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1693130

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
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: UK Trade with EU
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 his Department has made of the impact of the UK’s exit from the EU on trends in the cost of exporting food to the EU.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	901846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>The Trade and Continuity Agreement provides businesses tariff and quota free access to the EU market, provided that these goods meet ‘Rules of Origin’ requirements.</p><p> </p><p>UK businesses must comply with customs procedures when exporting food. These procedures include Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) border controls as well as technical regulations, standards and conformity assessments. Not enough time has passed to robustly assess the trend in these costs.</p><p> </p><p>In 2023, the UK exported £14.0 billion of Food, Feed and Drink to the EU. This represents a nominal increase of 0.3% compared to 2018, but 19% lower than 2018 after adjusting for inflation.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 07/03/2024 14:24:20 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1690124

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
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: UK Trade with EU
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 impact of reclassifying fresh (a) fruit and (b) root vegetables from the EU as medium risk on retailers.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	14730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>No assessment on impacts will be made as there has been no change to the risk category of fruit and vegetables. A temporary easement has been put in place for fruit and vegetables imported to GB.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 27/02/2024 14:15:25 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1690125

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
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: UK Trade with EU
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 potential impact of pausing proposals reclassifying (a) fruits and (b) root vegetables from the EU as medium risk on (i) retailers and (ii) consumers.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	14731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>Defra is not reclassifying fruit and vegetables. A temporary easement has been put in place for fruit and vegetables imported to GB.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 27/02/2024 14:13:00 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1659421

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
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: UK Trade with EU
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 assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of business preparedness for future controls on the import of (a) food and (b) fresh products from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	906363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>Following publication of the draft Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) in April 2023, the Government ran a six-week engagement period with industry. The feedback received is reflected in the final BTOM, notably the decision to delay implementation by three months, to January 2024, giving businesses more time to prepare. Before implementation of controls, awareness of and readiness for new controls will be boosted through a series of engagement events. Further guidance will be available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 906369 question first answered 14/09/2023 10:16:38 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1659422

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
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: UK Trade with EU
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 assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of business preparedness for future controls on the import of (a) food and (b) fresh products from the EU.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	906369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>Following publication of the draft Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) in April 2023, the Government ran a six-week engagement period with industry. The feedback received is reflected in the final BTOM, notably the decision to delay implementation by three months, to January 2024, giving businesses more time to prepare. Before implementation of controls, awareness of and readiness for new controls will be boosted through a series of engagement events. Further guidance will be available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 906363 question first answered 14/09/2023 10:16:39 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1658895

registered interest
date	06/09/2023
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: UK Trade with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether any changes to labelling requirements for food products being exported from the UK to the EU are currently scheduled; and if so what they are.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL9961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The labelling requirements for food placed on the markets of each EU Member State should be available from each of those countries’ relevant competent authorities. Companies can also find information from the European Commission on food labelling rules in the EU on the European Commission’s website.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon grouped question UIN HL9962 question first answered 18/09/2023 12:24:52 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1464392

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
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: UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2022 to Question 276, what specific activities have been undertaken in each category within that Answer; and if she will provide a breakdown of how the funds provided to each activity were allocated.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	5409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The import controls introduced in January 2021 and January 2022 were vital first steps in ensuring our biosecurity, which remains our priority objective. The activities previously reported were preparatory for the introduction of further import controls. This expenditure set out below allows us to deliver those import controls that will now be introduced as part of a new target operating model to be published this autumn.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Port Health Authority Fund</strong></p><p>This funding was for grants to local authorities in England, to provide the funding they require to deliver new sanitary checks on imports of animal products from territories subject to special transitional import arrangements (EEA states, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Switzerland) that were due to be introduced from July 2022. The funding covers three types of costs that will be incurred by local authorities:</p><ul><li>Salary costs of recruited staff, to enable authorities to retain them in post</li><li>Recruitment and salary costs for new staff where required and agreed</li><li>Certain non-staff costs relating to accommodation, equipment, and systems</li></ul><p> </p><p>The PHA fund received their budgets through the section 31 grant process which is a non-ringfenced grant to local authorities.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Imports policy</strong></p><p>This covers Full Time Equivalent Defra staffing costs, which included some contractors.</p><p> </p><p><strong>IPAFFS</strong></p><p>This IT development work was conducted by a third-party supplier specialising in software development, to build a replacement Imports system to the European system (TRACES)</p><p> </p><p><strong>Infrastructure</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>£12.67 million</strong> has been spent by Defra on the Sevington BCP includes costs for Construction and Refurbishment.</p><p><strong>£15.20 million </strong>has been spent by Defra on the Dover SPS BCP, which includes costs for Construction and Refurbishment.</p><p> </p><p>Other Infrastructure costs that were incurred by Defra in FY 21/22 were for Consultancy and Legal Fees (£0.65m*), Fixtures, Fittings and Equipment (£0.3m*) and Defra Staff (£2.17m*) which included, specialist temporary contractor expertise to deliver this complex project.</p><p>* Some rounding errors exist</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Activity</strong></p></td><td><p>FY 21/22</p></td><td><p>FY 22/23</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Digital Delivery</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IPAFFS</p></td><td><p>£9.61m</p></td><td><p>£0.00m</p></td><td><p><strong>£9.61m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Overhead</p></td><td><p>£1.16m</p></td><td><p>£0.00m</p></td><td><p><strong>£1.16m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Imports Policy</strong></p></td><td><p>£11.17m</p></td><td><p>£0.15m</p></td><td><p><strong>£11.32m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>PHA Fund</strong></p></td><td><p>17.56m</p></td><td><p>£2.50m</p></td><td><p><strong>£20.06m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>£39.50m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2.65m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£42.15m</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 31/05/2022 10:16:11 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1461147

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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: UK Trade with EU
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 estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on preparations for the implementation of proposed sanitary and phytosanitary checks on food imports from the EU as of 10 May 2022.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>Over the last two years Defra has worked with stakeholders and delivery partners to develop the capability to deliver new SPS border controls on goods arriving in England from the EU. The figures below cover IT delivery, staffing costs and infrastructure.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>PQ 275 / 276</strong></del></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Implementation Preparations</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Activity</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>21/22</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong> 22/23</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Digital Delivery</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£10.77m</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£0.00m</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>£10.77m</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Includes IPAFFS and proportion of overheads</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Imports Policy</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£11.17m</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£0.15m</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>£11.32m</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Includes Plants and Animals</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">PHA Fund</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£17.56m</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£2.50m</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>£20.06m</strong></del></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>£39.50m</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>£2.65m</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>£42.15m</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Includes funds for PHA staff to end of April 2022</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>PQ 277/783</strong></del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>BCP Spend to date</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Activity</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>21/22</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>22/23</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Infrastructure</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£30.98m</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£0.37m</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>£31.35m</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Includes Sevington and Dover construction only, which are DEFRA funded.</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">PQ 275/276</ins></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial">Implementation Preparations</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Activity</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">21/22</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">22/23</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Total</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Digital Delivery</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£10.77m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£0.00m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£10.77m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Includes IPAFFS and proportion of overheads</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Imports Policy</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£11.17m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£0.15m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£11.32m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Includes Plants and Animals</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">PHA Fund</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£17.56m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£2.50m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£20.06m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£39.50m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£2.65m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£42.15m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Includes funds for PHA staff to end of April 2022</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">PQ 277/783</ins></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial">BCP Spend to date</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Activity</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">21/22</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">22/23</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Total</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Infrastructure</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£30.98m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£0.37m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£31.35m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Includes Sevington and Dover construction only, which are DEFRA funded.</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 16/05/2022 16:28:06 question first ministerially corrected 20/05/2022 14:05:33 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis previous answer version 425 answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1461148

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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: UK Trade with EU
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 estimate he has made of the Government's expenditure on preparations for implementing proposed sanitary and phytosanitary checks on food imports from the EU as of 10 May 2022.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>Over the last two years Defra has worked with stakeholders and delivery partners to develop the capability to deliver new SPS border controls on goods arriving in England from the EU. The figures below cover IT delivery, staffing costs and infrastructure.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>PQ 275 / 276</strong></del></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Implementation Preparations</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Activity</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>21/22</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong> 22/23</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Digital Delivery</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£10.77m</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£0.00m</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>£10.77m</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Includes IPAFFS and proportion of overheads</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Imports Policy</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£11.17m</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£0.15m</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>£11.32m</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Includes Plants and Animals</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">PHA Fund</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£17.56m</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£2.50m</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>£20.06m</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>£39.50m</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>£2.65m</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>£42.15m</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Includes funds for PHA staff to end of April 2022</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>PQ 277/783</strong></del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>BCP Spend to date</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Activity</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>21/22</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>22/23</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Infrastructure</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£30.98m</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£0.37m</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>£31.35m</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Includes Sevington and Dover construction only, which are DEFRA funded.</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">PQ 275/276</ins></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial">Implementation Preparations</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Activity</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">21/22</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">22/23</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Total</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Digital Delivery</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£10.77m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£0.00m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£10.77m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Includes IPAFFS and proportion of overheads</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Imports Policy</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£11.17m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£0.15m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£11.32m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Includes Plants and Animals</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">PHA Fund</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£17.56m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£2.50m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£20.06m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£39.50m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£2.65m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£42.15m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Includes funds for PHA staff to end of April 2022</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">PQ277/783</ins></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial">BCP Spend to date</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Activity</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">21/22</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">22/23</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Total</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Infrastructure</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£30.98m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£0.37m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£31.35m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Includes Sevington and Dover construction only, which are DEFRA funded.</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 16/05/2022 16:28:06 question first ministerially corrected 20/05/2022 09:41:48 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis previous answer version 426 answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

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registered interest
date	01/02/2022
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: UK Trade with EU
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 reduce the complexity of documentation pertaining to exporting food with the European Union for small and medium-sized enterprises.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	116005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving export processes for traders, for example through greater digitisation, to help reduce burdens.</p><p> </p><p>Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) controls for exports of plants, seeds and products of animal origin to the EU are set by the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement we hold regular discussions with the EU. This allows us to take a risk-based approach to our respective SPS border controls and provides a basis for cooperation on avoiding unnecessary barriers to trade.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we seek to facilitate trade to the EU for GB exporters by regularly raising technical issues with certain Member States.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 07/02/2022 11:39:41 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney