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1093501

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
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	Biodiversity
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 UN biodiversity targets on halting species decline and improving the condition of protected sites.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	235742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>Domestic biodiversity policy is a devolved matter and the information provided relates to England only, except in relation to our plans internationally.</p><p>On land, around 94% of our protected sites, covering over 1 million hectares, are now in good condition or have management in place to restore their condition. At sea, we are putting management measures in place to protect and expand our Marine Protected Areas. We have consulted on a third tranche of 41 Marine Conservation Zones. Sites to be designated will be in place by 7 June.</p><p>Our agencies and non-Departmental bodies are working on species recovery projects with landowning and conservation partners, for example on freshwater pearl mussel, short-haired bumblebee and stone curlew.</p><p>The ongoing declines in nature are a global problem that need a global solution. That is why the UK is committed to playing a leading role in developing a global post-2020 framework under the Convention on Biological Diversity that is ambitious and transformational. Our Darwin Initiative supports global action by providing grants to protect biodiversity and the natural environment, with £10.6 million awarded in 2018. Defra has contributed almost £6 million over the last three years to Darwin Plus for Overseas Territories’ biodiversity. We continue to support activities to end poaching and the illegal wildlife trade, and have recently passed new legislation to close our domestic ivory market, which will be the toughest ivory ban in Europe and one of the toughest in the world.</p><p>The UK Government has committed to protecting the ocean, and has called for at least 30 per cent of the ocean to be in Marine Protected Areas by 2030. Our Blue Belt programme will protect marine habitats and species in 4million km<sup>2</sup> around the Overseas Territories by 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 27/03/2019 16:16:00 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1092641

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
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	Poultry: Animal Welfare
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 (a) maintain and (b) increase animal welfare standards in battery hen farms.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	235260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The use of conventional (“battery”) cages for laying hens has been banned in the UK since 2012. Laying hens are kept in either enriched colonies, free range, barn or organic systems. Enriched colonies provide more space for the birds to move around and are legally required to provide nest boxes, litter, perches, and claw shortening devices which allow the birds to carry out a greater range of natural behaviours.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The new statutory Code of Practice for the Welfare of Laying Hens and Pullets provides improved and up-to-date guidance for owners and keepers on how to comply with the legislation and help maintain high animal welfare standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We intend to continue being a world leader in animal welfare after we leave the EU by maintaining and strengthening our already world-class welfare standards. As part of our move to higher regulatory standards we intend to develop publicly-funded schemes for farmers to deliver animal welfare enhancements beyond our high regulatory baseline that are valued by the public.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 26/03/2019 11:34:15 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1092668

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
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	Chemicals: 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 requested a quicker action on a chemical restriction, including additional rapid phase-out deadlines, that have been blocked by (a) other Member States and (b) the European Chemicals Agency.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	235265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>In 2012 the UK proposed that the substance decaBDE should be classified as a substance of very high concern (SVHC), which would be followed by authorisation procedures to limit its use. DecaBDE was listed as an SVHC, as proposed by the UK, but the EU decided not to proceed with authorisation procedures, and took an alternative route of restriction instead. The restriction was not adopted until 2017. The EU’s decision to opt for a restriction rather than continuing with the authorisation process resulted in a delay in regulatory action.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 27/03/2019 17:07:46 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1092669

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
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	Chemicals: 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, on how many occasions the UK has opposed the restriction of a chemical by (a) another Member State and (b) the European Chemicals Agency.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	235266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Chemicals are restricted under the European Union’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation &amp; restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under REACH, the UK has opposed the restriction of two chemicals:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>The extension of a restriction on Poly-Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) to consumer items (Annex XVII, entry 50, paragraphs 5-7);</p></li><li><p>A restriction on Methanol in windscreen washing or defrosting fluids (Annex XVII, entry 69, paragraph 1).</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 26/03/2019 16:07:35 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1092670

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
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	Chemicals: 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 objected to a substance being named as a substance of very high concern by the European Chemicals Agency.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	235267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Where an SVHC proposal has gone to the Member State Committee the UK has objected to seven substances. Of these seven substances, the UK has subsequently given its assent to four after modification of the proposal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 26/03/2019 17:43:10 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1092760

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
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	Livestock: Exports
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 plans he has to prohibit the export of livestock for (a) slaughter and (b) fattening after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	235233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the reply given to the Hon. Member for Southend West, Sir David Amess, on 8 March 2019 to PQ 229590.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 27/03/2019 17:35:53 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1092067

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Rural Areas: Bus Services
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 funding UK National Park Authorities has provided to rural bus services in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	234765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>National Park Authorities are not strategic transport authorities and do not have statutory responsibility for the provision of transport. Defra does not hold information on how much funding National Park Authorities have provided to rural bus services in each year since 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 27/03/2019 11:12:14 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1092100

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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: Finance
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 changes there have been in the Environment Agency flood prevention budget for rivers in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	234777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) develops flood and coastal risk management schemes where the risk is highest, wherever it is across the country. It uses a consistent set of criteria to prioritise funding for schemes which ensures a fair distribution of funding based on agreed priorities, principles and needs. It does not allocate or collate information separately for rivers or the coast.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the EA’s total capital Grant in Aid (GIA) spend on flood and coastal erosion risk management and total revenue maintenance spend in each year since 2010/11 for which data is available. Capital GIA spend includes the construction of new flood and coastal erosion schemes as well as capitalised salaries and other flood risk management activity such as mapping, modelling and flood warning. Revenue maintenance spend includes developing technology and direct maintenance work such as dredging, inspecting assets, and carrying out repairs. Included in the figures is funding to support repairs from significant flood events.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total FCERM Capital Grant in Aid (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Revenue Maintenance Allocations (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>476</p></td><td><p>- *</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>554</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>432</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,379</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,231</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*2010/11 revenue maintenance figure is unavailable</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 234779 234780 question first answered 25/03/2019 09:52:44 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1092102

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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: Finance
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 reduction has been in the end agency flood prevention budget for maintenance of existing defences since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	234779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) develops flood and coastal risk management schemes where the risk is highest, wherever it is across the country. It uses a consistent set of criteria to prioritise funding for schemes which ensures a fair distribution of funding based on agreed priorities, principles and needs. It does not allocate or collate information separately for rivers or the coast.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the EA’s total capital Grant in Aid (GIA) spend on flood and coastal erosion risk management and total revenue maintenance spend in each year since 2010/11 for which data is available. Capital GIA spend includes the construction of new flood and coastal erosion schemes as well as capitalised salaries and other flood risk management activity such as mapping, modelling and flood warning. Revenue maintenance spend includes developing technology and direct maintenance work such as dredging, inspecting assets, and carrying out repairs. Included in the figures is funding to support repairs from significant flood events.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total FCERM Capital Grant in Aid (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Revenue Maintenance Allocations (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>476</p></td><td><p>- *</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>554</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>432</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,379</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,231</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*2010/11 revenue maintenance figure is unavailable</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 234777 234780 question first answered 25/03/2019 09:52:45 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1092104

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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: Finance
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 budget for the maintenance of existing defences in the end agency flood prevention budget has been in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	234780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) develops flood and coastal risk management schemes where the risk is highest, wherever it is across the country. It uses a consistent set of criteria to prioritise funding for schemes which ensures a fair distribution of funding based on agreed priorities, principles and needs. It does not allocate or collate information separately for rivers or the coast.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the EA’s total capital Grant in Aid (GIA) spend on flood and coastal erosion risk management and total revenue maintenance spend in each year since 2010/11 for which data is available. Capital GIA spend includes the construction of new flood and coastal erosion schemes as well as capitalised salaries and other flood risk management activity such as mapping, modelling and flood warning. Revenue maintenance spend includes developing technology and direct maintenance work such as dredging, inspecting assets, and carrying out repairs. Included in the figures is funding to support repairs from significant flood events.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total FCERM Capital Grant in Aid (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Revenue Maintenance Allocations (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>476</p></td><td><p>- *</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>554</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>432</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,379</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,231</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*2010/11 revenue maintenance figure is unavailable</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 234777 234779 question first answered 25/03/2019 09:52:45 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel