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517800

registered interest
date	05/05/2016
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	Tree Planting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what information they have gathered on the contribution that the 64 million new trees to be planted by the Woodland Trust in England would make to carbon reduction or capture.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL8223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government has not gathered any information about the contribution these trees would make towards carbon reduction or capture. However, the Forestry Commission’s Woodland Carbon Code Carbon Lookup Tables, suggest that 64 million trees planted as woodland could capture 20 million tonnes of carbon dioxide over the first 50 years of their life.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 12/05/2016 10:12:58 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

517812

registered interest
date	05/05/2016
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, if she will make it her policy to require supermarkets to donate food to food banks and other charities.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	36683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>I am replying as the Minister with responsibility for food waste.</p><p> </p><p>The Government welcomes the redistribution of good quality surplus food to charities that can make sure it goes to people rather than going to waste.</p><p> </p><p>Based on our experience, a simple law or requirement obliging supermarkets to donate food would not fix the barriers to redistribution. We need to look at the bigger picture. Less than 10% of food wasted in the supply chain is from supermarkets, so we need the whole chain to work together.</p><p> </p><p>Facilitated and supported by government, all major retailers now have arrangements in place to redistribute surplus food. Action taken by retailers to redistribute surplus food includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Morrisons have announced that, from January 2016, any unsold safe food will go to redistribution organisations</li><li>Tesco are making use of an app which links supermarkets with redistribution organisations</li><li>Asda are working with FareShare to redistribute food</li></ul><p> </p><p>Signatories to the voluntary Courtauld Commitment with industry have reported a 74% increase between 2012 and end 2014, and we expect it to increase further.</p><p> </p><p>We want to achieve more. Last year, the Secretary of State held a meeting with industry and redistribution organisations to take stock of progress on food redistribution. Outcomes from this include the recent publication of a Redistribution Framework to help facilitate closer working between potential donors and recipients of food surpluses. Research has been commissioned by WRAP to identify where and why waste and surpluses occur in the supply chain to inform further action to increase waste prevention and redistribution.</p><p>Following the success of earlier agreements, WRAP launched The Courtauld Commitment 2025 in March. This is an ambitious new agreement that takes a whole food supply chain approach, and will build on the progress we have already made to prevent waste, including through the redistribution of surplus food.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/05/2016 15:35:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

517834

registered interest
date	05/05/2016
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	Tree Planting
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 progress the Government has made on its target to plant 11 million trees by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	36667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission publishes progress against the 11 million trees target quarterly. The latest report shows that over 640,000 trees have been planted towards meeting the 11 million target in 2015. This reflects the fact that we are at the opening stage of a new grant scheme. We are confident that more trees will be planted in the next phases of the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/05/2016 15:12:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

517436

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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	Neonicotinoids
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 refuse the applications to use neonicotinoid pesticides on British fields this year.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	36571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government has received two applications for emergency authorisation of neonicotinoid seed treatments for use on oilseed rape during 2016. These applications are currently being assessed according to the normal rules, which allow for limited and controlled use of a pesticide on an exceptional basis in emergency situations to control a danger which cannot be contained by any other reasonable means.</p><p> </p><p>The decision on whether or not to grant the authorisations will be made on the basis of an examination, by the UK Expert Committee on Pesticides, the Health and Safety Executive and Defra’s Chief Scientific Adviser, of the technical and scientific information submitted by the applicant.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/05/2016 16:03:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

516812

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
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	Carbon Emissions
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 her Department's 25-year food and farming plan will contribute to delivering the Government's emissions reduction plan.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	36134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>The Food and Farming Plan will explore the role of technology in reducing emissions through improved feed efficiency, among other issues. It will also set out how we will work with industry to deliver emissions reductions across the rest of the food chain, including supporting the Courtauld 2025 objective of reducing food and drink emissions by 20% between 2015 and 2025.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/05/2016 14:04:07 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

516838

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Carbon Emissions
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 11 April 2016 to Question 32143, how many full-time equivalent officials in her Department have been working on the Government's emissions reduction plan to date; and what work those officials have done towards the Plan so far.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	36213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change is leading work across Government to prepare the Emissions Reduction Plan. The development of policies and proposals to reduce greenhouse gases emissions is an integral part of the work of a number of staff across Defra working on many areas including forestry, farming, recycling and resource efficiency among others. This is facilitated by a small coordination team. We do not keep a record of the staff time spent on the Emissions Reduction Plan because it is impracticable to separate it out from this wider work.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/05/2016 11:03:11 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

516667

registered interest
date	28/04/2016
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	Clean Air 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 the Government is taking to extend Clean Air Zones to more cities.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	35986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>The Air Quality Plan we published last December set out a comprehensive plan for reducing levels of nitrogen dioxide through a new programme of Clean Air Zones, alongside national action and continued investment in clean technologies.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with the cities of Birmingham, Leeds, Nottingham, Derby and Southampton, where we are requiring Clean Air Zones to be introduced. Other local authorities can introduce Clean Air Zones should they wish to do so using their powers under the Transport Act 2000.</p><p> </p><p>We will consult on a framework for Clean Air Zones later this year which will set out the important principles that need to be consistent from city to city. Setting out the principles in this way will support both those authorities required by Government to implement a Clean Air Zone and those who, after analysing their own situation, consider a Clean Air Zone to be an appropriate measure to bring in.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/05/2016 16:34:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

515822

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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	Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
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 assess the merits of introducing a deposit return system for single-use drinks containers in England.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	35646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Birmingham Hall Green, Roger Godsiff, on 11 April 2016, PQ UIN32607.</p><p> </p><p>Defra analysed the costs and benefits of implementing a deposit return system (DRS) for single use drink containers as part of the 2011 Review of Waste Policy in England, and sought views in the 2012 consultation on higher packaging recycling targets.</p><p> </p><p>This work showed that introducing a DRS may increase recycling and reduce litter but might impose additional costs on businesses, consumers and local authorities (which would lose revenue from recycling). However, we lack evidence to quantify these benefits and costs appropriately. The current approach has driven a significant increase in packaging waste recycling rates, from less than 47% in 2003 to nearly 65% in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, the Scottish Government published a feasibility study and a call for evidence investigating the implementation of a DRS for single use drink containers in Scotland. This valuable work highlighted significant uncertainties regarding the impacts and benefits that a DRS would have, notably regarding costs, environmental quality and littering, and existing waste collection systems. The Scottish Government is doing further work on the topic and we will review any new evidence arising from this in due course. However, in the meantime, we will continue to focus on improving existing waste collection and recycling systems, and developing a new National Litter Strategy for England to help coordinate and maximise the impact of anti-litter activity by local government, industry and others.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/05/2016 10:47:45 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

515823

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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	Livestock: 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, if she will make it her policy to ban the routine preventive use of antibiotics in farming.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	35647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>The legislation that controls veterinary medicines and medicated feed within the EU is currently under revision. The new proposed frameworks set out additional controls on antibiotics, including a ban on the routine preventative use of antibiotics, which the government supports.</p><p> </p><p>Negotiations on the frameworks are expected to continue until late 2017. There are no plans to revise or amend the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013 significantly until the review of the EU legislation has been completed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 29/04/2016 13:03:56 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

515321

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Business: Climate Change
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 13 April 2016 to Question 32962, how her Department calculated that the Climate Ready Support Service enabled hundreds of organisations to understand their climate risk and take action; and what the exact number of such organisations was.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	35448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The Environment Agency does not have exact figures for the number of organisations accessing the Climate Ready Support Service because the service worked extensively through partners and intermediaries, as well as directly with organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The number given in my previous answer was calculated using statistics that the Environment Agency does have available, for example:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Download statistics show that over 8000 businesses have used the Climate Ready Business Resilience Health Check tool online.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>The service, in partnership with Climate UK, provided training and qualifications in business resilience, including preparing for severe weather and climate change, to over 300 business advisors and small businesses (SMEs).</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/04/2016 15:17:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy