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156980

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	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	Trees
	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 meet representatives of the Woodland Trust and Country Living magazine to discuss a register of England's most important trees.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	215453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>Defra has received nearly 10,000 emails and letters in support of the campaign for a register of England's most important trees. Defra officials are already in contact with the Woodland Trust on this matter and a meeting has been arranged.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson grouped question UIN 215454 question first answered 27/11/2014 14:06:37 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

156981

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	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	Trees
	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 representations she has received on the Woodland Trust and Country Living magazine's campaign for a register of England's most important trees; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	215454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>Defra has received nearly 10,000 emails and letters in support of the campaign for a register of England's most important trees. Defra officials are already in contact with the Woodland Trust on this matter and a meeting has been arranged.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson grouped question UIN 215453 question first answered 27/11/2014 14:06:37 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

156975

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	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	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, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the use of antibiotics in farm animals is strictly for therapeutic purposes.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	215507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>Guidance from the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) makes it clear that routine preventative use of antibiotics in livestock is not responsible use of these veterinary medicines. The VMD works closely with animal health organisations on the provision of guidance to farmers and encourages the veterinary profession to develop and implement prescribing guidelines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/11/2014 12:10:30 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

156964

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	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 and Environment Research Agency
	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 she has found a joint venture partner for the Food and Environment Research Agency; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	215498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The procurement exercise to find a joint venture partner for Fera is underway. Defra Ministers expect to take a decision on the preferred bidder in the new year following the formal evaluation exercise.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson grouped question UIN 215463 215493 question first answered 27/11/2014 14:07:13 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

156965

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	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	Air Pollution
	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 much her Department has spent on reducing nitrogen dioxide and improving air quality in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	215499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>We have spent the following on improving air quality, including reducing nitrogen dioxide, since 2010-11.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Evidence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Air Quality Grant</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£10,964,000</p></td><td><p>£2,361,000</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£10,947,000</p></td><td><p>£3,078,745</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£10,131,000</p></td><td><p>£3,100,000</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£9,958,000</p></td><td><p>£1,000,000</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Evidence expenditure includes money spent on air quality monitoring as well as research work to gather evidence and develop methodologies for assessing and improving air quality. The Air Quality Grant Programme supports actions by local authorities to improve local air quality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 27/11/2014 14:06:04 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

156966

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	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	Flood Control
	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 much her Department plans to spend on capital investment to improve flood defences in each year from 2015-16 to 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	215496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>This Government plans to spend the following each year from 2015/16 to 2020/21 on capital investment to reduce the risks of flooding and coastal erosion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Capital </strong></p><p><strong>Investment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£395m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£376m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£383m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£389m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£396m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£403m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 27/11/2014 14:07:50 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

156967

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	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	Flood Control
	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 of the 890 flood defences damaged as result of the winter floods in 2013-14 have been repaired to date.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	215512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Following the tidal surge on 5 December 2013 and the winter storms of 2013/14, a total of 890 flood recovery projects were identified across England. A total of 844 projects involved the repair of flood defence assets, while the remaining 46 projects involved surveys, studies or actions relating to incident response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As of 14 November 2014, permanent repairs have been completed for 814 of the 844 defence projects and there were 30 defence repair projects with temporary repairs. All the defences with temporary repairs also have contingency measures in place, which restore the standard of protection to pre-winter 2013/14 levels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Going in to this winter, every community that was affected by the storms and floods of last winter will have the same or better standard of protection compared to the levels of defence they had before last winter.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 25/11/2014 16:07:47 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

156969

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	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	Fisheries: Government Assistance
	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 much of the Support for Fisherman Fund to replace lost and damaged fishing gear has been received by fishermen and businesses to date.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	215492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>To date the Marine Management Organisation has made ‘storm damage’ payments to fishermen totalling £104,678.81 to replace lost or damaged fishing equipment with more selective gear.</p><p>However projects totalling £393, 161 have been approved and the remainder will be paid once invoices are submitted.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/11/2014 14:08:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

156970

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	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 and Environment Research Agency
	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 her Department plans to make a final decision on the preferred bidder for the joint venture partner for the Food and Environment Research Agency.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	215493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The procurement exercise to find a joint venture partner for Fera is underway. Defra Ministers expect to take a decision on the preferred bidder in the new year following the formal evaluation exercise.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson grouped question UIN 215463 215498 question first answered 27/11/2014 14:07:13 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

156971

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	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	Floods: 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, how much of the Farming Recovery Fund to cover the cost of restoration of agricultural land following the winter floods has been received by farmers and businesses to date.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	215494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>To date, £1,007,642 has been paid out to farmers and businesses in receipt of a Farming Recovery Fund grant against claims totalling £1,851,913.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/11/2014 12:09:19 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle