committed to taking action on emissions testing. We see real world testing as the ultimate solution and a vital step in tackling air pollution. The vote to introduce RDE in 2017 is an important milestone but we will continue to press at EU level for a comprehensive approach to emissions testing to restore consumer confidence and deliver our wider air quality and climate objectives.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/11/2015 16:38:40 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

533492

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2016
	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: 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, what progress is being made on ensuring that government departments buy more British food.
	tabling member constituency	Burton
	tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
	uin	905732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>All fresh milk served in government establishments and more than 90% of butter and cheese served is made from British milk. This represents £11 million of business for British dairy farmers.</p><p>We are working with all central Departments to ensure their food and catering contracts comply with the balanced scorecard approach.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice recently launched a tender for supplying food to prisons, worth £500m, which requires bids to use the balanced scorecard. From April this year all 30 million portions of UHT milk supplied to prisons each year is 100% British milk. We are working with MoD to develop the best way to embed the balanced scorecard into their forthcoming contracts for the Armed Forces at home and abroad.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/07/2016 16:51:12 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

226942

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	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	Horticulture
	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 her Department is taking to promote British horticulture.
	tabling member constituency	Banbury
	tabling member printed	Sir Tony Baldry
	uin	908034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>There’s huge potential in British Horticulture.</p><p> </p><p>We’re seeing exciting innovation. For example the strawberries season has been extended to 9 months of the year and due to new growing technologies we’ve seen the highest crop of cherries ever.</p><p> </p><p>Two weeks ago I held a roundtable with leading figures in the sector to discuss what more we can do to help them grow.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/03/2015 12:20:59 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	93 label Biography information for Sir Tony Baldry

175937

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2015
	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	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 steps she is taking to ensure the provision of adequate flood protections.
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	uin	907283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>We are investing £3.2 billion on flood management in this parliament; a real term increase and half a billion pounds more than in the previous parliament. Going forward we are making a record level £2.3 billion capital commitment, investing in more than 1,400 schemes to improving defences; a further 9% real terms average increase. We estimate this will provide more than £30 billion of economic benefit and provide better protection for 300,000 households.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/01/2015 11:31:02 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab