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1310967

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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 respond to the correspondence of 22 March 2021 from the hon. Member for Blackburn on the abandoned waste programme.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	185390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // answer text <p>The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered // answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

227803

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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	Staff
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 employees in her Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	227959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the number and proportion of core Defra employees in each ethnicity category as at 28 February 2015. This includes people who have declared their ethnicity status only.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Ethnicity</p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. of staff</p></td><td><p>1237</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1478</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>83.7%</p></td><td><p>6.2%</p></td><td><p>8.0%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 19/03/2015 15:28:02 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

227801

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which news applications staff in her Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	227825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>Core Defra staff are not authorised to download and use any news applications on their work-provided phones and tablets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 19/03/2015 15:25:14 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

227799

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
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 representations she has received from farmers required to submit single farm payment applications online on concerns related to poor broadband speeds and access in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	227790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has received a number of representations from farmers and industry associations regarding the online submission for Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) claims.</p><p> </p><p>From Monday 23 March, farmers and their agents can use established forms and processes to complete their claims by the deadline. The RPA will input the data into the core system. All agents will soon have received maps of their clients’ land and those dealing with the most complex cases will be offered additional support. The RPA is also working to give them direct access to the system. If farmers or agents need help they should contact the Rural Payments Agency helpline on 0300 0200 301.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/03/2015 10:38:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

227800

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons farmers are currently unable to register online for the new single farm payment application.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	227791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>All farmers and landowners are able to register to use the Rural Payments service using either GOV.UK Verify or through the Rural Payments Agency helpline (0300 0200 301). As of 18 March 2015 72,070 had done so. This represents 84% of anticipated claimants. We are encouraging any farmers who have not yet registered to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/03/2015 10:41:17 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

227804

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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	Dangerous Dogs Exemption Schemes (England and Wales) Order 2015
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 her policy objectives were in introducing the Dangerous Dogs Exemption Schemes (England and Wales) Order 2015 (S.I., 2015, No. 138); and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	227918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Crawley on 4 March 2015, PQ UIN 225448.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/03/2015 16:34:07 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

227807

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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	Reptiles: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, according to TRACES, how many and what species of reptiles were imported into the UK from (a) within and (b) outside the EU in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	227915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>TRACES does not hold a complete record of reptile imports into the UK because it only records consignments of species that require a CITES certificate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Movements of reptiles from European Union (EU) Member States <strong>to the UK</strong> which do not require a CITES certificate are accompanied by a hard copy of the health certificate. However, information about these consignments is not recorded on TRACES.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures below refer only to those species for which a CITES licence is required. Third Country totals are not broken down into “families” as this would require each certificate to be interrogated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Reptiles</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>From EU to UK in 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>From EU to UK in 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>From Third Countries to UK in 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>From Third Countries to UK in 2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhynchocephalia</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sauria</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Serpentes</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Testudinata</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>3035</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Crocodylia</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2463</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3531</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>129592</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>101592</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of reptiles imported <strong>into the EU</strong> from Third Countries, taken from Eurostat is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2013- EU Member States imported 1,379,146 live reptiles from outside the EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2014- EU Member States imported 1,443,213 live reptiles from outside the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 227917 question first answered 23/03/2015 17:18:35 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

227808

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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	Reptiles: Imports
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 information her Department holds on the number of reptiles that were imported into the EU in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	227917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>TRACES does not hold a complete record of reptile imports into the UK because it only records consignments of species that require a CITES certificate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Movements of reptiles from European Union (EU) Member States <strong>to the UK</strong> which do not require a CITES certificate are accompanied by a hard copy of the health certificate. However, information about these consignments is not recorded on TRACES.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures below refer only to those species for which a CITES licence is required. Third Country totals are not broken down into “families” as this would require each certificate to be interrogated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Reptiles</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>From EU to UK in 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>From EU to UK in 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>From Third Countries to UK in 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>From Third Countries to UK in 2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhynchocephalia</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sauria</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Serpentes</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Testudinata</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>3035</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Crocodylia</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2463</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3531</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>129592</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>101592</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of reptiles imported <strong>into the EU</strong> from Third Countries, taken from Eurostat is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2013- EU Member States imported 1,379,146 live reptiles from outside the EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2014- EU Member States imported 1,443,213 live reptiles from outside the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 227915 question first answered 23/03/2015 17:18:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

227805

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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	Dogs: Animal Welfare
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 pieces of legislation affect the control and welfare of dogs; and for how many of those laws her Department produces formal guidance.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	227919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>There are several pieces of legislation and guidance that affect the control and welfare of all animals, including dogs. It is difficult to be precise about numbers given that apparently unrelated legislation can have an effect on dogs (e.g. hygiene laws).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/03/2015 17:58:29 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

227809

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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	Animal Welfare
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 estimate the proportion of local authority inspectors appointed under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 who deal with animal welfare issues on a daily basis.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	227894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Individual local authorities will hold information on the number of inspectors they have appointed under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and whether they work on animal welfare matters on a daily basis. As this information is not held by Defra it is not possible to provide the estimate requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/03/2015 16:37:29 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering