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1149439

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
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: Scotland
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 the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 25 July 2019, Official Report, column 1497, what the timescale is for the allocation of £160 million funding for farming to the Scottish Government .
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>As the Chancellor announced at the Spending Round on 4 September, the Scottish Government will receive £160 million to support farmers and land managers. This funding will be provided over two years, with £80 million in 2019-20 and £80 million in 2020-21. The additional funding will be provided through the normal estimates process and it will be ring-fenced to ensure that it reaches farmers and land managers in Scotland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/10/2019 15:39:31 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1149451

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the seasonal workers pilot scheme were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The numbers of visa applications made, approved and refused under Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme are published in the quarterly Immigration statistics. This information is available on the Gov.uk website at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables</a></p><p>The Seasonal Workers Pilot is a UK wide scheme. The recruitment and placement of migrant workers is managed by the two scheme operators who have been licensed to manage the pilot. Both scheme operators cover the whole of the country and in 2019 both operators were allocated 1,250 scheme places. The Home Office does not hold information relating to the allocation of workers to specific regions.</p><p>Any places allocated to applicants who subsequently decide not to travel to the UK are made available to other applicants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 723 724 725 726 727 728 question first answered 21/10/2019 16:09:46 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1149452

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the seasonal workers pilot scheme from businesses operating in Scotland were (a) made and (b) successful.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The numbers of visa applications made, approved and refused under Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme are published in the quarterly Immigration statistics. This information is available on the Gov.uk website at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables</a></p><p>The Seasonal Workers Pilot is a UK wide scheme. The recruitment and placement of migrant workers is managed by the two scheme operators who have been licensed to manage the pilot. Both scheme operators cover the whole of the country and in 2019 both operators were allocated 1,250 scheme places. The Home Office does not hold information relating to the allocation of workers to specific regions.</p><p>Any places allocated to applicants who subsequently decide not to travel to the UK are made available to other applicants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 722 724 725 726 727 728 question first answered 21/10/2019 16:09:46 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1149453

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications under the seasonal workers pilot scheme were allocated but not filled with a seasonal worker.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The numbers of visa applications made, approved and refused under Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme are published in the quarterly Immigration statistics. This information is available on the Gov.uk website at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables</a></p><p>The Seasonal Workers Pilot is a UK wide scheme. The recruitment and placement of migrant workers is managed by the two scheme operators who have been licensed to manage the pilot. Both scheme operators cover the whole of the country and in 2019 both operators were allocated 1,250 scheme places. The Home Office does not hold information relating to the allocation of workers to specific regions.</p><p>Any places allocated to applicants who subsequently decide not to travel to the UK are made available to other applicants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 722 723 725 726 727 728 question first answered 21/10/2019 16:09:46 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1149455

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department plans to use to evaluate the seasonal workers pilot scheme.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The numbers of visa applications made, approved and refused under Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme are published in the quarterly Immigration statistics. This information is available on the Gov.uk website at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables</a></p><p>The Seasonal Workers Pilot is a UK wide scheme. The recruitment and placement of migrant workers is managed by the two scheme operators who have been licensed to manage the pilot. Both scheme operators cover the whole of the country and in 2019 both operators were allocated 1,250 scheme places. The Home Office does not hold information relating to the allocation of workers to specific regions.</p><p>Any places allocated to applicants who subsequently decide not to travel to the UK are made available to other applicants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 722 723 724 726 727 728 question first answered 21/10/2019 16:09:46 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1149456

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places on the seasonal workers pilot scheme were allocated to (a) operators and (b) businesses in (i) Angus, (ii) Perth and North Perthshire, (iii) Stirling, (iv) Ochil and South Perthshire and (v) North East Fife.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The numbers of visa applications made, approved and refused under Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme are published in the quarterly Immigration statistics. This information is available on the Gov.uk website at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables</a></p><p>The Seasonal Workers Pilot is a UK wide scheme. The recruitment and placement of migrant workers is managed by the two scheme operators who have been licensed to manage the pilot. Both scheme operators cover the whole of the country and in 2019 both operators were allocated 1,250 scheme places. The Home Office does not hold information relating to the allocation of workers to specific regions.</p><p>Any places allocated to applicants who subsequently decide not to travel to the UK are made available to other applicants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 722 723 724 725 727 728 question first answered 21/10/2019 16:09:46 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1149457

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places on the seasonal workers pilot scheme were allocated to (a) operators and (b) businesses in (i) Mcray, (ii) Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, (iii) Banff and Buchan, (iv) Gordon and (v) West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine constituencies.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The numbers of visa applications made, approved and refused under Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme are published in the quarterly Immigration statistics. This information is available on the Gov.uk website at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables</a></p><p>The Seasonal Workers Pilot is a UK wide scheme. The recruitment and placement of migrant workers is managed by the two scheme operators who have been licensed to manage the pilot. Both scheme operators cover the whole of the country and in 2019 both operators were allocated 1,250 scheme places. The Home Office does not hold information relating to the allocation of workers to specific regions.</p><p>Any places allocated to applicants who subsequently decide not to travel to the UK are made available to other applicants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 722 723 724 725 726 728 question first answered 21/10/2019 16:09:46 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1149458

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places on the seasonal workers pilot scheme were allocated to (a) operators and (b) businesses in (i) Ayr Carrick and Cumnock, (ii) Dumfries and Galloway, (iii) Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweedale, (iv) Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk and (v) East Lothian.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The numbers of visa applications made, approved and refused under Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme are published in the quarterly Immigration statistics. This information is available on the Gov.uk website at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables</a></p><p>The Seasonal Workers Pilot is a UK wide scheme. The recruitment and placement of migrant workers is managed by the two scheme operators who have been licensed to manage the pilot. Both scheme operators cover the whole of the country and in 2019 both operators were allocated 1,250 scheme places. The Home Office does not hold information relating to the allocation of workers to specific regions.</p><p>Any places allocated to applicants who subsequently decide not to travel to the UK are made available to other applicants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 722 723 724 725 726 727 question first answered 21/10/2019 16:09:47 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1149474

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
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: Carbon Emissions
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 has taken to establish (a) a baseline for existing carbon dioxide emissions from agriculture (b) an agreed methodology for measuring emissions and (c) a pathway for zero emissions by 2050 and a methodology for assessing progress towards that target; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p><em>a) </em>In the UK, agricultural Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions statistics are calculated and updated annually, with the data forming part of the UK’s National GHG Inventory. The UK’s reporting methodology is built on scientific understanding developed through the joint Defra-Devolved Administration funded £12.6m Agricultural GHG Research Platform. As such it accurately reflects and captures UK agricultural conditions and practices.</p><p> </p><p>Government also publishes emissions data online, the most recent update from April this year is available here:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/dataset/9a1e58e5-d1b6-457d-a414-335ca546d52c/provisional-uk-greenhouse-gas-emissions-national-statistics" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/dataset/9a1e58e5-d1b6-457d-a414-335ca546d52c/provisional-uk-greenhouse-gas-emissions-national-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p><em>b) </em>The methodology used to estimate emissions from agriculture is compliant with guidelines set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This ensures transparency, accuracy, completeness and allows comparisons between countries. Along with 193 other signatories to the Paris Agreement, the UK has committed to using a common approach on emissions reporting, which is vital for robust and consistent reporting of global GHG emissions reductions.</p><p> </p><p><em>c) </em>On 27 June, the UK became the first major economy in the world to set a legally binding target to achieve net zero [100% reductions] GHG emissions from across the UK economy by 2050, bound by the Climate Change Act. The Act also introduced carbon budgets which cap emissions over successive 5-year periods and must be set 12 years in advance.</p><p> </p><p>The Committee on Climate Change, our independent advisors, assesses emissions data to judge whether the UK is on course to meet its carbon budgets, and reports this progress to Parliament and the Devolved Administrations annually. The Government then has a statutory obligation to respond to this advice, laying out the progress and policies underway to meet our targets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This week the Government announced that a new independent Office for Environmental Protection will be established to scrutinise environmental policy and law. The office’s powers will cover all climate change legislation and hold the Government to account on its commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the importance of reducing emissions further in the food, farming and land use sectors. The Clean Growth Strategy and the 25 Year Environment Plan set out the Government’s ambition for how this will be achieved, including through environmental land management, strengthening biosecurity and control of endemic diseases in livestock, and encouraging use of low emissions fertilisers.</p><p> </p><p>This year we have started developing a new emissions reduction plan for agriculture, in which we will set out our long-term vision for a more productive, low-carbon farming sector in England.</p><p> </p><p>Our new Environmental Land Management Scheme will be underpinned by payment of public money for the provision of environmental public goods. Trees and woodland can contribute to numerous environmental goods and services. Activities to be paid for may include tree planting and woodland creation, and woodland management, including through natural regeneration. Trees and woodlands have multiple benefits and can contribute to many of the environmental outcomes we want to achieve, including mitigation of and adaption to climate change.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/10/2019 13:53:49 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1149492

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line and Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) expenditure on High Speed Rail 2 and (b) Scottish Barnett Consequential allocation was in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>There has been a total spend up to 31 March 2019 of £7.4bn made up of HS2 Ltd spend and spend by the Department for Transport on HS2 Land and Property. The profile of this spend is set out in the table below. These numbers have been taken from Departmental accounts and exclude £0.6bn incurred by HS2 Ltd to date on construction VAT.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total spend on HS2 excluding construction VAT (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>14.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>34.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>182.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>207.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>185.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>348.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1,466.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2,767.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2,191.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>7,408.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>As set out in HM Treasury’s Statement of Funding Policy, the Barnett formula is generally applied at departmental level at Spending Reviews/Rounds and at programme level at fiscal events. Since 2010, HS2 has received all its funding through the Department for Transport’s settlements at Spending Reviews/Rounds where Barnett has been applied at departmental level. The spending on HS2 is not therefore associated with specific Barnett consequentials.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury’s Spending Review/Round documents set out the block grant funding for the Scottish Government. Documents relating to SR10, SR13, SR15 and SR19 can be found on the gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p>Following UK Government decisions at Spending Round 2019, the Scottish Government benefitted from an increase of over £1.2bn in the Barnett-based block grant, which will increase to £34.4bn in 2020-21.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/10/2019 14:18:15 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown