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1714105

registered interest
date	26/04/2024
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: Procurement
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 overspend on procurement within his Department in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	23864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 23866 question first answered 01/05/2024 15:49:31 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1714106

registered interest
date	26/04/2024
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: Departmental Responsibilities
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 cost to the public purse of projects that have been written off within his Department in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	23865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>Prior to preparing to leave the EU Defra had no major projects, with outcome delivery led through its Arm’s Length bodies and executive agencies. Defra now manages a portfolio of priority projects spanning policy to delivery which are critical to delivering our outcomes to ‘improve the environment, deliver net zero, reduce the likelihood and impact of flooding, increase the sustainability, productivity and resilience of the agriculture, fishing, food and drink sectors, enhance biosecurity at the border and raise animal welfare standards’. All losses are reported in our <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fdefras-annual-reports&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ccorporatepqs%40defra.gov.uk%7C379c93c170f84ba5007a08dc69c4da6f%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638501541798228763%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=OSbjlsD7auQEONNbqXhiHPGPCwGD0atijo64ZRx0pso%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Annual Reports and Accounts</a> but we are unable to provide a breakdown of losses specifically relating to ‘writing off projects’ since our reporting data for losses is not disaggregated in this manner.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 01/05/2024 15:54:46 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1714107

registered interest
date	26/04/2024
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: Contracts
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 cost to the public purse has been of contracts cancelled by his Department since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	23866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 23864 question first answered 01/05/2024 15:49:31 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1714108

registered interest
date	26/04/2024
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: Maladministration
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 he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of administrative errors made by his Department in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	23867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Defra reports losses from error to the Public Sector Fraud Authority. We are unable to provide a breakdown of losses from administrative errors only – errors we report consist of aggregated losses arising from unintentional events, processing errors and official government errors. Data on fraud (including error) has only been published since 2017 and may be found in the Cross Government fraud landscape reports here: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcross-government-fraud-landscape-annual-report-2017&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ccorporatepqs%40defra.gov.uk%7C9db3eea3a1584873e44208dc68fddc8a%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638500686738235582%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=5Bga4Wga5LdP7olu0a2160pIkmVHBcdSmXxAQ7w7UDk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Cross-government fraud landscape annual report 2017</a>, <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcross-government-fraud-landscape-annual-report-2018&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ccorporatepqs%40defra.gov.uk%7C9db3eea3a1584873e44208dc68fddc8a%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638500686738246511%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=BAsEuNt1PADSmfejThbJYpY7CUsfjEeMmPFaTJAk9Gc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Cross-government fraud landscape annual report 2018 </a>, <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcross-government-fraud-landscape-annual-report-2019&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ccorporatepqs%40defra.gov.uk%7C9db3eea3a1584873e44208dc68fddc8a%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638500686738254558%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=IfTu3hDy0GBMD4IutCKwlxXmYhJ0ZSeoJo9CUD1tMo4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Cross-government fraud landscape annual report 2019</a>, <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F961505%2F2609-Executive-Summary-Fraud-Landscape-Bulletin-V7.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ccorporatepqs%40defra.gov.uk%7C9db3eea3a1584873e44208dc68fddc8a%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638500686738263846%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=aiOAEVdeqy87z8AOF7CBwuDbedPB0YHO%2FCBwREf3F08%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Executive-Summary-Fraud-Landscape-Bulletin 2019-20</a>, <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcross-government-fraud-landscape-report-2021-2022%2Fcross-government-fraud-landscape-report-2021-2022-html&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ccorporatepqs%40defra.gov.uk%7C9db3eea3a1584873e44208dc68fddc8a%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638500686738270947%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=bNeJQWw%2FNK0QZbnKelBVyTDggA%2BZh9AdPDDt8vbDl1Q%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Cross-Government Fraud Landscape Report 2021-2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 01/05/2024 15:59:29 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1714109

registered interest
date	26/04/2024
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: Equipment
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 he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of accidental damage to equipment made by his Department in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	23868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 01/05/2024 16:20:18 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1714110

registered interest
date	26/04/2024
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: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
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 cost to the public purse was of government procurement card spending by his Department in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	23869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The table below sets out total expenditure using government procurement cards for the given financial years. Information relating to 2010 to 2016 is not readily available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£147,167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£474,619</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£1,324,366</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£1,311,324</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£698,353</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£584,345</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>£660,352</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023-24</p></td><td><p>£646,102</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 07/05/2024 12:30:16 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1713934

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
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	Agriculture: Codes of Practice
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 help ensure effective implementation of the Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Code of Practice.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	23799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Code of Practice (the Code) was published following full endorsement by all organisations represented in the joint Government and industry Farm Tenancy Forum (the Forum) across the industry, including in farming media. Forum members are proactively embedding the Code within their organisations, as well as advising on other industry organisations’ uptake of the Code. The Forum Chair has written to land agents to establish their proposals for embedding the Code. Defra is working closely with the Forum to assess the response to the Code and its effectiveness.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 02/05/2024 10:59:57 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1713935

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
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	Farmers: Tenants
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 he will make an assessment of the adequacy of current legal protections afforded to tenant farmers.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	23800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>Defra is working with the Farm Tenancy Forum to closely monitor and understand the application and impact of current legal protections afforded to tenant farmers. This will be further explored in Defra’s June Survey of Agriculture and Horticulture. We will keep the need to consult or legislate, or both, under review.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 02/05/2024 09:12:21 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1713938

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
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	Agriculture: Tenants
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 he has made an assessment of the potential merits of appointing a Commissioner for the tenant farming sector.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	23801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>Defra is currently considering next steps following analysis of a Call for Evidence that it undertook with selected industry organisations and discussions with the Farm Tenancy Forum on the role of a Commissioner. We are committed to supporting the tenanted sector and continue to put their needs and voices at the heart of our decisions.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 07/05/2024 12:29:34 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1713947

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
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	White Fish: Fishing Catches
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 many vessels that mainly land catches in Mevagissey are eligible for payments from the Pollack compensation scheme.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	23748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has confirmed that there are zero eligible vessels that have Mevagissey as their registered home port.</p><p> </p><p>MMO has contacted all eligible fishers via email and is calling those who have yet to apply. Fishers who believe they meet the requirements of this scheme but have not heard from MMO by Monday 29 April 2024 should contact MMO by sending an email to <a href="mailto:UKFisheriesSupport@marinemanagement.org.uk" target="_blank">UKFisheriesSupport@marinemanagement.org.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 02/05/2024 12:29:17 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner