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1677499

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
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	Blue Planet Fund
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 is taking steps to improve cross-government oversight of the Blue Planet Fund.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	6597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>Following the recent Independent Commission for Aid Impact rapid review we will issue a full management response in January. Both spending departments will continue to work together under the oversight and strategic direction of the Defra-FCDO Joint Management Board. Aligned Official Development Assistance delivery guidance across Defra and FCDO is applied to existing and new Blue Planet Fund programmes to ensure coherent, effective and relevant delivery.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 18/12/2023 11:24:57 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1675966

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
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	Blue Planet Fund
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 amount and proportion of funding provided to arms length bodies through the Blue Planet Fund that was spent on management fees.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	5632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>By the end of March 2024, approximately £5 million will have been spent on Arms-Length Body (ALB) overhead fees under the Blue Planet Fund’s Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP). This represents 22 percent of their allocated budget to deliver OCPP. The percentage of ALB spend that has been attributed to overhead costs has decreased each year of the programme, and we expect this trend to continue as more in-country partners are onboarded to carry out delivery.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 14/12/2023 17:28:11 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1675967

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
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	Blue Planet Fund
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 and what proportion of programmes supported through the Blue Planet Fund were already in operation before the Fund was established.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	5633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Since 2021, the Blue Planet Fund has invested into 12 programmes. Three programmes were already being supported through Defra’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocation: the Blue Forests Initiative, the Global Plastic Action Partnership and one component of the Championing Inclusivity in Plastic Pollution programme. Two further programmes - the Ocean Country Partnership Programme and Sustainable Blue Economies - are new Blue Planet Fund programmes, but where we incorporated the strongest components of other pre-existing Defra ODA programmes that were then closed prior to the launch of the Blue Planet Fund.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/12/2023 18:25:36 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1601938

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
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	Tomatoes: Imports
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 an estimate of the number of tomatoes that were imported in February (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	160353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>Provisional HMRC Overseas Trade Data shows the UK imported 32,300 tonnes of fresh tomatoes in February 2022. Data for February 2023 is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 13/03/2023 17:30:11 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1601939

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
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	Cucumbers: Imports
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 an estimate of the number of cucumbers that were imported in February (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	160354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>Provisional HMRC Overseas Trade Data shows the UK imported 16,600 tonnes of cucumbers in February 2022. Data for February 2023 is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 13/03/2023 17:28:00 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1541372

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions
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 plans to answer Questions 72403 and 72402 tabled on 26 October.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	83701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>Both questions UIN 72403 and UIN 72402 have now been answered.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 18/01/2023 10:50:22 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1541373

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	River Graveney: Sewage
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 she has made of the potential impact of raw sewage discharges on the River Graveney's eco-system.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	83702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>This is the first government to take such significant steps to tackle sewage overflows, including those on the river Graveney. We have been clear to water companies that they must tackle sewage overflows urgently, and the Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan will deliver the largest infrastructure investment in water company history to clean up our rivers. Under the Environment Act we have improved monitoring and the transparency of data related to sewage overflows. Event Duration Monitors will be fully rolled out by 2023. This will help monitor local sewage impacts and hold water companies to account to deliver rapid improvements.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 24/11/2022 14:50:04 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1541374

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	River Graveney: Sewage
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 times raw sewage has been released into the River Graveney in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	83703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>Every April the Environment Agency (EA) publishes a report showing the number and duration of spills over the previous year here: <br>https://environment.data.gov.uk/dataset/21e15f12-0df8-4bfc-b763-45226c16a8ac.</p><p>The EA will publish the data for 2022 in April 2023.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 18/01/2023 10:49:35 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1536333

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	River Wandle: Sewage
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 times raw sewage has been released into the River Wandle in the past 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	72402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>This government has increased monitoring requirements on water companies to ensure greater transparency, requiring them to have event duration monitors on all Combined Sewer Overflows to enable spill counting. An annual report, which includes the number and duration of spills that occurred on the River Wandle in 2021, is available here: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenvironment.data.gov.uk%2Fdataset%2F21e15f12-0df8-4bfc-b763-45226c16a8ac&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C25c99f49a638426fadad08dad3cafa2a%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638055165972143372%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=vjOyVIeMLk1fif2Fe5c%2Frh5Gj5uFzP74Nwv33AXwYdg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Defra Data Services Platform</a></p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/12/2022 12:16:27 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1536334

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	River Wandle: Sewage
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 she has made of the potential impact of raw sewage discharges on the River Wandle's eco-system.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	72403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) carries out regular ecological monitoring into the health of river ecosystems focussing on parameters including, aquatic invertebrates and plant communities, fish populations, and habitats. Examination of routine physico-chemical monitoring data for points on the River Wandle from 2010 to present day shows no significant decline in water quality, using the measures most often associated with sewage pollution (ammonia and dissolved oxygen). Data is collected monthly. The River Wandle is assessed as being at moderate ecological status under the Water Framework Directive.</p><p> </p><p>Data obtained from invertebrate monitoring programmes provides the most relevant evidence of any ecological impacts from sewage inputs. The EA currently monitors two sites on the river Wandle. Data from these sites since 2000 has shown no evidence of any deterioration in ecological health.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 14/11/2022 19:44:41 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan