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1013076

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
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	Transport: Noise
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 21 November to Question 191429 on Transport: Noise, what the timeframe is for publication of the response to the consultation on the Noise Action Plans.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	195051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Consultation on the draft Noise Action Plans for Roads, Railways and Agglomerations (large urban areas) closed on 15 November. Responses are currently being evaluated.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will aim to publish a summary of responses alongside the final version of the Action Plans in early 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 29/11/2018 17:55:48 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1012291

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Potatoes: Imports
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 he has made an assessment of the level of risk of diseased potato importation into the UK as a result of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Anne-Marie Trevelyan
uin	194700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Our plant health biosecurity arrangements currently protect UK businesses and the environment from pests and diseases, including those related to potatoes, and we will continue to protect the nation’s plant health biosecurity during and after our departure from the EU. Our work to prepare for leaving the EU will ensure that our high biosecurity standards will continue to be met in ways that support trade and the smooth flow of goods.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 28/11/2018 16:39:25 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

1012311

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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: Diseases
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 recent steps he has taken to establish contingency plans for farmers in the event of an animal disease outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	194643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Defra Contingency plan for exotic notifiable diseases of animals in England was presented to Parliament on 27 November 2018 and is available on the GOV.UK website. The Plan is regularly tested through local and national exercises.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 194644 question first answered 29/11/2018 16:48:39 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1012312

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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: Diseases
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 publish his contingency plans for farmers in the event of an outbreak of animal disease.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	194644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Defra Contingency plan for exotic notifiable diseases of animals in England was presented to Parliament on 27 November 2018 and is available on the GOV.UK website. The Plan is regularly tested through local and national exercises.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 194643 question first answered 29/11/2018 16:48:39 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1012327

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Air Pollution: Children
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 funding his Department has allocated to programmes to reduce children’s exposure to air pollution in (a) 2015-16; (b) 2016-17; and (c) 2017-18; and whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of those schemes.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	194714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Stockton North, Alex Cunningham, on 27 November 2018, PQ UIN192868.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 29/11/2018 17:53:18 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1012381

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	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 plans his Department has put in place to ensure an adequate food supply for the UK in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and whether those plans include stockpiling.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	194745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Defra is preparing for our departure from the EU and is working alongside other relevant government departments. We are also engaging closely with businesses and trade associations across the food and drink sector at ministerial and official levels. The UK has a high degree of food security built on access to diverse sources of supply as well as domestic production. While we are making sensible preparations for all eventualities as we leave the EU, there are no plans to stockpile food.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has already carried out significant ‘no deal’ preparations and has published a series of technical notices on GOV.UK so that businesses and citizens have time to prepare.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 29/11/2018 16:26:46 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1012427

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to Question 190943, tabled on 13 November 2018, by the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	194758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>The answer to Question 190943 was published on 27 November 2018 and can be found on the parliamentary website.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 30/11/2018 13:17:16 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1012433

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Recycling: Contamination
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 guidance his Department provides to local authorities on avoiding contamination in recycling collections.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	194673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>With support from the Government, the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has published guidance for local authorities on how to reduce contamination and improve quality in recycling. It also provides advice on its Recycle Now website to householders on how to reduce contamination when recycling. WRAP has also worked with Resource London to publish a toolkit to help local authorities calculate the cost of contamination.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not estimated the costs of contamination for local authorities but has published estimates of the amount of household recyclate that is rejected for recycling every year. In 2016/17, 434,000 tonnes of total household waste was rejected, equating to 4% of the material collected for recycling, composting and reuse. Data from materials sorting facilities shows that 15.2% of the material arriving at registered sorting facilities was regarded as non-target or non-recyclable material in the second quarter of 2018, the most recent period for which statistics are available.</p><p> </p><p>We want to increase the quality of material that local authorities collect for recycling. We will announce our plans to achieve this in the upcoming Resources and Waste Strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 194674 194675 question first answered 27/11/2018 15:26:52 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1012435

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Recycling: Contamination
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 guidance his Department provides on the level of cleanliness required for recycled rubbish.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	194674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>With support from the Government, the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has published guidance for local authorities on how to reduce contamination and improve quality in recycling. It also provides advice on its Recycle Now website to householders on how to reduce contamination when recycling. WRAP has also worked with Resource London to publish a toolkit to help local authorities calculate the cost of contamination.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not estimated the costs of contamination for local authorities but has published estimates of the amount of household recyclate that is rejected for recycling every year. In 2016/17, 434,000 tonnes of total household waste was rejected, equating to 4% of the material collected for recycling, composting and reuse. Data from materials sorting facilities shows that 15.2% of the material arriving at registered sorting facilities was regarded as non-target or non-recyclable material in the second quarter of 2018, the most recent period for which statistics are available.</p><p> </p><p>We want to increase the quality of material that local authorities collect for recycling. We will announce our plans to achieve this in the upcoming Resources and Waste Strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 194673 194675 question first answered 27/11/2018 15:26:52 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1012436

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Recycling: Contamination
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 (a) level and (b) cost to local authorities of contamination in recycled rubbish; and what steps his Department is taking to prevent contamination in recycling.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	194675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>With support from the Government, the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has published guidance for local authorities on how to reduce contamination and improve quality in recycling. It also provides advice on its Recycle Now website to householders on how to reduce contamination when recycling. WRAP has also worked with Resource London to publish a toolkit to help local authorities calculate the cost of contamination.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not estimated the costs of contamination for local authorities but has published estimates of the amount of household recyclate that is rejected for recycling every year. In 2016/17, 434,000 tonnes of total household waste was rejected, equating to 4% of the material collected for recycling, composting and reuse. Data from materials sorting facilities shows that 15.2% of the material arriving at registered sorting facilities was regarded as non-target or non-recyclable material in the second quarter of 2018, the most recent period for which statistics are available.</p><p> </p><p>We want to increase the quality of material that local authorities collect for recycling. We will announce our plans to achieve this in the upcoming Resources and Waste Strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 194673 194674 question first answered 27/11/2018 15:26:52 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah