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604053

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date	17/10/2016
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: Monitoring
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 and what proportion of UK fishing trips and hauls were (a) accompanied by fisheries observers and (b) electronically monitored by cameras in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	48853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>UK fisheries observers accompanied 610 UK fishing trips in 2013, 755 in 2014 and 595 in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The number of vessels that have been electronically monitored using remote electronic monitoring (REM) equipment (which includes cameras) in each of the last three years (to and including 2016) is show in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016 (to 18/10)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>No. of vessels</strong></p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>No. of trips</strong></p></td><td><p>1214</p></td><td><p>1652</p></td><td><p>1005</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>While the number of vessels being electronically monitored is a low proportion of all UK vessels, those which are electronically monitored have a high catching capacity. For example, in 2015 some 82% of total landings by English vessels of North Sea cod were made by vessels monitored by REM equipment.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/10/2016 12:35:29 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

604054

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
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: Monitoring
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 the Government plans to monitor the phased in landing obligation requirements (a) generally and (b) for North Sea cod in 2017 to ensure that no illegal discarding or high grading is occurring; and what the level of (a) observer coverage and (b) electronic monitoring coverage is planned for 2017.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	48854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>Responsibility for ensuring compliance with the Landing Obligation (LO) rests with Defra, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and the UK’s Devolved Administrations. After an advisory period, and for the vessels for which it is responsible, the MMO is ensuring that fishing vessels are fully compliant with LO requirements while working at sea through inspections, including those made by Royal Navy offshore patrol vessels.</p><p> </p><p>Fishing vessels are selected for inspection at sea using a risk-based and intelligence-led approach. Any illegal discarding or high grading discovered is dealt with in-line with the MMO’s compliance strategy. Coastal inspectors have received guidance and instruction on the LO, covering both pelagic and demersal fisheries. This guidance is updated in-line with regulatory changes every year, and coastal inspectors are monitoring both fish markets and landings.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently working with industry to continue a scheme that will fully document certain catches using electronic monitoring equipment in 2017, and going forward, as the LO is phased in.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/10/2016 12:41:05 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

601937

registered interest
date	14/10/2016
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	Common Fisheries Policy
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 she has to ensure that (a) the Maximum Sustainable Yield and (b) other objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy are incorporated into UK legislation by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	48718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>No decisions have yet been taken, although the Government remains committed to sustainable fisheries and the ending of discards, as set out in its manifesto commitments.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 19/10/2016 15:06:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

601055

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
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: Antibiotics
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 her Department plans to respond formally to the Soil Association's Save Our Anti-Biotic campaign.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Dr Alasdair McDonnell
uin	48499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>No formal response will be made. On 16 September 2016 the Government published its response to the final report and recommendations of the Independent Review on Antimicrobial Resistance. The response outlines future plans and ambitions to reduce the need for antibiotics and tackle antibiotic resistance.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with a wide-range of stakeholders and use emerging, scientifically sound evidence to develop policy.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/10/2016 15:31:19 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1596 label Biography information for Dr Alasdair McDonnell

601056

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
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: Vaccination
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 her Department has spent to date of the £1.25 million committed to the Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	48504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>Defra Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme projects in England were funded on the basis of actual work done by the grant beneficiaries with no specific total amount committed to the Scheme. Defra spent just over £92,000 on these projects in the 2015/16 financial year, with additional in-kind support in the form of free loans of equipment, supply of the Badger BGC vaccine and advice from field experts.</p><p> </p><p>Although no vaccination of badgers under the Scheme is possible in 2016, we have awarded grant funding to three of the former beneficiaries for other vaccination-related work. The amounts payable to each will depend on the work that they do in the current financial year</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 19/10/2016 15:48:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

601057

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
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: Vaccination
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 she has to extend badger vaccination schemes in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	48505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>There have been a number of private badger vaccination initiatives in England over the last three years, some of which have received Defra grant funding. Resumption in Defra-supported vaccination in 2017 will depend on the availability of the vaccine, current supplies of which are being prioritised by the Government for public health use.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/10/2016 15:34:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

601058

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
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	Bees: Beetles
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 the Government is taking to prevent the small hive beetle from affecting the UK's bee population.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Chris White
uin	48506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>A Contingency Plan for England and Wales and a Pest Risk Assessment (PRA) have been published for the small hive beetle. Elements of the Contingency Plan were tested during 2016 with the completion of two field exercises in England. Such exercises have been carried out annually since 2005 on a four year rolling regional cycle ensuring that all National Bee Unit field inspectors and support staff are trained in Contingency Planning and Operational Preparedness.</p><p> </p><p>Since the first detection in Italy in September 2014 UK bee inspectors have enhanced our inspection services and surveillance by:</p><p> </p><ul><li>tracing and checking past imports of bees from Italy;</li><li>increasing inspections of high-risk apiaries near ports and airports;</li><li>doubling the number of targeted exotic pest inspections carried out per year;</li><li>providing training and guidance materials on pest recognition to inspectors responsible for checking UK imports of plants and plant products (e.g. Plant Health and Seeds Inspectors and Horticulture Marketing Inspectors – as these products could provide a route by which the beetle is introduced); and</li><li>working with beekeeper associations, government agencies and importer trade associations (e.g. Fresh Produce Consortium) to raise awareness amongst beekeepers, plant produce importers and growers who use managed bees for pollination services.</li></ul> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/10/2016 15:37:10 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4114 label Biography information for Chris White

601060

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
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, how many operators have been licenced to carry out badger culling; and how many such licence applications have been refused since the badger cull began.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	48570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>For 2016 over the 10 licensed areas, 1446 operators are authorised to carry out badger culling, (latest figures: 17/10/16).</p><p> </p><p>The control companies submit details of those operators they wish to put forward to become authorised to undertake licensed action, (each operator does not submit an individual licence application). Natural England has not refused to authorise any operator where the relevant details were submitted; i.e. confirmation of attending and passing the relevant training or refresher courses and valid Firearms Certificate or Shotgun Certificate details.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/10/2016 14:57:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

601061

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
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: Vaccination
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 her Department has had discussions with suppliers other than Statens Serum Institut to procure the BCG vaccine.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	48557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>My officials have had initial discussions with other potential suppliers of BCG vaccine about the possibility of future supply</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 19/10/2016 11:51:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

601063

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
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	Dangerous Dogs: Prosecutions
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 in (a) the UK and (b) Wiltshire have been prosecuted under sections (a) 1(3), (b) 3(1) and (c) 3(3) of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in (i) 2015 and (ii) 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	48656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts in 2015 for offences, under the requested sections of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, in England and Wales, and specifically for Wiltshire, is in the table below. Data for 2016 is not yet available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for offences under selected sections of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, England and Wales (with breakdown for Wiltshire Police Force Area), 2015 <sup>(1)(2)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Section of Act</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Coverage</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Section 1(3)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>England and Wales</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>199</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><em>of which</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Section 3(1)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>England and Wales</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,501</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><em>of which</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Section 3(3)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>England and Wales</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><em>of which</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>'-' = Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Ref: 557-16 PQC 48656</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/10/2016 14:56:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan