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715050

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
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	Fisheries: Employment
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 number of jobs in the fishing industry which have been directly funded through the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	69697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/04/2017 10:48:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

715052

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
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, what assessment her Department has made of potential trends in the level of food self-sufficiency in each of the next 10 years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	69694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The most recent UK Production to Supply Ratio is 61% for all food and 76% for indigenous type food.</p><p> </p><p>We do not predict future ratios given the uncertainty over the many dependent factors including global food commodity prices, exchange rates, climate and weather, as well as discrete factors such as plant and animal disease. However, the Government has a policy of supporting our food and farming industry so that we can grow more and sell more British produce.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/04/2017 11:23:05 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

713790

registered interest
date	24/03/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2017 to Question 67934, whether her Department holds information on the minimum level of funding that will be provided to the agricultural sector in 2019-20 in maintained Pillar 1 funding; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	69054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has guaranteed that the agricultural sector will receive the same level of funding that it would have received under Pillar 1 of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) until the end of the Multi-Annual Financial Framework in 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The annual value of the Pillar 1 budget fluctuates with currency movements but the UK budgetary ceiling for 2019/2020 will be approximately €3.2billion. The scheme regulations do not set a minimum level of spend.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 30/03/2017 16:57:46 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

713464

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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, what assessment her Department has made of the level of the UK's self-sufficiency in food in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	68828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>In the most recently published figures the UK production to supply ratio for all food is 61% and for indigenous food 76%. These figures have been relatively constant over the previous 10 years.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>All food %</p></td><td><p>Indigenous type food %</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Production to Supply ratio is published annually in the “Agriculture in the UK” statistical publication.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 28/03/2017 11:42:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

712941

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2017 to Question 68033, on agriculture, when her Department plans to make a decision on how the commitment to maintain agricultural sector funding at equivalent Pillar 1 levels under the CAP from when the UK leaves the EU until 2020 will be managed and delivered; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	68754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>We understand the importance of providing certainty for farmers on funding, which is why the Government has guaranteed CAP Pillar I funding until the end of the Multiannual Financial Framework in 2020. Further details on arrangements for after 2020 will be given in due course and our intention is to do so sufficiently in advance of 2020 to give farmers time to plan.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 24/03/2017 11:20:01 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

712092

registered interest
date	17/03/2017
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	Flood Control
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 flood defence schemes her Department has funded in each month since 2015; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	68358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>The Environment Agency does not fund flood and coastal risk management schemes on a monthly basis. These schemes are funded through the 6 year capital investment programme, which runs between April 2015 and March 2021 and will deliver over 1,500 flood defence schemes, better protecting more than 300,000 homes from flooding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since April 2015, on average 696 schemes are in progress every month.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The delivery of the programme is monitored continuously and funding is reviewed annually. The latest 6 year capital investment programme is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/programme-of-flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-management-schemes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/programme-of-flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-management-schemes</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 22/03/2017 10:55:57 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

712094

registered interest
date	17/03/2017
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: Apprentices
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 her Department has made of the number of apprenticeship starts in the food, farming and agri-tech sectors in each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	68361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows apprenticeship starts in each year since 2010/11. This is based on the number of starts under the Food Manufacture, Agriculture and Horticulture frameworks. The Apprenticeships Levy, being introduced in April, is expected to drive a further increase in apprenticeship numbers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the next few years, frameworks are being replaced by employer-led standards. The food and farming industry is developing such standards which will better meet the needs of the industry.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food, farming and agri-tech apprenticeship starts</p></td><td><p> </p><p>4,870</p></td><td><p> </p><p>7,280</p></td><td><p> </p><p>7,180</p></td><td><p> </p><p>6,200</p></td><td><p> </p><p>5,890</p></td><td><p> </p><p>7,160</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/03/2017 12:10:12 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

711763

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
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	Joint Air Quality Unit: Costs
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 cost of the Joint Air Quality Unit has been in each month since it was established in April 2016; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	68300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The Joint Air Quality Unit (JAQU) includes staff from two Government Departments, Defra and the Department for Transport.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out what number of full-time equivalent civil servants have worked in the JAQU as well as the associated pay cost in each month from April 2016 to February 2017. The increase seen across the period is a reflection of this Government’s commitment to improving air quality in the shortest possible time, both by adding new resources to the team and by bringing existing Defra analysts into the unit to work exclusively on the Government’s revised plan for nitrogen dioxide.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are the most accurate and up to date available. The JAQU has also had two full-time Civil Service Fast Streamers working for it from September 2016 to February 2017. They are not included in the above numbers as Fast Streamers are employed under separate, Government-wide arrangements.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FTEs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost £</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-16</strong></p></td><td><p>7.07</p></td><td><p>34,938</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-16</strong></p></td><td><p>9.07</p></td><td><p>39,004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-16</strong></p></td><td><p>9.07</p></td><td><p>49,980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-16</strong></p></td><td><p>9.67</p></td><td><p>50,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-16</strong></p></td><td><p>9.67</p></td><td><p>52,643</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-16</strong></p></td><td><p>9.67</p></td><td><p>64,262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct-16</strong></p></td><td><p>8.67</p></td><td><p>50,627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov-16</strong></p></td><td><p>8.67</p></td><td><p>51,125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-16</strong></p></td><td><p>10.67</p></td><td><p>60,985</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-17</strong></p></td><td><p>24.67</p></td><td><p>125,081</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-17</strong></p></td><td><p>28.27</p></td><td><p>157,293</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>736,478</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 68244 question first answered 21/03/2017 14:21:52 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

711766

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
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	Joint Air Quality Unit: Civil Servants
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 number of full-time equivalent civil servants have worked in the Joint Air Quality Unit in each month since it was established since April 2016; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	68244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The Joint Air Quality Unit (JAQU) includes staff from two Government Departments, Defra and the Department for Transport.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out what number of full-time equivalent civil servants have worked in the JAQU as well as the associated pay cost in each month from April 2016 to February 2017. The increase seen across the period is a reflection of this Government’s commitment to improving air quality in the shortest possible time, both by adding new resources to the team and by bringing existing Defra analysts into the unit to work exclusively on the Government’s revised plan for nitrogen dioxide.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are the most accurate and up to date available. The JAQU has also had two full-time Civil Service Fast Streamers working for it from September 2016 to February 2017. They are not included in the above numbers as Fast Streamers are employed under separate, Government-wide arrangements.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FTEs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost £</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-16</strong></p></td><td><p>7.07</p></td><td><p>34,938</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-16</strong></p></td><td><p>9.07</p></td><td><p>39,004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-16</strong></p></td><td><p>9.07</p></td><td><p>49,980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-16</strong></p></td><td><p>9.67</p></td><td><p>50,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-16</strong></p></td><td><p>9.67</p></td><td><p>52,643</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-16</strong></p></td><td><p>9.67</p></td><td><p>64,262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct-16</strong></p></td><td><p>8.67</p></td><td><p>50,627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov-16</strong></p></td><td><p>8.67</p></td><td><p>51,125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-16</strong></p></td><td><p>10.67</p></td><td><p>60,985</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-17</strong></p></td><td><p>24.67</p></td><td><p>125,081</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-17</strong></p></td><td><p>28.27</p></td><td><p>157,293</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>736,478</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 68300 question first answered 21/03/2017 14:21:52 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

711445

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
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	European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
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 the UK has received through the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	68015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>The European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), as with all European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF), run on a seven year cycle. The predecessor to the EMFF was the European Fisheries Fund (EFF), which ran from 2007 – 2013. A breakdown of payments received by the UK, for each fund are given below. The EMFF did not open for applications until January 2016 and payments for projects did not commence until later that year. Therefore, the figure for 2015 and most of that for 2016 comprise of the pre-financing element that is provided by the European Commission.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>UK European Fisheries Fund (EFF) payments 2008-2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Payment Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sum of EFF Payments (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sum of EFF Payments (€)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>16,454,572.42</p></td><td><p>19,295,904.46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>27,267,995.24</p></td><td><p>32,650,846.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>8,964,246.85</p></td><td><p>10,392,606.72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>25,491,459.22</p></td><td><p>32,251,658.18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>20,712,212.30</p></td><td><p>28,563,761.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>98,890,486.03</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>123,154,776.76</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Payment Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sum of EMFF Payments (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sum of EMFF Payments (€)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3,573,295.44</p></td><td><p>4,571,021.42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>5,334,537.42</p></td><td><p>6,856,532.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,907,832.86</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,427,553.55</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 24/03/2017 12:01:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham