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227123

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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: York
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 assessment her Department has made of air quality in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area in 2010 and each subsequent year.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
uin	227379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Defra uses both monitoring and modelling to assess air quality in the UK. Information about recent and historic levels of pollution, pollution forecasts, health advice and background modelled data is available on the UK-AIR website: <a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra has two monitoring stations in the City of York Local Authority area, both of which are located in the York Central constituency. Information about the sites and the pollutants measured is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· York Fishergate: <a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00524" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00524</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· York Bootham: <a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00523" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00523</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Monitoring is supported by modelled data. Information on modelled background and roadside levels for major roads in the UK can be found at: http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/data/gis-mapping.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The results of both monitoring and modelling for compliance with European Directives are assessed annually and reported to the EU. ‘Air Pollution in the UK’ reports from 2010 to the present can be found at: <a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annualreport/" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annualreport</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for reviewing and assessing air quality under the Local Air Quality Management system. As part of this assessment, the City of York Council undertakes additional monitoring. Information can be found at: <a href="http://www.jorair.co.uk/index.php?page=stations" target="_blank">http://www.jorair.co.uk/index.php?page=stations</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 18/03/2015 10:58:43 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

227124

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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	Drinking Water
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 spent on bottled water in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	227423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Bottled water is only purchased by the core Defra for water coolers in our Nobel House, London office. In 2014, the core Department spent £1,406.00 on this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/03/2015 14:11:24 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

227125

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Environment Agency's flood and coastal erosion risk management investment programme 2015 to 2021, what estimate she has made of the number of properties that will be protected in the (a) Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, (b) Thames Valley and (c) UK by that programme.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Environment Agency has estimated that its flood and coastal erosion risk management investment programme 2015-2021, will reduce the risk of flooding to:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· around 400 households in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead;</p><p> </p><p>· over 3,000 households in the Thames Valley - this number is based on delivery of schemes across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, including schemes around Oxford, Abingdon, Slough, Marlow, Newbury, Winnersh, Bicester, Northway and Marston;</p><p> </p><p>· at least 300,000 households in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/03/2015 14:39:03 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

226678

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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 her policy is on the European Commission's decision not to proceed with the circular economy package.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	227220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to making better use of resources and minimising the environmental impact of waste, by sending less waste to landfill and increasing the recycling, reuse and prevention of waste.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission has announced its intention to bring forward new proposals this year that will set out a more ambitious approach to developing the circular economy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We look forward to working with the Commission, the European Parliament and other Member States to ensure a balanced package of proposals that is ambitious, evidence based and feasible for all Member States.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 19/03/2015 09:30:20 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

226682

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Surveys
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 (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in her Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	227152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The Civil Service People Survey asks the question “Do you have any long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability?” The survey does not include a question that specifically identifies disability status.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the 2014 People Survey, 17% of core Defra respondents declaring a long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability reported that they had personally experienced bullying or harassment at work in the past 12 months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>7% of core Defra respondents declaring that they did not have a long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability reported that they had personally experienced bullying or harassment at work in the past 12 months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 18/03/2015 15:29:17 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

226683

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Water: Pollution
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 her strategy is for tackling urban diffuse water pollution.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	227200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s role in tackling water pollution from the urban environment is centred on improving our understanding of the problem and the possible solutions, and then, in line with the evidence, both facilitating action by others and taking action ourselves where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In line with this approach we are committing £2m grant funding in the next financial year for local projects that tackle urban diffuse water pollution.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 16/03/2015 11:51:14 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

226684

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Water: Pollution
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 she expects to publish the strategy to tackle urban diffuse water pollution referred to in her Department's Summary of responses to the consultation on Tackling water pollution from the urban environment.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	227198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The responses we received through our consultation on proposals for tackling diffuse water pollution from urban sources were extremely positive. Over 90% of respondents agreed with our strategic aims. We are using this information to develop an action plan for publication later in 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 16/03/2015 11:49:49 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

226685

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Game: Gun Sports
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 26 February 2015 to Question 224551, for what reasons no information is available on the number of pheasants and partridges imported into the UK for the purposes of game shooting.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	227167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>To comply with EU requirements, partridges and pheasants imported into the UK have to be accompanied by an EU health certificate. There is a specific health certificate for game birds intended for restocking. Information on imported consignments of live birds is held on the European Commission’s TRACES system. However, we only have limited options to interrogate this information. Although we have statistics on the total number of pheasants and partridges that have been imported in to the UK, it is not possible to determine how many birds were imported using the re-stocking health certificate.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Pheasants (Phasianus)</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Partridges (Perdix)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Union</p></td><td><p>Third Countries</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>European Union</p></td><td><p>Third Countries</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>367,322</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>19,146</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>4,287,561</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>268,159</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3,654,485</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>162,036</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5,057,045</p></td><td><p>12,600</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>223,541</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6,333,914</p></td><td><p>21,840</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>272,675</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Imported pheasants and partridges may also be included in mixed consignments of poultry. However, we only hold information on the overall number of birds in the consignment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/03/2015 17:23:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

226686

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	School Milk
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 discussions officials in her Department have had with stakeholders on development of a national strategy for implementation of the European School Milk Scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Mr Michael McCann
uin	227333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The development of a national strategy to implement the existing, long-established EU School Milk Scheme is not expected to involve substantive changes of policy or of practice. On this basis, a formal consultation is not envisaged. However, Defra officials are engaging with a range of stakeholders in the interests of transparency and to set out our approach. The EU Commission has proposed a more substantial overhaul of the scheme which, if agreed, would take effect from 2016 onwards. The Department intends to consult on this wider process although no timescale has yet been established.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 227334 question first answered 16/03/2015 17:14:46 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3963 label Biography information for Mr Michael McCann

226687

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	School Milk
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 her Department has to consult stakeholders on the development of a national strategy for implementation of the European School Milk Scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Mr Michael McCann
uin	227334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The development of a national strategy to implement the existing, long-established EU School Milk Scheme is not expected to involve substantive changes of policy or of practice. On this basis, a formal consultation is not envisaged. However, Defra officials are engaging with a range of stakeholders in the interests of transparency and to set out our approach. The EU Commission has proposed a more substantial overhaul of the scheme which, if agreed, would take effect from 2016 onwards. The Department intends to consult on this wider process although no timescale has yet been established.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 227333 question first answered 16/03/2015 17:14:46 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3963 label Biography information for Mr Michael McCann