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512986

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date	14/04/2016
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, when it is planned Dartmoor Farmers who farm on common land will receive payments under the Basic Payment Scheme; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Geoffrey Cox
uin	33982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>For those Basic Payment Scheme claims with commons, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has faced a particularly difficult challenge as it is necessary to wait until all claimants for a common have had their commons rights validated before the area for each commoner can be established. RPA is working to make the payments for claimants who have not been paid as promptly as possible, including the Dartmoor farmers who farm on Common land.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 19/04/2016 12:27:59 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox

512987

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
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 her Department plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West of 24 February 2016 on Game Farming in the UK, case reference ZA3022.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Rob Marris
uin	33968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2016 answer text <p>The letter from the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West of 24 February 2016 on Game Farming in the UK was replied to on 18 April 2016.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/04/2016 10:43:34 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1468 label Biography information for Rob Marris

512988

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
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	Litter: Beaches
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 further steps she plans to take under the National Litter Strategy to reduce the number of bottles on beaches.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	34092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>The National Litter Strategy will promote concerted, coordinated and effective actions to reduce litter and littering on land, which in turn should lead to a reduction in the amount of litter reaching local areas, including our beaches. To develop the National Litter Strategy we are working with a range of interested stakeholders, including representatives of the packaging industry.</p><p> </p><p>The Scottish Government is taking forward further work on the specific issue of a deposit return system for single-use drinks containers such as plastic bottles, and we will review any new evidence arising from this in the course of developing our own National Litter Strategy for England. However, in the meantime, we will continue to focus on improving existing waste collection and recycling systems for these items.</p><p> </p><p>In the UK, packaging producers who put more than 50 tonnes of packaging materials on the market a year, and have an annual turnover of more than £2 million, are required to recover and recycle a proportion of their packaging waste. As a result, most major bottle manufacturers and retailers who sell bottles pick up a financial obligation to recycle their packaging waste. More stringent recycling and recovery targets across the years led to a decrease in the proportion of bottles ending up in landfill and in litter. We will continue to focus on improving this system in future years.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Marine Strategy Part Three, published in December last year, sets out the actions we are taking to improve the marine environment. It covers measures that contribute to reducing sources of litter, including sources of beach litter, and to remove what has already reached our beaches. Actions related specifically to UK beaches include Defra-funded beach cleaning schemes on priority beaches.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/04/2016 16:34:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

512989

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
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: European Union
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 EU schemes her Department administers; if she will estimate the annual cost of administering each such scheme in each of the (a) last and (b) next five years; if she will estimate the total value of each scheme in each of the (i) last and (ii) next five years; and for which schemes her Department has been subject to infraction proceedings from the EU Commission.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	34095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2016 answer text <p>There are two EU funds under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) - the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development. Defra administers the CAP in England. The Devolved Administrations administer these EU schemes separately. The estimated value of these funds from 2011 to 2020 are set out in the table below, figures are for England.</p><p> </p><p>The current Multiple Financial Framework runs until 2020 so that is the last year where there is an estimate of the total value for both of the schemes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF)</strong> <strong>€m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)</strong> <strong>€m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2,086</p></td><td><p>447</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2,115</p></td><td><p>469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,909</p></td><td><p>531</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2,046</p></td><td><p>442</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2,046</p></td><td><p>333</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2,048</p></td><td><p>590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,052</p></td><td><p>590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2,056</p></td><td><p>590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2,062</p></td><td><p>590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2,068</p></td><td><p>591</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Decisions relating to the implementation of the CAP in England are integrated into numerous policy areas within the Department and the delivery of the CAP is carried out primarily by the Rural Payments Agency, Natural England and Forestry Commission, alongside other business. This arrangement allows the various objectives of the CAP to be delivered effectively. However, this integrated approach to delivery also makes it difficult to calculate the total annual cost of the CAP in isolation. This is something that was identified by the NAO in its recent report ‘Early Development of the CAP Delivery Programme’, and the Department is currently considering how to respond to this recommendation.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to these two schemes the Department has not been subject to any infraction proceedings from the EU in the last five years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/04/2016 10:31:57 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

512990

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
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, how many farmers have been subject to penalties for non-compliance with Single Farm Payment Scheme requirements in each of the last five years; and what the total value of those penalties was.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	34071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>The volume of penalties, plus their value for Single Payment Scheme claims, for the last five years of the scheme are below.</p><p>We have not yet finalised information for the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Scheme Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Claimants In Breach</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value €</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2,703</p></td><td><p>2,489,438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,134</p></td><td><p>2,781,039</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,574</p></td><td><p>1,704,085</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,722</p></td><td><p>2,594,023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,493</p></td><td><p>2,329,495</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/04/2016 13:12:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

513079

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
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: Crime
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 she is taking to help tackle serious cases of animal cruelty.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	34036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>In this country we have one of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation anywhere in the world to protect animals. Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 it is an offence either to cause any captive animal unnecessary suffering or to fail to provide for its welfare needs. The maximum penalty is 6 months’ imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine. The financial element of the penalty was raised only last year from a maximum fine of £20,000. Courts can also disqualify offenders found guilty of animal cruelty from keeping animals for as long a period as they consider appropriate. The overwhelming majority of people in this country are responsible but in circumstances where cruelty does occur I believe we have the necessary measures for enforcement agencies and courts to take action.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 19/04/2016 10:50:51 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley