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registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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	Broadband: Rural Areas
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 much of the Rural Community Broadband Fund was (a) spent and (b) returned to the EU.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	218695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>As a result of the Rural Community Broadband Fund in England, the Government is expected to grant fund around £13.2 million for 22 projects. These projects are both community and local authority led, in areas not in scope of the current national superfast rollout programme. Of this, 17 local authority led projects are to be incorporated into current contracts under the main programme to increase coverage to harder to reach communities. Five further projects have been contracted under the Fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No money has been returned to the EU. Where possible, any remaining EU funds are being utilised elsewhere across the Rural Development Programme for England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/01/2015 14:26:54 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

170384

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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	Written Questions
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 she has made of the savings to her Department from the Q&A system in the (a) 12 months and (b) five years since 4 June 2014; what additional ICT systems or improvements to existing systems her Department has introduced or plans to introduce that would not have been feasible without the Q&A system; and what assessment she has made of the extent to which the system has made it easier to answer questions from hon. Members on time.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	218780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Core Defra has benefited from a modest improvement to time efficiency due to the greater automation provided by the Q&amp;A system.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to introduce or make improvements to any ICT systems that would not have been feasible without the Q&amp;A system.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It will be for the Procedure Committee to evaluate the effectiveness of the new system in improving performance when it assesses the evidence following the end of the session.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/01/2015 14:19:54 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

170385

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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	Sea Fishing: EU Action
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 recent progress has been made on discussions of deep sea fishing at the Council of Ministers; and what steps she is taking to help bring those discussions to an early conclusion.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	218839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>Member States are close to a Council position being reached on the Commission’s proposal to update the EU deep sea access regime, which will enable it to progress to agreement with the European Parliament and final adoption.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/12/2014 15:31:12 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

170386

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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
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 value of British food (a) production and (b) exports was in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	218806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The value of British food production as it leaves the farm gate is measured at market prices in the Aggregate Agricultural Account. This does not include the value of any subsidies. The value of UK exports of food, feed and drink is estimated in the Overseas Trade Statistics at the prices paid between traders. The prices at the point of export are considerably higher than the prices at the farm gate because of value added in the wholesaling and manufacturing processes. The estimated percentage of UK production that is exported comes from Defra’s production to supply ratio calculation which involves revaluing exports to the value of the raw farm gate components.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£million</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Value of production of UK agriculture</p></td><td><p>23,639</p></td><td><p>24,206</p></td><td><p>25,882</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Value of UK exports of food, feed and drink</p></td><td><p>18,159</p></td><td><p>18,164</p></td><td><p>18,889</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/12/2014 15:58:10 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

170387

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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	Floods: Insurance
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 take steps to ensure that parties who are to be excluded from the Flood Re scheme are given adequate time to respond to the proposals for that scheme; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	218725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government response was published today, 18 December 2014, and is available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Regulations implementing Flood Re will be subject to the affirmative procedure, providing Parliament with the opportunity to fully scrutinise them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We also consulted on our proposals for flood insurance during summer 2013 and on the draft flood insurance clauses for the Water Bill. The Government responses to both consultations were published jointly on 18 November 2013.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 18/12/2014 11:53:22 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

170388

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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	Floods: Insurance
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 she plans to publish the Government's response to the consultation on Flood Insurance: regulations for the Flood Reinsurance Scheme, which closed on 16 September 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	218724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government Response was published today, 18 December 2014, and is available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 18/12/2014 11:35:23 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

170389

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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, what research her Department has (a) conducted and (b) commissioned on how often using dogs to flush out foxes to be shot results in foxes being killed by the dogs rather than by shooting.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	218626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>Defra has not conducted or commissioned any research on how often using dogs to flush out foxes to be shot results in foxes being killed by the dogs rather than by shooting.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/12/2014 15:35:53 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff