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758682

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Recycling: EU Action
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 meet the recycling targets of the EU's Circular Economy Package.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	9462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Defra has not prepared projections on the proportion of household waste expected to be recycled by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The Circular Economy Package is still under negotiation and no agreement has yet been reached on recycling targets. The UK is assessing the potential implications of the proposals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/09/2017 14:02:55 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

758683

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Recycling: Domestic Waste
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 proportion of household waste his Department expects England to recycle by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	9450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Defra has not prepared projections on the proportion of household waste expected to be recycled by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The Circular Economy Package is still under negotiation and no agreement has yet been reached on recycling targets. The UK is assessing the potential implications of the proposals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/09/2017 14:01:55 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

758688

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Protection of Badgers Act 1992
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 were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 in each police force area in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	9337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The following information was provided by the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts of offences under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 and the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996, in England and Wales, by police force area, in 2016, can be viewed in the table attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 13/09/2017 09:17:48 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey attachment 1 file name 9337 9451 Table FYI.docx title Table
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

758689

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease 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, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) administration, (b) delivery and (c) policing of badger culls in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	9369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The cost of badger control between 2013 and 2016, including value for money analyses can be found on Gov.uk at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bovine-tb-controlling-the-risk-of-bovine-tb-from-badgers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bovine-tb-controlling-the-risk-of-bovine-tb-from-badgers</a>.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/09/2017 13:48:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

758807

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996
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 were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996 in each police force area in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	9451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The following information was provided by the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts of offences under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 and the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996, in England and Wales, by police force area, in 2016, can be viewed in the table attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 13/09/2017 09:18:24 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey attachment 1 file name 9337 9451 Table FYI.docx title Table
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

758812

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Hunting Act 2004
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 were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under the Hunting Act 2004 in each police force area in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	9465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The following information was provided by the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts of offences under the Hunting Act 2004, in England and Wales, by police force area, in 2016, can be viewed in the attached table.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/09/2017 13:51:56 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey attachment 1 file name 9465 table.pdf title Hunting Act prosecutions
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

758156

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Recruitment
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 his Department plans to employ additional staff in response to demands placed on his Department by the EU exit process.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	9276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Over 80% of Defra’s agenda is affected by the UK’s departure from the European Union. As a result, many roles across the Defra group are supporting EU exit-related work, either directly or indirectly. As the Cabinet Secretary set out in July, we have recruited over 400 additional staff to support our comprehensive programme focused on EU exit and we continue to keep our plans under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/09/2017 13:42:49 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

758158

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Cycle to Work Scheme
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 civil servants in his Department made use of a cycle-to-work scheme in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	9275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of staff in the core-Department who made use of the cycle-to-work scheme in each of the last five calendar years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. of staff</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/09/2017 16:33:14 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

758160

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	Ivory: Overseas Trade
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 he has made of the level of ivory imports to and exports from the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	9234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Import and export permits for bringing ivory into and out of the UK are managed on behalf of Defra by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).</p><p>The number of permits used for import in the last five years is shown below:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Ivory imports to the UK</p></td><td><p>Ivory (RE) exports from the UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>332</p></td><td><p>1396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>428</p></td><td><p>1703</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>1446</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>964</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>314</p></td><td><p>785</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Data for 2017 is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/09/2017 13:57:01 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

758161

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in how many cases his Department has made offers of financial support which were subsequently withdrawn because it was found to be in breach of EU state aid rules; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	9227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>There have been no instances where Defra has made offers of financial support which were subsequently withdrawn because it was found to be in breach of EU state aid rules in the last two years. Identifying possible cases of withdrawal from more than two years ago would entail disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/09/2017 16:44:05 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch