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1059233

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	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	Plastic Bags: Fees and Charges
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) what steps they are taking to monitor the use of funds derived from the introduction of the charge on single-use plastic carrier bags, and (2) whether individual businesses are required to report on the amounts raised and donated from this source.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thornhill
	uin	HL13618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>In October 2015, the Government introduced the mandatory minimum 5p charge for single use carrier bags (SUCBs) in England on all large retailers to tackle the negative impacts associated with their use on the environment, wildlife and society.</p><p> </p><p>The policy has resulted in an 86% reduction in the usage of SUCBs by large retailers. This represents approximately 15.6 billion fewer bags in circulation.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulations require retailers with more than 250 staff to charge a minimum of 5p and report data on their annual sales of SUCBs. Those retailers are encouraged to donate the proceeds of the charge (after deducting VAT and other reasonable costs) to good causes such as charities or community groups and to voluntarily report that data. Our analysis shows that since the charge was introduced approximately £146 million has been donated to a variety of good causes covering the arts, education, environment, health, heritage and sports as well as local causes chosen by customers or staff.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently consulting on extending the charge to all retailers and increasing the minimum charge to 10p.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL13619 question first answered 25/02/2019 15:10:46 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4558 label Biography information for Baroness Thornhill

1063931

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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	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, on what date he plans to make the replacement to the Basic Payment Scheme available to all farmers.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	223081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government currently plans to pilot the new Environmental Land Management System (ELMS) nationally from 2021 and make it fully available from 2024. Existing agri-environment schemes, simplified further, would continue to be available until the ELMS is fully rolled out. Payments under the Basic Payment Scheme will be phased out over a 7 year agricultural transition starting from 2021.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 223080 question first answered 25/02/2019 14:46:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1063754

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	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	Livestock: Transport
	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 contingency arrangements for the mass slaughter of livestock in the event that ports are closed if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	222689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with industry to help manage economic impacts for the livestock sector in a no deal departure. Contingency options are being developed to respond to potential animal welfare issues on farm and during transport and these have been incorporated into broader Government no deal planning. There are no plans for a mass cull.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 25/02/2019 10:15:09 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1063928

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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	Hill Farming: 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 estimate he has made of the level of financial support that will be available to hill farmers through the Basic Payment Scheme or an alternative to that scheme by 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	223078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has pledged to continue to commit the same cash total in funds for farm support until the end of this Parliament, expected in 2022. This includes all funding provided for farm support under both Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 of the current Common Agricultural Policy. We are working across Government to develop future funding arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>We will phase out Direct Payments in England during an agricultural transition period, giving time for farmers to adjust. We plan to start reducing payments in 2021. We aim to phase out Direct Payments completely by the end of the transition period, with the last payments being made for the 2027 scheme year.</p><p> </p><p>A new Environmental Land Management system will be the cornerstone of our agricultural policy in England after we leave the EU. Elements of the new system are being trialled and tested before being piloted. The National Pilot is scheduled to launch in 2021. The full system will be rolled out in 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the environmental quality of upland areas, upland farmers will be well placed to benefit from the new Environmental Land Management system which will reward land managers for the public goods they deliver and provide an income stream.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 223079 question first answered 25/02/2019 14:36:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1063929

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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	Hill Farming: 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 estimate he has made of the level of financial support that will be available to hill farmers through the Basic Payment Scheme or an alternative to that scheme by 2028.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	223079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has pledged to continue to commit the same cash total in funds for farm support until the end of this Parliament, expected in 2022. This includes all funding provided for farm support under both Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 of the current Common Agricultural Policy. We are working across Government to develop future funding arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>We will phase out Direct Payments in England during an agricultural transition period, giving time for farmers to adjust. We plan to start reducing payments in 2021. We aim to phase out Direct Payments completely by the end of the transition period, with the last payments being made for the 2027 scheme year.</p><p> </p><p>A new Environmental Land Management system will be the cornerstone of our agricultural policy in England after we leave the EU. Elements of the new system are being trialled and tested before being piloted. The National Pilot is scheduled to launch in 2021. The full system will be rolled out in 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the environmental quality of upland areas, upland farmers will be well placed to benefit from the new Environmental Land Management system which will reward land managers for the public goods they deliver and provide an income stream.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 223078 question first answered 25/02/2019 14:36:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1064354

	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Apprentices
	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 staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	223828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>There are 38 apprentices employed in core Defra as at 21 February 2019, which is 0.9% of the department’s headcount.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 25/02/2019 14:20:09 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1064451

	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	Plastics: Packaging
	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 are being taken to encourage all major supermarket chains to introduce reduction targets for plastics.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	223976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Resources and Waste Strategy, published in December 2018, included the ambition to work towards all plastic packaging placed on the market being recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025 and to eliminate avoidable plastic waste over the lifetime of the 25 Year Environment Plan.</p><p> </p><p>Industry is already taking action. In April last year, the Waste &amp; Resources Action Programme (WRAP) and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation launched their world-leading UK Plastics Pact, with support from the Government, and all the major supermarkets have signed up to it. The Pact brings these organisations together with four key targets for 2025 that aim to reduce the amount of plastic waste generated. We are currently consulting on a series of reforms, including reform to the existing packaging waste regulations, which will support supermarkets in achieving those targets.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also working with retailers and WRAP to encourage their efforts to reduce waste and to explore the introduction of plastic-free supermarket initiatives in which fresh food is sold loose, giving consumers the choice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 25/02/2019 10:13:33 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1063748

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	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	Non-native Species: EU Law
	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 his Department has taken to ensure a comprehensive analysis of unintentional pathways of introduction and spread to meet the UK’s obligations under Article 13 of EU Regulation No 1143/2014 on invasive alien species.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	222683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK is in the process of completing its comprehensive pathway analysis. Rather than basing this simply on the unintentional pathways of introduction and spread of species listed as being of Union concern (the minimum required by the Regulation), the UK has undertaken an extensive assessment of introduction pathways of all established non-native species in Great Britain and their impacts. This will be used, in addition to data on species of Union concern and horizon scanning, to support prioritisation.</p><p> </p><p>Boating and angling have been identified as priorities for Pathway Action Plans (PAPs) given the recent arrivals of several highly invasive aquatic species, including killer shrimp and quagga mussel, and are almost complete. In addition to this, a PAP has been completed for zoos and aquaria and the UK has a long running campaign to reduce the risk of horticultural escapes (although this is not part of a formal PAP). Further PAPs will be prioritised based on the results of the comprehensive analysis.</p><p> </p><p>The Non-Native Species Information Portal (NNSIP) has been established to ensure a rapid flow of non-native species distribution data into a centralised repository to facilitate surveillance for new species as well as the spread of established species. The NNSIP is a partnership that relies on the extensive biological recording networks present in Great Britain as well as citizen recording. In addition, an alert mechanism has been established for urgent recording of priority species, which received around 8,000 alerts in 2018. Early detection is particularly critical to support the UK’s response to the Asian hornet, so a surveillance network of sentinel apiaries is being used to monitor for the arrival of this species.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 222685 222686 question first answered 25/02/2019 10:26:22 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1063751

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	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	Non-native Species: EU Law
	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 his Department has taken to establish a surveillance system of invasive alien species of Union concern to minimise or prevent the introduction of those species under Article 14 of EU Regulation No 1143/2014 on invasive alien species.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	222686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK is in the process of completing its comprehensive pathway analysis. Rather than basing this simply on the unintentional pathways of introduction and spread of species listed as being of Union concern (the minimum required by the Regulation), the UK has undertaken an extensive assessment of introduction pathways of all established non-native species in Great Britain and their impacts. This will be used, in addition to data on species of Union concern and horizon scanning, to support prioritisation.</p><p> </p><p>Boating and angling have been identified as priorities for Pathway Action Plans (PAPs) given the recent arrivals of several highly invasive aquatic species, including killer shrimp and quagga mussel, and are almost complete. In addition to this, a PAP has been completed for zoos and aquaria and the UK has a long running campaign to reduce the risk of horticultural escapes (although this is not part of a formal PAP). Further PAPs will be prioritised based on the results of the comprehensive analysis.</p><p> </p><p>The Non-Native Species Information Portal (NNSIP) has been established to ensure a rapid flow of non-native species distribution data into a centralised repository to facilitate surveillance for new species as well as the spread of established species. The NNSIP is a partnership that relies on the extensive biological recording networks present in Great Britain as well as citizen recording. In addition, an alert mechanism has been established for urgent recording of priority species, which received around 8,000 alerts in 2018. Early detection is particularly critical to support the UK’s response to the Asian hornet, so a surveillance network of sentinel apiaries is being used to monitor for the arrival of this species.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 222683 222685 question first answered 25/02/2019 10:26:22 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1063930

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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	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 the timetable is for the roll-out of the replacement to the Basic Payment Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	223080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government currently plans to pilot the new Environmental Land Management System (ELMS) nationally from 2021 and make it fully available from 2024. Existing agri-environment schemes, simplified further, would continue to be available until the ELMS is fully rolled out. Payments under the Basic Payment Scheme will be phased out over a 7 year agricultural transition starting from 2021.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 223081 question first answered 25/02/2019 14:46:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron