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78905

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
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	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, how many times the UK has lost EU infraction proceedings since May 2010 which relate to matters that fall within her Department's responsibility.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	206656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled, on 18 October 2012, that by failing to ensure appropriate collection and associated treatment of urban waste water at London and Whitburn, the United Kingdom had failed to fulfil its obligations under the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (Case C-301/10). The Department is currently in discussion with the European Commission on how to give effect to the Court’s judgment. Since May 2010, no other infraction cases in respect of matters for which my Department is responsible have resulted in adverse judgements against the UK by the European Court.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 01/09/2014 14:41:26 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

78906

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
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	Local Nature Partnerships
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 funding her Department allocated to local nature partnerships in 2013-14 and to which projects.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Joan Walley
uin	206616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra did not allocate any funding to Local Nature Partnerships (LNPs) in 2013/14. In 2011-13 Defra, together with Natural England, provided a one-off £1 million capacity building fund for LNPs. Ongoing funding was not part of the envisaged model for LNPs. In 2013/14 the Environment Agency funded a small number of LNPs, the details of which are listed in the attached table. The Environment Agency has also contributed to other partnership projects where the LNP is a partner but not the direct recipient of its funding. These are not included in the attached table.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/09/2014 16:00:41 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice attachment 1 file name Local Nature Partnership - 0413.doc title Direct funding the Environment Agency provided to
tabling member	286 label Biography information for Joan Walley

78652

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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 Banks
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 oral Answer from the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners to the hon. Member for York Central of 17 July 2014, what information her Department holds on how many (a) food banks existed and (b) people made use of food banks in the UK in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	206404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are no official figures for the number of food banks or for people who have made use of them. The provision of food aid ranges from small, local provision, through to regional and national schemes. The greatest proportion is community-led provision responding to local needs. As such, the Government do not believe it is possible to keep records of the number of food banks or how many people made use of them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/07/2014 09:28:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

78666

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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	Fly-grazing
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 amount spent by her Department on tackling fly-grazing.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	206470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p><br>No such estimate has been made. Defra encourages local authorities to use a coordinated approach with the police, landowners, farmers and animal welfare charities to identify owners of fly-grazing horses and to use the available legislation to tackle the issue.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/09/2014 14:39:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

78696

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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	Fly-tipping
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 cost to the public purse of dealing with animals involved in fly-tipping.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	206472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We have made no such estimate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 22/07/2014 10:55:02 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

78697

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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	Forests
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 is in relation to the public forest estate; and what assessment she has made of the implications for that policy of the recommendations of the 2012 Independent Panel on Forestry.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	206518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government’s policy on the future of the public forest estate is set out in its Forestry and Woodlands Policy Statement of January 2013. The Government is committed to maintaining the public forest estate in public ownership and to establishing a new operationally-independent public body to manage the estate for the long-term benefit of people, nature and the economy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Forestry and Woodlands Policy Statement was firmly based on the Independent Panel on Forestry’s recommendations, including those in relation to the public forest estate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 01/09/2014 14:29:02 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

78698

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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	Bovine Tuberculosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether future badger culls will be independently monitored.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	206519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Monitoring will continue to be carried out on both effectiveness and humaneness during the second year of the badger culls. As during the pilot culls last year, trained staff from Animal Health Veterinary Laboratory Agency and Natural England will be carrying out the monitoring. The monitoring will be focused on addressing the issues identified in the Independent Expert Panel’s report on last year’s pilot culls. Both field observations of controlled shooting and post-mortem examinations will continue to be carried out. The results of the monitoring will be made publicly available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/09/2014 14:27:52 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

78699

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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	Forests
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 her Department has made of the annual cost of invasive species to the forestry industry.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	206543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A 2010 report entitled “The Economic Cost of Invasive Non-Native Species on Great Britain”, based on research commissioned jointly by the GB Administrations, estimated that the annual cost of invasive non-native species to forestry was £109,396,000. The table below provides a breakdown of this figure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The types of impact costs taken into account are provided in the report, which is available on the on the website of the GB Non-native Species Secretariat at <a href="http://www.nonnativespecies.org/downloadDocument.cfm?id=487" target="_blank">http://www.nonnativespecies.org/downloadDocument.cfm?id=487</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Eng</strong><strong>l</strong><strong>and</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sco</strong><strong>tland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Great Britain</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rabbit</p></td><td><p>£24,352,000</p></td><td><p>£37,899,000</p></td><td><p>£7,766,000</p></td><td><p>£70,017,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deer</p></td><td><p>£10,886,000</p></td><td><p>£3,866,000</p></td><td><p>£2,626,000</p></td><td><p>£17,378,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edible Dormouse</p></td><td><p>£250,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£250,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grey Squirrel</p></td><td><p>£3,963,000</p></td><td><p>£1,219,000</p></td><td><p>£915,000</p></td><td><p>£6,097,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhododendron</p></td><td><p>£2,874,000</p></td><td><p>£2,874,000</p></td><td><p>£2,873,000</p></td><td><p>£8,621,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Insects</p></td><td><p>£612,000</p></td><td><p>£2,603,000</p></td><td><p>£517,000</p></td><td><p>£3,732,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plant Pathogens</p></td><td><p>£1,195,000</p></td><td><p>£8,000</p></td><td><p>£153,000</p></td><td><p>£1,356,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Quarantine and research</p></td><td><p>£1,648,000</p></td><td><p>£197,000</p></td><td><p>£100,000</p></td><td><p>£1,945,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>T</strong><strong>o</strong><strong>tal</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£45</strong><strong>,</strong><strong>780</strong><strong>,</strong><strong>000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£48</strong><strong>,</strong><strong>666</strong><strong>,</strong><strong>000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£14</strong><strong>,</strong><strong>950</strong><strong>,</strong><strong>000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£109</strong><strong>,</strong><strong>396</strong><strong>,</strong><strong>000</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 01/09/2014 14:26:39 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

78700

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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	Forests
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 her Department is taking to promote the forestry industry.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	206547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is committed to promoting the forestry industry in line with its Forestry and Woodlands Policy Statement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to supporting the industry-led Grown in Britain initiative, which has already gained commitment from 26 major UK Contractors Group companies, with a collective turnover of over £26 billion, to buy British timber preferentially where possible, we are providing support to the sector though the Rural Development Programme, which has provided over £167 million over the past seven years. The new Farming and Forestry Productivity Scheme will further improve the forestry industry’s productivity by supporting new business entrants, innovative practice and our forestry skills base.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Renewable Heat Incentive has funded over 3,400 woodfuel boilers, helping to create a new sustainable market for British timber. In addition, our £15 million Rural Community Energy Fund is supporting 12 projects enabling communities to utilise local woodlands to meet their biomass energy requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 22/07/2014 11:39:08 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

78701

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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 Supply
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 15 July 2014, Official Report, column 611W, on Biofuels, what steps her Department has taken to embed the importance of food security across her Department's policies; and what research her Department supports in this area.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	206548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Through business planning Defra is able to ensure that food security is embedded as a priority objective across all relevant policy areas. For example, Defra’s policy to improve the openness of world markets will not only promote growth, but also ensure the diversity of the UK’s food supply. Pressing for reform of agricultural and trade policies will also contribute to future food security by increasing agricultural productivity and reducing inefficiencies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In terms of research, the Government’s Agri-Tech Strategy, published last July, sets out our approach to helping improve global food supply while maximising the economic potential of the UK’s agri-food science base. This is on top of the more than £400 million a year the Government was already spending on research into different aspects of food security, funded by the Research Councils, Department for International Development and Devolved Administrations as well as Defra.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 22/07/2014 11:03:51 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron