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1459998

registered interest
date	22/04/2022
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	Chemicals: Regulation
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 additional costs to British chemical companies of registering with UK REACH.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	158946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>We want to minimise disruption for business and ensure a smooth transition to UK REACH. We have put in place provisions to minimise the costs for businesses and maintain market access to both the EU and GB markets</p><p><br> We recognise that transition to the UK REACH regime has presented some challenges for the chemicals industry, particularly around the cost of having to access and purchase data to support their registration.</p><p> </p><p>We previously extended the transitional registration deadlines (from two years to a phased two, four, &amp; six-year approach) to allow industry more time to adapt and comply with UK REACH and to spread costs over a longer period. We have now gone further and committed to exploring alternative arrangements for UK REACH transitional registrations that would reduce the need for companies to access EU REACH data packages whilst maintaining high standards to safeguard public health and the environment. Although it is too early to commit to this model, we wish to further explore its potential. We will engage fully with industry, NGOs and other interested stakeholders as part of this process. We have also committed to consult on further extending the transitional registration deadlines.</p><p> </p><p>The cost to Government in running UK REACH includes the cost of further digital development and management of the Comply with UK REACH digital service and the cost of regulatory capacity in the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Environment Agency (EA). In 2022/23 this will cost around £13 million. There will also be additional costs of Defra staff working on REACH.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 158947 158948 question first answered 28/04/2022 11:24:48 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1459999

registered interest
date	22/04/2022
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	Chemicals: Regulation
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 impact on trade with the EU for British chemical companies of having to operate within UK REACH and EU REACH.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	158947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>We want to minimise disruption for business and ensure a smooth transition to UK REACH. We have put in place provisions to minimise the costs for businesses and maintain market access to both the EU and GB markets</p><p><br> We recognise that transition to the UK REACH regime has presented some challenges for the chemicals industry, particularly around the cost of having to access and purchase data to support their registration.</p><p> </p><p>We previously extended the transitional registration deadlines (from two years to a phased two, four, &amp; six-year approach) to allow industry more time to adapt and comply with UK REACH and to spread costs over a longer period. We have now gone further and committed to exploring alternative arrangements for UK REACH transitional registrations that would reduce the need for companies to access EU REACH data packages whilst maintaining high standards to safeguard public health and the environment. Although it is too early to commit to this model, we wish to further explore its potential. We will engage fully with industry, NGOs and other interested stakeholders as part of this process. We have also committed to consult on further extending the transitional registration deadlines.</p><p> </p><p>The cost to Government in running UK REACH includes the cost of further digital development and management of the Comply with UK REACH digital service and the cost of regulatory capacity in the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Environment Agency (EA). In 2022/23 this will cost around £13 million. There will also be additional costs of Defra staff working on REACH.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 158946 158948 question first answered 28/04/2022 11:24:49 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1460000

registered interest
date	22/04/2022
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	Chemicals: Regulation
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 running and managing the UK REACH system.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	158948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>We want to minimise disruption for business and ensure a smooth transition to UK REACH. We have put in place provisions to minimise the costs for businesses and maintain market access to both the EU and GB markets</p><p><br> We recognise that transition to the UK REACH regime has presented some challenges for the chemicals industry, particularly around the cost of having to access and purchase data to support their registration.</p><p> </p><p>We previously extended the transitional registration deadlines (from two years to a phased two, four, &amp; six-year approach) to allow industry more time to adapt and comply with UK REACH and to spread costs over a longer period. We have now gone further and committed to exploring alternative arrangements for UK REACH transitional registrations that would reduce the need for companies to access EU REACH data packages whilst maintaining high standards to safeguard public health and the environment. Although it is too early to commit to this model, we wish to further explore its potential. We will engage fully with industry, NGOs and other interested stakeholders as part of this process. We have also committed to consult on further extending the transitional registration deadlines.</p><p> </p><p>The cost to Government in running UK REACH includes the cost of further digital development and management of the Comply with UK REACH digital service and the cost of regulatory capacity in the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Environment Agency (EA). In 2022/23 this will cost around £13 million. There will also be additional costs of Defra staff working on REACH.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 158946 158947 question first answered 28/04/2022 11:24:49 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1344216

registered interest
date	06/07/2021
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
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 his oral contribution of 17 June 2021, Official Report, column 437, if he will provide details of the meeting with representatives of the ornamentals sector referred to in that oral contribution.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	28184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>On 16 June 2021, as part of his sector engagement activities, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs met with stakeholders from the edible and non-edible horticulture sector, to discuss labour issues and the effectiveness of the current Seasonal Workers Pilot.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 12/07/2021 13:53:29 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1188538

registered interest
date	20/04/2020
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	Gas Fired Power Stations: Noise
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 the Government has made of the potential effect on levels of noise pollution of Environment Agency proposals to allow an increase in operating hours for gas peaking plants from 1,500 to 3,500 hours per year.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	37642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>At this time, no decision has been made to amend guidance on operating hours for gas peaking plants.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency consider noise impacts in individual environmental permit applications and will consider noise assessments for gas peaking plants based upon the operating hours agreed within the permit.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 27/04/2020 12:43:13 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham