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1141965

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	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	Rivers: Sewage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of the effect of sewage discharges on water quality in rivers.
	tabling member constituency	Keighley
	tabling member printed	John Grogan
	uin	912191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>Last year, the Environment Agency (EA) reported that there had been good progress in meeting water quality targets. Since 1995, investment in sewage treatment has achieved a 61% reduction in the amount of phosphorus and a 72% reduction in the amount of ammonia discharged to rivers. We will continue to work with the water companies.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 25/07/2019 16:19:47 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

1111231

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	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 Disposal: Licensing
	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 strengthen the powers the environment agency has to determine whether a person or a company is fit and proper to be granted a licence regarding the disposal or incineration of waste.
	tabling member constituency	Keighley
	tabling member printed	John Grogan
	uin	243342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2019 answer text <p>Last year the Government committed to implementing measures to raise the standard of operator competence at permitted waste sites by strengthening the Environment Agency’s assessment and enforcement powers.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reducing-crime-at-sites-handling-waste-and-introducing-fixed-penalties-for-waste-duty-of-care/outcome/government-response" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reducing-crime-at-sites-handling-waste-and-introducing-fixed-penalties-for-waste-duty-of-care/outcome/government-response</a></p><p> </p><p>We are now delivering on these published commitments. In January we passed legislation requiring all waste facilities to have a written management plan to minimise the risks of pollution to the environment.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1227/part/3/made" target="_blank">www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1227/part/3/made</a></p><p> </p><p>In March we widened the scope of past offences the Environment Agency can consider when assessing competence for applications for waste facility permits:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relevant-conviction-guidance-for-permit-applications-for-waste-activities-and-installations-only/relevant-convictions-for-waste-environmental-permits" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/relevant-conviction-guidance-for-permit-applications-for-waste-activities-and-installations-only/relevant-convictions-for-waste-environmental-permits</a></p><p> </p><p>In the coming months we will update Core Guidance to strengthen the Environment Agency’s enforcement capabilities when considering operators’ past performance. Further measures to tackle crime and low levels of performance in the waste industry are set out in our Resources and Waste Strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/04/2019 10:04:34 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

1111253

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	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	Canoeing
	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 total length of unmanaged waterways in England to which canoeists have an undisputed right of navigation.
	tabling member constituency	Keighley
	tabling member printed	John Grogan
	uin	243345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Mid Derbyshire, Pauline Latham, on 19 February 2019 to PQ 220196.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/04/2019 14:24:51 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

1111254

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	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	Canoeing
	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 voluntary access arrangements to inland waterways for recreational purposes have been negotiated in the last 10 years; and how many additional miles of waterway have been made available to canoeists through this mechanism.
	tabling member constituency	Keighley
	tabling member printed	John Grogan
	uin	243346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Information of this nature is not held by the department.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/04/2019 14:30:42 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

1105780

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of waste incineration capacity.
	tabling member constituency	Keighley
	tabling member printed	John Grogan
	uin	910085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>An assessment of England’s municipal waste treatment capacity – including incineration with energy recovery – was set out in the Resources and Waste Strategy and the associated Evidence Annex published in December 2018. Existing operational capacity is sufficient to treat around 36% of municipal residual waste at current levels. While energy from waste plays an important role in diverting waste from landfill, our emphasis is on greater waste prevention, re-use or recycling.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 28/03/2019 17:59:12 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

1064491

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2019
	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	Environmental Stewardship Scheme
	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 17 January 2019 to Question 206757 on Environmental Stewardship Scheme, how many of those agreements did not have any aftercare visits.
	tabling member constituency	Keighley
	tabling member printed	John Grogan
	uin	224043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The answer to Question 206757 records that 1892 Agreements lasted the full ten years. A total of 1677 of these received one or more visits. While this data suggests 215 of these agreements did not receive a visit, this data has only been held since 2014 and does not record where visits may have occurred in the years prior to this date.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 28/02/2019 17:37:57 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

1064492

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2019
	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	Environmental Stewardship Scheme
	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 17 January 2019 to Question 206757, on Environmental Stewardship Scheme, how many of those visits occurred in the final year of the agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Keighley
	tabling member printed	John Grogan
	uin	224044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>Of the 1677 visits recorded, 866 of these are recorded as visits in the final year of the agreement. Records have only been collated since 2014 and many of these agreements will also have received visits prior to their final year.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 28/02/2019 17:42:06 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

1038519

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	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	Environmental Stewardship Scheme
	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 of the higher level Environmental Stewardship Agreement which have lasted for 10 years were amended as a result of a care visit.
	tabling member constituency	Keighley
	tabling member printed	John Grogan
	uin	206754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>311 Higher Level Environmental Stewardship agreements that have lasted 10 years were amended as a result of a care visit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/01/2019 12:08:58 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

1038533

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	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	Environmental Stewardship Scheme
	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 higher level environmental stewardship agreements have completed 10 years and of these how many have had (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four and (e) five or more aftercare visits.
	tabling member constituency	Keighley
	tabling member printed	John Grogan
	uin	206757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>So far 1892 higher level stewardship agreements have lasted the full ten years of their term. Of these agreements and since central records began: 832 received one visit, 423 received two visits, 226 received three visits, 99 received four visits, 97 received five or more visits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/01/2019 12:03:47 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

894771

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2018
	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	National Park Authorities
	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 members of each of the boards of National Park authorities live in (a) London, (b) Tyne and Wear, (c) Merseyside, (d) West Yorkshire, (e) South Yorkshire, (f) West Midlands and (g) Greater Manchester.
	tabling member constituency	Keighley
	tabling member printed	John Grogan
	uin	139386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of members of England’s national park authorities whose main address is given as being in (a) London, (b) Tyne and Wear, (c) Merseyside, (d) West Yorkshire, (e) South Yorkshire, (f) West Midlands and (g) Greater Manchester is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tyne and Wear</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This data has been provided by national park authorities.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/05/2018 18:18:42 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan