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169479

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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 Banks
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 and Ministers in her Department have visited a foodbank.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	218005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Defra Ministers have visited food banks several times over the past 18 months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/12/2014 12:56:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

168921

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
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	Public Expenditure
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 2.217 in Autumn Statement 2014, how much funding she has allocated to the (a) coastal path and (b) Royal Botanic Gardens Kew in each financial year to 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	217964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Defra has announced that additional funding of £44,000 in 2014/15 and £5.26million in 2015/16 will be made available to complete the coastal path around England by 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have confirmed that resource funding for Royal Botanic Gardens Kew will be maintained at the levels in 2013/14 until April 2016. This follows the announcement in September 2014 that an additional £1.5million will be provided in 2014/15, and the announcement today (16 December) that a further £2.3m will be made available for 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Departmental budgets for further years will be set at the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 16/12/2014 13:50:11 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

101842

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
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	Fracking
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 he has made of the mode of storage and containment of water that has been used for the hydraulic fracking permitted by the Government to date; and whether any sites have been designated for this purpose.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	212768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>Flowback fluids from hydraulic fracturing operations are deemed to be a mining waste and therefore require an environmental permit from the Environment Agency for temporary storage on site. Subsequent treatment and disposal of the fluid at a waste treatment facility is also regulated by the Environment Agency. Waste waters must be stored in sealed tanks on bunded storage areas. The storage of wastewaters in open lagoons, as has sometimes been practised in the US, would not be permitted in this country.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/11/2014 15:58:14 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

101844

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
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	Fracking
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 courses of action are available for people to raise concerns about suspected contamination of water as a result of fracking.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	212770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>Concerns about any suspected contamination incidents, irrespective of source, should be raised with the Environment Agency via its incident hotline, details of which are available on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As far as fracking is concerned we have robust regulatory controls in place. Shale gas wells must be designed, built and operated to standards set in the regulations governed by the Health and Safety Executive, and the Environment Agency will not permit the use of substances hazardous to groundwater to be used in hydraulic fracturing where they may enter groundwater and cause pollution. Industry practice, underpinned by regulations, ensures monitoring will be required prior to, during and post-operation of the site.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>As with any activity, the Environment Agency can take enforcement action to prevent or remedy pollution of groundwater caused by the actions of operators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/11/2014 16:06:28 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant