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483031

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date	21/03/2016
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	Food: Waste
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 she is taking to encourage households to donate unused food.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	31864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2016 answer text <p>Through the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), the Government continues to work with the grocery sector to reduce household food waste. The Love Food Hate Waste programme helps UK households to reduce food waste and save money through awareness raising and consumer advice. There has been a 15% (1.3 million tonnes) reduction in household food waste between 2007 and 2012.</p><p> </p><p>WRAP launched Courtauld 2025 on 15 March, which builds on the progress we have already made. This new agreement includes a target to reduce food and drink waste arising in the UK by 20% by 2025 (calculated as a relative reduction per head of population).</p><p> </p><p>For the average household, the price of avoidable food and drink waste is £470 per year. For the average household with children, the cost of avoidable food and drink waste is £700 per year.</p><p> </p><p>The total amount of food thrown away by the average household is 260 kg per year. 160 kg of this is avoidable waste. For the average household with children, this figure rises to 390 kg per year, including 240 kg of avoidable food waste.</p><p> </p><p>These are the latest available figures, applying to 2012. WRAP aims to publish updated figures for household food waste later this year.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 31865 31866 question first answered 29/03/2016 17:21:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

483032

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
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	Food: Waste
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 she has made of the average value of unused food thrown away by households in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	31865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2016 answer text <p>Through the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), the Government continues to work with the grocery sector to reduce household food waste. The Love Food Hate Waste programme helps UK households to reduce food waste and save money through awareness raising and consumer advice. There has been a 15% (1.3 million tonnes) reduction in household food waste between 2007 and 2012.</p><p> </p><p>WRAP launched Courtauld 2025 on 15 March, which builds on the progress we have already made. This new agreement includes a target to reduce food and drink waste arising in the UK by 20% by 2025 (calculated as a relative reduction per head of population).</p><p> </p><p>For the average household, the price of avoidable food and drink waste is £470 per year. For the average household with children, the cost of avoidable food and drink waste is £700 per year.</p><p> </p><p>The total amount of food thrown away by the average household is 260 kg per year. 160 kg of this is avoidable waste. For the average household with children, this figure rises to 390 kg per year, including 240 kg of avoidable food waste.</p><p> </p><p>These are the latest available figures, applying to 2012. WRAP aims to publish updated figures for household food waste later this year.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 31864 31866 question first answered 29/03/2016 17:21:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

483033

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
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	Food: Waste
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 she has made of the average amount of unused food thrown away by households in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	31866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2016 answer text <p>Through the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), the Government continues to work with the grocery sector to reduce household food waste. The Love Food Hate Waste programme helps UK households to reduce food waste and save money through awareness raising and consumer advice. There has been a 15% (1.3 million tonnes) reduction in household food waste between 2007 and 2012.</p><p> </p><p>WRAP launched Courtauld 2025 on 15 March, which builds on the progress we have already made. This new agreement includes a target to reduce food and drink waste arising in the UK by 20% by 2025 (calculated as a relative reduction per head of population).</p><p> </p><p>For the average household, the price of avoidable food and drink waste is £470 per year. For the average household with children, the cost of avoidable food and drink waste is £700 per year.</p><p> </p><p>The total amount of food thrown away by the average household is 260 kg per year. 160 kg of this is avoidable waste. For the average household with children, this figure rises to 390 kg per year, including 240 kg of avoidable food waste.</p><p> </p><p>These are the latest available figures, applying to 2012. WRAP aims to publish updated figures for household food waste later this year.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 31864 31865 question first answered 29/03/2016 17:21:36 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

483034

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
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	National Flood Resilience Review
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 work has been carried out under the National Flood Resilience Review on the costs of protecting the UK from future flooding and extreme weather events.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	31839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2016 answer text <p>The National Flood Resilience Review, led by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, is making good progress. It is gathering evidence and using extreme flood modelling to stress-test the resilience of Core Cities and key infrastructure. This work will inform future options on the investment needed to secure the resilence of the country against such flood events. Our call for evidence closed on 4 March and we are now reviewing the 66 responses received.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/03/2016 17:16:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

483148

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
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	Flood Control: Leeds
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 paragraph 1.301 of Budget 2016, how much funding will be made available to support delivery of the final phase of the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme; and what proportion of that funding is additional to the £2.3 billion capital programme previously announced.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	31920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government has announced a new scheme for Leeds and the wider Aire catchment, which will provide flood defence for the area north of the station. Subject to business case approval, £35 million has been made available for this scheme up to 2021, with a commitment to ensure that the project is completed. This funding is in addition to the £2.3 billion capital programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 30/03/2016 08:21:24 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

483149

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
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	Flood Control: Lancashire
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 paragraph 1.242 of Budget 2016, how much of the additional £700 million for flood defence and resilience will be spent in Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	31906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>Of the additional £700 million announced in the Budget to be spent on flood defences and resilience, £150m has been allocated to new schemes in Yorkshire and Cumbria. The £40m per year increase in floods maintenance will be spent nationwide according to need. The remaining funding will be allocated following the outcome of the National Flood Resilience Review in the summer.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 30/03/2016 08:06:15 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

483150

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
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	Flood Control: Leeds
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 discussions her Department has had with the Treasury on the business case for delivery of the final phase of the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	31970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>Ahead of the Budget, Defra and the Treasury discussed support for communities in areas at high risk of flooding, including Leeds.</p><p> </p><p>A scoping study for further work in Leeds is underway and due for completion by the end of March this year. This will lead to the development of a full feasibility study and business case looking at how Leeds could be better protected. An additional £35 million has been made available to support work in Leeds up to 2021, with a commitment that the Government will provide funding to support the completion of the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme in later years subject to business case approval.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 30/03/2016 09:36:53 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

483151

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
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	Flood Control: Cumbria
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 press release by her Department of 17 March 2016, how much of the £33 million funding for flood defence schemes in Cumbria will be spent in Flimby.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	31934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>Flimby has been allocated £1.1 million of the £33 million funding for flood defence schemes in Cumbria.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/03/2016 12:40:59 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

483153

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
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	Dogs: Animal Breeding
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 she will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a mandatory dog-breeding licence for any household planning to produce two or more litters per year; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	32008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>We are reviewing certain local authority licensing schemes, including the breeding and selling of dogs. The public consultation on this issue closed on 12 March. The consultation proposed that anyone in the business of breeding and selling dogs, or who breeds more than two litters in a twelve month period, would need a licence.</p><p> </p><p>We also proposed to prohibit the sale of puppies under eight weeks of age in all cases. We are currently analysing the 1,500 or so responses before making any firm decisions.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 32009 question first answered 23/03/2016 13:35:47 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

483154

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
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	Dogs: Sales
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 she will bring forward legislative proposals to ban the sale of puppies under eight weeks old; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	32009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>We are reviewing certain local authority licensing schemes, including the breeding and selling of dogs. The public consultation on this issue closed on 12 March. The consultation proposed that anyone in the business of breeding and selling dogs, or who breeds more than two litters in a twelve month period, would need a licence.</p><p> </p><p>We also proposed to prohibit the sale of puppies under eight weeks of age in all cases. We are currently analysing the 1,500 or so responses before making any firm decisions.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 32008 question first answered 23/03/2016 13:35:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans