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846920

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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	Bottles: Plastics
	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 his Department has made of the feasibility of setting a precise date for the complete phasing out of single-use plastic bottles.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	129094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>This Government has not undertaken an assessment of the feasibility of setting a precise date for the complete phasing out of single-use plastic bottles.</p><p> </p><p>In autumn 2017 an independent working group set up under the Litter Strategy for England held a call for evidence on measures to reduce littering of drinks containers and promote recycling. This included seeking evidence on the costs, benefits and impacts of deposit return schemes. The working group has recently submitted its report to Ministers, who will make a decision on next steps shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/03/2018 11:27:25 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

847064

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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: Fairtrade Initiative
	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 proportion of his Department's spend on day-to-day goods has comprised fair trade products in each of the last eight years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	129238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Defra’s finance system does not record whether a supplier provides fair trade products. To ascertain whether such products have been provided would require the manual examination of thousands of transactions. This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/03/2018 17:58:09 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847137

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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: Trade Unions
	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 percentage of workers employed directly by his Department belonged to a trade union in each of the last five years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	129311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The “check off” facility, which allowed for the deduction of trade union subscriptions from departmental employees pay, ended on 31 January 2015. Therefore a complete set of data to give an accurate figure for the percentage of employees who were trade union members for the period requested is not held by the department.</p><p> </p><p>At the point of check off removal on 31 January 2015, Defra and its agencies had approximately 36% of employees paying trade union subscriptions through check off.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/03/2018 17:34:51 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847117

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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: Zero Hours Contracts
	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 (a) full-time staff, (b) part-time staff, (c) temporary staff and (d) any other staff on zero hour contracts were employed directly by their Department in each of the last eight years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	129291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The breakdown of staff employed in the department in each of the last eight years is shown below. Data is shown as at 31 March each year, except for the 2017/18 financial year which is shown as at 31 January 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20/1112</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Full-Time Payroll staff</strong></p></td><td><p>3015</p></td><td><p>1678</p></td><td><p>1460</p></td><td><p>1818</p></td><td><p>1804</p></td><td><p>1899</p></td><td><p>1902</p></td><td><p>2238</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Part-Time Payroll staff</strong></p></td><td><p>548</p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>264</p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>315</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Payroll Staff</strong></p></td><td><p>3563</p></td><td><p>1950</p></td><td><p>1968</p></td><td><p>2086</p></td><td><p>2068</p></td><td><p>2171</p></td><td><p>2164</p></td><td><p>2553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Temporary staff</strong></p><p><strong>(non-payroll)</strong></p></td><td><p>339</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Zero-Hours</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total All Staff</strong></p></td><td><p>3902</p></td><td><p>2071</p></td><td><p>2043</p></td><td><p>2184</p></td><td><p>2159</p></td><td><p>2244</p></td><td><p>2237</p></td><td><p>2672</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Increases in payroll staff and temporary (non-payroll) numbers between 2016/17 and 2017/18 are due to recruitment to support EU Exit, corporate services transformation and prioritisation of work between the Arm’s Length Bodies / Executive Agencies and the department to support work on EU Exit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not Defra Policy to employ staff on “Zero-Hours” contracts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/03/2018 13:35:46 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

846900

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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	Incinerators: Testing
	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 procedure is used when waste incinerators are tested for the emission of dioxins and furans.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	129074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Emissions of dioxins and furans from waste incinerators are tested according to the method specified in Annex VI of the European Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) and the technical requirements of the European monitoring standard (BS EN 1948). This involves passing the exhaust gases from the chimney through a filter and some absorbent material for a period of 6-8 hours. The filter and absorbent material are then analysed in a laboratory where the total amount of dioxins and furans on them is measured, and from this the concentration of dioxins and furans in the exhaust gases is calculated.</p><p> </p><p>Testing is done in this way on a quarterly basis in the first year of the incinerator’s operation and twice a year thereafter (in line with IED requirements). The monitoring contractors and equipment that they use must be approved or certified under the Environment Agency’s Monitoring Certification Scheme to ensure reliable results.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 27/02/2018 11:42:20 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

846901

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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
	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 total amount was of municipal solid waste generated in each of the last ten years.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	129075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>Data on all waste collected and managed by local authorities is published annually in our statistical release entitled ‘Statistics on waste managed by local authorities in England’. This relates to primarily household waste.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please see Table 1 attached for financial year data on all waste generated within the remit of local authorities in England from 2007/08 to 2016/17.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/03/2018 12:37:31 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey attachment 1 file name Table 1..docx title Local authority (LA) collected waste generation, E
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

846892

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reports his Department has received of foxes killed by trail hunts by police force area since 26 December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	129066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>We have received no reports of foxes killed by trail hunts by police force area since 26 December 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 27/02/2018 11:57:03 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

846866

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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: Labelling
	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 his Department has made of the changes required in (a) domestic standards, (b) international standards and (c) domestic legislation once the UK has left the EU to provide for the mandatory labelling of the (i) origin and (ii) methods of production and processing of imported meat and dairy ingredients in (A) fresh, (B) processed and (C) pre-prepared products sold in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	129040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is proud of our high standards of food safety and these will not be watered down when we leave the EU. We will keep our existing UK legislation, and the EU Withdrawal Bill will convert EU law into UK law as it applies once we have left the EU.</p><p> </p><p>This means that origin labelling for foods will be required where the consumer would be misled if it were not given. In addition, the rules for compulsory origin labelling of beef, veal, lamb, mutton, pork, goat and poultry meat, fish and shellfish, honey, olive oil, wine and most fruit and vegetables will be in place. The majority of meat and dairy products sold at retail have transparent origin labelling provided voluntarily for the meat or dairy ingredients, and we continue to support the voluntary principles on country of origin labelling.</p><p> </p><p>Method of production labelling is not required for food although some producers provide it on a voluntary basis. If it is provided it must be accurate and must not mislead the consumer: the Government has no plans to change this once we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>When we leave the EU, there will be an opportunity to review labelling requirements for all foods, to ensure that we maintain the highest standards of quality and transparency for consumers and take the greatest opportunities for marketing our great British food across the world.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 129041 question first answered 27/02/2018 12:01:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

846867

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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: Labelling
	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 Cabinet colleagues on the changes required in (a) domestic standards, (b) international standards and (c) domestic legislation once the UK has left the EU to provide for the mandatory labelling of the (i) origin and (ii) methods of production and processing of imported meat and dairy ingredients in (A) fresh, (B) processed and (C) pre-prepared products sold in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	129041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is proud of our high standards of food safety and these will not be watered down when we leave the EU. We will keep our existing UK legislation, and the EU Withdrawal Bill will convert EU law into UK law as it applies once we have left the EU.</p><p> </p><p>This means that origin labelling for foods will be required where the consumer would be misled if it were not given. In addition, the rules for compulsory origin labelling of beef, veal, lamb, mutton, pork, goat and poultry meat, fish and shellfish, honey, olive oil, wine and most fruit and vegetables will be in place. The majority of meat and dairy products sold at retail have transparent origin labelling provided voluntarily for the meat or dairy ingredients, and we continue to support the voluntary principles on country of origin labelling.</p><p> </p><p>Method of production labelling is not required for food although some producers provide it on a voluntary basis. If it is provided it must be accurate and must not mislead the consumer: the Government has no plans to change this once we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>When we leave the EU, there will be an opportunity to review labelling requirements for all foods, to ensure that we maintain the highest standards of quality and transparency for consumers and take the greatest opportunities for marketing our great British food across the world.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 129040 question first answered 27/02/2018 12:01:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

846868

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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: Origin Marking
	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 he has discussed food products covered by the (a) protected designation of origin, (b) protected geographical indication and (c) traditional speciality guaranteed schemes with US trade negotiators.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	129042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>UK spirit, drinks and wines, covered by the Protected Food Name scheme, are included in a number of existing EU-US bilateral agreements. The US-UK Trade and Investment Working Group, established in July 2017, is working to secure continuity in the effect of these agreements on the day we leave the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/02/2018 16:59:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake