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758977

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
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	Environment: EU External Relations
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 legal position will be of international environmental agreements ratified jointly by the EU and the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	9693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The UK will continue to be bound by international Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) to which it is party. We are committed to upholding our international obligations under these agreements and will continue to play an active role internationally following our departure from the EU. We will give due consideration to the ratification of MEAs in the future to which the UK is not currently party in its own right,(recognising that some risks have no relevance to the UK.)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 9691 question first answered 18/09/2017 17:01:08 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

758978

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
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: Behavioural Insights Team
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 his Department has paid to the Behavioural Insights Team in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has received services from the Behavioural Insights Team since 2014. This has enabled the department to add to its evidence base to support priority government areas.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 have been published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search </a></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 9964 question first answered 18/09/2017 14:56:09 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

759022

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
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	Animal Welfare: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions have been brought under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how many prosecutions were successful in each of those years.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL1469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2017 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, in England and Wales, from 2012 to 2016, can be viewed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for the Animal Welfare Act 2006 <sup>(1)</sup>, England and Wales, from 2012 to 2016 <sup>(2)(3)(4)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outcome</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proceeded against</p></td><td><p>1,999</p></td><td><p>1,897</p></td><td><p>1,523</p></td><td><p>1,188</p></td><td><p>1,039</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Found Guilty</p></td><td><p>1,535</p></td><td><p>1,435</p></td><td><p>1,161</p></td><td><p>899</p></td><td><p>807</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sentenced</p></td><td><p>1,533</p></td><td><p>1,431</p></td><td><p>1,159</p></td><td><p>902</p></td><td><p>807</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Immediate custody</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>up to 3 months</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 months and up to six</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Six months</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(1) Includes offences under SS 4, 5, 6(1),6(2) 7, 8, 9, 13(6) and 34(9)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(2) 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><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(3) 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><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(4) The number of offenders sentenced can differ from those found guilty as it may be the case that a defendant found guilty in a particular year, and committed for sentence at the Crown Court, nay be sentenced in the following year.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services – Ministry of Justice.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ref: PQ HL 1469 1470</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL1470 question first answered 22/09/2017 13:46:48 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

759023

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
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	Animal Welfare: Prison Sentences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many custodial sentences were given as a result of prosecutions brought under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what was the length of each such custodial sentence awarded.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL1470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2017 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, in England and Wales, from 2012 to 2016, can be viewed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for the Animal Welfare Act 2006 <sup>(1)</sup>, England and Wales, from 2012 to 2016 <sup>(2)(3)(4)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outcome</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proceeded against</p></td><td><p>1,999</p></td><td><p>1,897</p></td><td><p>1,523</p></td><td><p>1,188</p></td><td><p>1,039</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Found Guilty</p></td><td><p>1,535</p></td><td><p>1,435</p></td><td><p>1,161</p></td><td><p>899</p></td><td><p>807</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sentenced</p></td><td><p>1,533</p></td><td><p>1,431</p></td><td><p>1,159</p></td><td><p>902</p></td><td><p>807</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Immediate custody</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>up to 3 months</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 months and up to six</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Six months</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(1) Includes offences under SS 4, 5, 6(1),6(2) 7, 8, 9, 13(6) and 34(9)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(2) 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><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(3) 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><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(4) The number of offenders sentenced can differ from those found guilty as it may be the case that a defendant found guilty in a particular year, and committed for sentence at the Crown Court, nay be sentenced in the following year.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services – Ministry of Justice.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ref: PQ HL 1469 1470</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL1469 question first answered 22/09/2017 13:46:48 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

758557

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	Electric Vehicles: Batteries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the proportion of used electric vehicle batteries that are recycled; and what proportion of such batteries they aim to be recycled following the end of conventional petrol and diesel car and van sales.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL1428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009 ban the disposal of automotive and industrial batteries to landfill and place a responsibility on battery producers to recycle their batteries. It is therefore estimated that all automotive and industrial batteries are recycled.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans for amendments to the Regulations, though we will continue to monitor the market.</p><p> </p><p>These requirements remain in place whether the vehicle relies on an electric or conventional power supply.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL1429 question first answered 20/09/2017 15:15:41 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

758558

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	Electric Vehicles: Batteries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance is available for the sustainable disposal or recycling of used electric car batteries; and what additional assistance will be provided to account for rising demand ahead of the end to sales of conventional petrol and diesel cars and vans.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL1429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009 ban the disposal of automotive and industrial batteries to landfill and place a responsibility on battery producers to recycle their batteries. It is therefore estimated that all automotive and industrial batteries are recycled.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans for amendments to the Regulations, though we will continue to monitor the market.</p><p> </p><p>These requirements remain in place whether the vehicle relies on an electric or conventional power supply.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL1428 question first answered 20/09/2017 15:15:41 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

758679

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	Fisheries: UK Trade with EU
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 value of domestic fish landings which are exported to other EU member states.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	9564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>In 2015, the UK exported 500 thousand tonnes of fish and fish products, with a value of £1.4 billion. The Marine Management Organisation publishes trade analysis in their annual UK Sea Fisheries Statistics publication, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-sea-fisheries-annual-statistics-report-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-sea-fisheries-annual-statistics-report-2015 </a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics include the outward movement of fish and fish products produced by businesses in the UK, plus goods which, after importation to the UK, are then exported. The statistics include fish caught by foreign vessels and landed into the UK; fish caught by the UK fleet and landed into foreign ports are excluded.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/09/2017 15:50:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

758680

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	Marine Conservation Zones
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 he is taking to ensure the completion of the coastal Blue Belt around the UK.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	9548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>We aim to consult on the third tranche of Marine Conservation Zones in English waters in the first half of 2018, with designations within 12 months of that date. The objective is to complete our contribution to the international ecologically-coherent network of Marine Protected Areas in the North East Atlantic by including a representative range of the species and habitats found in our seas.</p><p>Marine protected areas in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/09/2017 16:31:25 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

758681

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	Pest Control: Trapping
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 his Department's policy is on the use of the Goodnature A24 mammal trap in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	9524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>Wildlife management is a devolved matter so this reply relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>The Goodnature A24 rat and stoat trap is permitted for use in England, under the Spring Traps Approval (Variation) (England) Order 2015, for the purpose of killing rats and stoats only. The trap must be placed so that it can only be entered by way of an artificial tunnel that is suitable for that purpose.</p><p> </p><p>A condition of use for all approved spring traps is that so far as is practicable without unreasonably compromising its use, the trap must be used in a manner that minimises the likelihood of its killing, taking or injuring non-target species.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the trapper to make sure conditions of use are complied with and offences against protected species are not committed. Where the safety of protected species cannot be reasonably assured, the use of non-lethal methods of capture, such as cage trapping, should be employed so non-target species can be released unharmed if accidentally captured.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/09/2017 15:44:31 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

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