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1277531

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2021
	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	Delivery Services: Plastic Bags
	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 he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reinstating the waiver on the plastic bag charge for home-delivery purchases that applied during the covid-19 lockdown announced in March 2020, to help prevent virus transmission via delivery drivers through allowing the doorstep deposit of delivered goods.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	138950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>The obligation for supermarkets to charge for single-use carrier bags (SUCBs) supplied with online deliveries was temporarily removed in response to the first Covid-19 lockdown. This change was only temporary to allow retailers time to adapt their delivery systems, and the charge was reinstated in September 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The department does not have any plans to further assess the need to reinstate the suspension of the charge for online deliveries. Since March, supermarkets have updated and improved their delivery systems to meet the increased demand due to the pandemic. They have also developed new practices to improve safety for both drivers and customers, and citizens are far more aware of the importance of social distancing. Retailers can still provide single-use carrier bags as a delivery option for customers so long as the charge is still in place.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 26/01/2021 10:42:39 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1277052

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2021
	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	Fishing Catches
	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 monitored marine fish stocks were overfished in UK waters in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	138380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>The UK Marine Strategy undertakes an assessment of the percentage of marine fish stocks with set quotas of UK interest that have been harvested sustainably. This assessment is undertaken every six years, with the latest assessment published in 2019. This includes data from 1990 to 2018.</p><p>This assessment found that the percentage of fish stocks fished at or below levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield, and therefore not considered overfished, has increased from 9% in 1990 to 46% in 2015 and 51% in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 26/01/2021 15:03:22 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1277632

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2021
	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	Coastal Erosion: Isle of Sheppey
	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 protect from cliff erosion homeowners living on the north coast of the Isle of Sheppey.
	tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
	tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
	uin	138940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>Under the Coast Protection Act 1949, Swale Borough Council is the maritime authority for the Isle of Sheppey coastline and takes the lead for coastal erosion. The Shoreline Management Plan, led and owned by the South East Coastal Group, was agreed by all local partners and signed off by Defra in 2010. The long term plan has identified that it is not viable to invest in sustaining defences on the coastline from Minster Slopes to Warden Bay. This is because a large coastal defence and surface water management scheme to reduce the rate of erosion in this location would not be economically justifiable due to the small number of properties that would be beneficiaries. In addition, the eroding cliffs are of national conservation, geological and landscape importance and are designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).</p><p>To help manage the impact on those directly affected by coastal erosion, the Environment Agency’s Medway Estuary and Swale Flood and Erosion Risk Strategy has developed adaptation options to relocate or compensate affected properties. This strategy has been supported by key local partners including Swale Borough Council, Natural England and Defra. The Environment Agency will continue to work closely with Swale Borough Council and the South East Coastal Group to support this approach and work with the local residents. The EA will also help explore funding opportunities for any property adaptation proposals which Swale Borough Council may bring forward.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 26/01/2021 10:37:11 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

1279299

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2021
	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	Flood Control: Sefton
	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 flooding in the Sefton Central constituency on 20 and 21 January 2021, if he will support previously submitted bids under the National Resilience Fund from the Environment Agency for full funding of flood defence schemes in Maghull; and what plans he has to announce a new flood recovery fund.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	141433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>Starting in 2021, the Government will invest £5.2 billion in a six-year capital investment programme for flood defences, better protecting 336,000 properties from flooding and coastal erosion. The capital programme is allocated in accordance with the Partnership Funding Policy. The Partnership Funding policy clarifies the level of investment communities can expect from Defra so it is clear what level of funding they need to source from other sources to allow projects to go ahead.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency will continue to manage flood risk in Maghull, providing flood warning and maintaining existing assets and will continue to work with the local authorities to find alternative options to reduce the multiple sources of flood risk in Maghull.</p><p> </p><p>With localised flooding incidents local authorities are expected to have well established contingency arrangements in place and to be able to respond and support their local communities from within existing budgets. Following severe weather with significant impacts across multiple local authorities, the Government is able to deploy the Flood Recovery Framework. We will continue to monitor the situation and assess whether further support is needed in the event that flooding impacts increase.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 26/01/2021 10:40:51 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1277515

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2021
	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	Wholesale Trade: Coronavirus
	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 effect of the covid-19 lockdown restrictions announced on 4 January 2021 on the level of stock held by food service wholesalers.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	uin	139179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Members to the reply previously given on 25 January 2021, PQ 138473.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-01-15/138473" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-01-15/138473</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 138930 question first answered 26/01/2021 17:55:40 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1279231

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2021
	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	Biodiversity
	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 the 500,000 hectares of wildlife-rich habitat the Government has committed to creating or restoring is in addition to or inclusive of replacing habitat lost as a result of the National High speed Rail Network.
	tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
	tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
	uin	141465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>HS2 is the first major infrastructure project to commit to seeking to deliver no net loss in biodiversity across the route. However, we can still go further and the Government is asking HS2 Ltd to look to identify opportunities to move towards gains in biodiversity, where it is reasonably practicable to do so. HS2 is also enhancing the Phase 2a scheme's existing No Net Loss objective, by working to identify and implement appropriate opportunities, where it is reasonably practicable, to move towards net gains in biodiversity.</p><p> </p><p>We are still developing our monitoring approach for net gain and for wider commitments in the 25 Year Environment Plan such as the Nature Recovery Network, which incorporates the commitment to create or restore 500,000 hectares of wildlife-rich habitat outside protected sites.</p><p> </p><p>We expect mandatory and voluntary net gain to contribute both to the Nature Recovery Network and to the long-term goal. As we develop our monitoring and delivery approaches to net gain and to the Nature Recovery Network more broadly, we will clearly need to consider how much of the habitat created is contributing to the goal.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 26/01/2021 10:34:16 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1277655

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2021
	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	Chemicals: Regulation
	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 annual budget is for UK REACH for the financial year 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	139136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>We anticipate spending £20 million this financial year on the new regulatory system. This includes the development, operation and maintenance of the Comply with UK REACH IT service and staff resourcing across Defra, HSE and EA. The budget for the 2021-22 spend is still being finalised.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 26/01/2021 10:39:09 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1277763

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2021
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Databases
	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 information gateways there are in operation in his Department; and how those gateways are managed and monitored.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	138969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>Defra does not hold a consolidated, central register of information gateways although the scope of gateways and their current use is well understood by relevant policy and operational teams.</p><p> </p><p>Although much Defra data is published freely for reuse, more restricted data sharing both within and outside Government is common for regulatory and other reasons. Data sharing requests are typically dealt with on a case by case basis and available gateways are considered as part of an overall evaluation of the purpose, risks and benefits of sharing.</p><p> </p><p>Defra’s arm’s length bodies manage their own use of information gateways.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 26/01/2021 14:38:19 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1277573

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2021
	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	Wholesale Trade: Coronavirus
	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 effect of covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021 on the level of stocks retained by food service wholesalers.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	138930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Members to the reply previously given on 25 January 2021, PQ 138473.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-01-15/138473" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-01-15/138473</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 139179 question first answered 26/01/2021 17:55:41 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1277750

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2021
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to reply the correspondence dated 8 September 2020, 30 October 2020 and 10 December 2020 from Stewart Stevenson MSP, regarding development of a contingency sheep compensation scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Gordon
	tabling member printed	Richard Thomson
	uin	139160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>I apologise for the delay in responding. A reply has been prepared and will be issued very shortly.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 26/01/2021 15:01:33 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4796 label Biography information for Richard Thomson