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855561

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Bottles: Deposit Return Schemes
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 merits of a deposit return scheme for glass bottles.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	130868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Defra continues to work closely with the devolved administrations in delivering our shared ambitions to improve waste and recycling outcomes and promote resource efficiency in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Last autumn an independent working group set up under the Litter Strategy for England held a call for evidence on measures to reduce littering of drinks containers and promote recycling. The focus was rigid and flexible plastic, glass or metal drinks containers that are sold sealed and used for the sale of alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages, often for consumption ‘on the go’. This included seeking evidence on the costs, benefits and impacts of deposit return schemes. The working group has submitted its report to Ministers, who will make a decision on next steps shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 13/03/2018 12:16:49 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

855562

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	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 his Department is taking to incentivise the adoption by manufacturers of packaging of environmentally friendly designs.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	130869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>On 11 January 2018 we published our 25 Year Environment Plan that stated our ambition to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste by 2042 and, in particular, the waste from single use plastics.</p><p> </p><p>As part of delivering this work, we will be exploring how we can develop our producer responsibility schemes to give producers greater incentives to design more resource efficient products, including packaging.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/03/2018 12:16:56 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

855743

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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
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 potential effect on UK agriculture of the UK leaving the EU single market and Customs Union.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	131049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Outside the EU we will create new opportunities for our farmers to grow more, sell more and export more great British food. Alongside our plans for a new domestic agricultural policy, the UK has been clear that it is leaving the Single Market and the Customs Union. We have set out two potential options for our customs arrangement; a customs partnership where at the border the UK would mirror the EU’s requirements for imports from the rest of the world, or a highly streamlined arrangement where we would jointly implement a range of measures to minimise frictions together with provisions for Northern Ireland. Both options would leave the UK free to determine its own tariffs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/03/2018 15:53:46 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

855749

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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: South West
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 herds were located in each of the badger cull areas of the first (a) Gloucestershire, (b) Somerset and (c) Dorset cull zones for each of the (i) three pre-cull years and (ii) first four years of the culls.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	131055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>A report providing analysis of TB incidence in cattle for the licensed badger control areas of Gloucestershire &amp; Somerset, which began in 2013, and Dorset, which began in 2015, has been published. The report provides information on Officially TB Free Withdrawn incidents in the three years prior to badger control operations in the three areas, and the number of herds in each area at the start of badger control operations. The data for the fourth year of Gloucestershire &amp; Somerset, and the second year of Dorset will be published in due course. The report can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643492/tb-badger-control-third-year-analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643492/tb-badger-control-third-year-analysis.pdf</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Active Herds</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p><strong>157</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p><strong>215</strong></p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>178</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p><strong>154</strong></p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>133</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Total Incidents</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>OTF-Withdrawn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 131057 131058 question first answered 13/03/2018 15:59:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

855751

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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: South West
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 new herd incidents were there in (a) the first Gloucestershire, (b) the first Somerset and (c) the first Dorset cull zone for (i) each of the three years before the cull and (ii) each of the first four years of the cull.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	131057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>A report providing analysis of TB incidence in cattle for the licensed badger control areas of Gloucestershire &amp; Somerset, which began in 2013, and Dorset, which began in 2015, has been published. The report provides information on Officially TB Free Withdrawn incidents in the three years prior to badger control operations in the three areas, and the number of herds in each area at the start of badger control operations. The data for the fourth year of Gloucestershire &amp; Somerset, and the second year of Dorset will be published in due course. The report can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643492/tb-badger-control-third-year-analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643492/tb-badger-control-third-year-analysis.pdf</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Active Herds</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p><strong>157</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p><strong>215</strong></p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>178</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p><strong>154</strong></p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>133</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Total Incidents</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>OTF-Withdrawn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 131055 131058 question first answered 13/03/2018 15:59:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

855752

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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: South West
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 officially TB free status withdrawn cases there were in (a) the first Gloucestershire, (b) the first Somerset and c) the first Dorset cull zone in (i) each of the last three years before the culls and (ii) for each of the first four years of the culls.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	131058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>A report providing analysis of TB incidence in cattle for the licensed badger control areas of Gloucestershire &amp; Somerset, which began in 2013, and Dorset, which began in 2015, has been published. The report provides information on Officially TB Free Withdrawn incidents in the three years prior to badger control operations in the three areas, and the number of herds in each area at the start of badger control operations. The data for the fourth year of Gloucestershire &amp; Somerset, and the second year of Dorset will be published in due course. The report can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643492/tb-badger-control-third-year-analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643492/tb-badger-control-third-year-analysis.pdf</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Active Herds</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p><strong>157</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p><strong>215</strong></p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>178</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p><strong>154</strong></p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>133</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Total Incidents</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>OTF-Withdrawn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 131055 131057 question first answered 13/03/2018 15:59:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

853327

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
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	Public Footpaths
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 his Department will uphold Natural England's agreement to commit to a three-year funding cycle for the National Trails.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	130776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Business planning and financial allocations have not yet been completed and we are therefore not yet in a position to announce the future level of funding until 2021 for the 13 national trails.</p><p> </p><p>Natural England wrote to each of the national trail partnerships last December making an interim offer of 50% of the funding made to each of the national trails in 2017/18. The offer was an advance contribution towards the costs the partnerships would incur in 2018/19 in the absence of Natural England being able to confirm its overall funding position for 2018/19.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 130777 question first answered 12/03/2018 11:58:18 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

853328

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
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	Public Footpaths
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 fund from the public purse the 13 National Trails for £1.6 million annually until 2021.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	130777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Business planning and financial allocations have not yet been completed and we are therefore not yet in a position to announce the future level of funding until 2021 for the 13 national trails.</p><p> </p><p>Natural England wrote to each of the national trail partnerships last December making an interim offer of 50% of the funding made to each of the national trails in 2017/18. The offer was an advance contribution towards the costs the partnerships would incur in 2018/19 in the absence of Natural England being able to confirm its overall funding position for 2018/19.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 130776 question first answered 12/03/2018 11:58:18 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

852584

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
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	Animals: Tagging
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 people have been arrested, charged and convicted for non-compliance of not ensuring that their dog is microchipped.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	130580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>There are no recorded prosecutions or convictions for such an offence up to and including 31 December 2016, the latest year for which statistics are available. However, at least two people were fined last year for failing to ensure that their dog was properly microchipped and their details kept up to date. The offence of failing to microchip a dog is a “non-notifiable” offence and so there is no centrally held data on arrests or charges. We would not expect many people to be arrested, charged or prosecuted for such an offence because offenders are given an opportunity to microchip their dogs before facing prosecution.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/03/2018 11:57:41 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

851745

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
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: 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 estimate his Department has made of the quantity of plastics washed up on UK beaches in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	130508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Data from Marine Conservation Society’s Great British Beach Clean show consistent levels of litter on UK beaches. The information is in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of litter items per 100 meters</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>718</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>649</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>676</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>MCS have found that plastic fragments, fishing-related litter and packaging are the most common types of litter found, with variable trends in the specific categories. This is consistent with the findings in our recent National Environment Indicators.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 19/03/2018 10:01:58 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann