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777727

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
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	Land: Contamination
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 his Department has made of the extent of contaminated land across each of the four Black Country boroughs; and what funding is available for remediation of such contamination.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	109715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has made no assessment of the extent of contaminated land. It is the statutory duty of local authorities to identify contaminated land in their areas and to ensure that risks to human health and the environment are removed.</p><p> </p><p>The Contaminated Land Capital Grant Programme ended in March this year (2017).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/11/2017 15:57:38 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

751246

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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	Land: Contamination
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 plans to reinstate the contaminated land capital grants programme.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
uin	4701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to reinstate the contaminated land capital grants programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 17/07/2017 16:46:13 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

731993

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Land: Contamination
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 his Department's strategy and targets are for the remediation of contaminated land.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>There are no central targets for the remediation of contaminated land. The majority (around 90 per cent) is remediated via the planning system as part of development and redevelopment.</p><p> </p><p>Some of the remaining land is cleaned up voluntarily by landowners. Legislation under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 is used to clean up land contamination where there is no market solution. Local authorities, and in the case of special sites[i], the Environment Agency, are the regulatory authorities under the Act for ensuring that land contamination that is posing an unacceptable risk is identified and cleaned up. The Act requires each local authority to have an inspection strategy in place to identify potentially contaminated land in their areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[i] Sites that have undergone a specific use as listed under section (2) of the Contaminated Land (England) Regulations 2006 are designated as special sites, and include sites that are affecting controlled waters or contain radioactive material.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 27/06/2017 11:25:55 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

668879

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Land: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding streams are available to communities that require remediation of contaminated land.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	58769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>Funding for local authorities to fulfil their duties to identify and remediate contaminated land is provided through the local government finance settlement. The provisional settlement was announced on 15 December; this is the second year of a four year settlement where local authority core spending power is set to increase from £44.5 billion in 2015-16 to £44.7 billion in 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 12/01/2017 16:10:59 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 29410 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

652270

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Land: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has allocated as part of the settlement for contaminated land activities to each local authority in England in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	56066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>Funding for local authorities to meet their statutory duty around contaminated land under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 is provided through the Local Government Finance Settlement. The relevant funding streams are unringfenced and this is to allow councils to manage their budgets independently and in line with local priorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 08/12/2016 15:23:02 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

644294

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Land: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential effect of the removal of Part 2A contaminated land funding on the budgets of local councils.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	907518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>As Minister for Local Government I engage with colleagues in government on a range of issues which affect councils across England.</p><p>Although DEFRA’s Contaminated Land Capital Grant has ended, funding for local authorities to meet their duty under Part 2a of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 continues to be provided through the local government finance settlement.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 28/11/2016 17:54:16 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk