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1656216

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Wildlife: Smuggling
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 Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the COVID-19 Rapid Response Round - IWT Challenge Fund (ODA) Grant.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Biodiversity Challenge Funds (BCF) include the Darwin Initiative, Darwin Plus and the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund, which support a series of projects under distinct funding rounds.</p><p> </p><p>All grants under these schemes report on effectiveness through a combination of half-year, annual and final reports. These reports are assessed by an independent specialist. A sample of projects across the portfolio are also selected each year for detailed financial spot audit checks and technical checks through mid-term reviews which are more in-depth investigations into project performance.</p><p> </p><p>All reports and information about projects are available on the relevant fund websites:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/project-search/" target="_blank">https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/project-search/</a></li><li><a href="https://darwinplus.org.uk/project-search/" target="_blank">https://darwinplus.org.uk/project-search/</a></li><li><a href="https://iwt.challengefund.org.uk/project-search/" target="_blank">https://iwt.challengefund.org.uk/project-search/</a></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2020, an external evaluation of the BCF was carried out. The scope of this evaluation included all projects since the beginning of the schemes across all countries and territories of operation. Across the three BCF, the evaluation found that, overall, projects made significant contributions to reducing threats to biodiversity loss and enhancing the protection of biodiverse ecosystems. The full report is available at: <a href="https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/assets/uploads/FinalReport_Publishable.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/assets/uploads/FinalReport_Publishable.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 196192 196193 196204 196207 196598 196599 196600 196601 196609 196610 question first answered 11/09/2023 14:57:53 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1656942

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Wildlife: Smuggling
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 Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Illegal Wildlife Trade Grant Scheme R6 FY20-24.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Biodiversity Challenge Funds (BCF) include the Darwin Initiative, Darwin Plus and the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund, which support a series of projects under distinct funding rounds.</p><p> </p><p>All grants under these schemes report on effectiveness through a combination of half-year, annual and final reports. These reports are assessed by an independent specialist. A sample of projects across the portfolio are also selected each year for detailed financial spot audit checks and technical checks through mid-term reviews which are more in-depth investigations into project performance.</p><p> </p><p>All reports and information about projects are available on the relevant fund websites:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/project-search/" target="_blank">https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/project-search/</a></li><li><a href="https://darwinplus.org.uk/project-search/" target="_blank">https://darwinplus.org.uk/project-search/</a></li><li><a href="https://iwt.challengefund.org.uk/project-search/" target="_blank">https://iwt.challengefund.org.uk/project-search/</a></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2020, an external evaluation of the BCF was carried out. The scope of this evaluation included all projects since the beginning of the schemes across all countries and territories of operation. Across the three BCF, the evaluation found that, overall, projects made significant contributions to reducing threats to biodiversity loss and enhancing the protection of biodiverse ecosystems. The full report is available at: <a href="https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/assets/uploads/FinalReport_Publishable.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/assets/uploads/FinalReport_Publishable.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 196192 196193 196204 196205 196207 196598 196599 196600 196609 196610 question first answered 11/09/2023 14:57:53 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1656951

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Wildlife: Smuggling
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 Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the COVID-19 Rapid Response Round - IWT Challenge Fund (ODA) Grant.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Biodiversity Challenge Funds (BCF) include the Darwin Initiative, Darwin Plus and the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund, which support a series of projects under distinct funding rounds.</p><p> </p><p>All grants under these schemes report on effectiveness through a combination of half-year, annual and final reports. These reports are assessed by an independent specialist. A sample of projects across the portfolio are also selected each year for detailed financial spot audit checks and technical checks through mid-term reviews which are more in-depth investigations into project performance.</p><p> </p><p>All reports and information about projects are available on the relevant fund websites:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/project-search/" target="_blank">https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/project-search/</a></li><li><a href="https://darwinplus.org.uk/project-search/" target="_blank">https://darwinplus.org.uk/project-search/</a></li><li><a href="https://iwt.challengefund.org.uk/project-search/" target="_blank">https://iwt.challengefund.org.uk/project-search/</a></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2020, an external evaluation of the BCF was carried out. The scope of this evaluation included all projects since the beginning of the schemes across all countries and territories of operation. Across the three BCF, the evaluation found that, overall, projects made significant contributions to reducing threats to biodiversity loss and enhancing the protection of biodiverse ecosystems. The full report is available at: <a href="https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/assets/uploads/FinalReport_Publishable.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/assets/uploads/FinalReport_Publishable.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 196192 196193 196204 196205 196207 196598 196599 196600 196601 196609 question first answered 11/09/2023 14:57:53 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1645721

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
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	Wildlife: Smuggling
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 she is taking to tackle the illegal trade in wildlife.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	190188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK is committed to combatting the illegal wildlife trade to benefit biodiversity, local communities, and the economy, while protecting global security. As part of this commitment, we are increasing our funding and will invest a further £30 million between 2022 and 2025. This includes through Defra’s grant scheme, the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund, which to date has supported 136 projects in over 60 countries, including projects to change behaviours, strengthen wildlife crime legislation, and help communities to protect the wildlife they rely on for their livelihoods.</p><p>We recognise the importance of regularly assessing the impact and effectiveness of our efforts to tackle the illegal wildlife trade. Most recently, in May 2022, an independent evaluation was carried out on Defra’s Biodiversity Funds, including the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund. The evaluation found strong alignment with the aims of various Multilateral Environmental Agreements, particularly the Convention on Biodiversity, and that projects are highly aligned with the needs of the countries they operate in. The full report can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.darwininitiative.org.uk%2Fassets%2Fuploads%2FMonitoring-Evaluation-and-Learning-Report_Publishable.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C4b97a161a62342b72c6908db723a6e7a%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638229367502207105%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=UYhYCBu28hQ082Av8FG%2Fo7ka6K38V5e1fBKOgklHAug%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/assets/uploads/Monitoring-Evaluation-and-Learning-Report_Publishable.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 190218 question first answered 26/06/2023 08:19:05 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1645751

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
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	Wildlife: Smuggling
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 recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her policies in tackling the illegal wildlife trade.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	190218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK is committed to combatting the illegal wildlife trade to benefit biodiversity, local communities, and the economy, while protecting global security. As part of this commitment, we are increasing our funding and will invest a further £30 million between 2022 and 2025. This includes through Defra’s grant scheme, the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund, which to date has supported 136 projects in over 60 countries, including projects to change behaviours, strengthen wildlife crime legislation, and help communities to protect the wildlife they rely on for their livelihoods.</p><p>We recognise the importance of regularly assessing the impact and effectiveness of our efforts to tackle the illegal wildlife trade. Most recently, in May 2022, an independent evaluation was carried out on Defra’s Biodiversity Funds, including the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund. The evaluation found strong alignment with the aims of various Multilateral Environmental Agreements, particularly the Convention on Biodiversity, and that projects are highly aligned with the needs of the countries they operate in. The full report can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.darwininitiative.org.uk%2Fassets%2Fuploads%2FMonitoring-Evaluation-and-Learning-Report_Publishable.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C4b97a161a62342b72c6908db723a6e7a%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638229367502207105%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=UYhYCBu28hQ082Av8FG%2Fo7ka6K38V5e1fBKOgklHAug%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/assets/uploads/Monitoring-Evaluation-and-Learning-Report_Publishable.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 190188 question first answered 26/06/2023 08:19:05 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1544662

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
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	Wildlife: Smuggling
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 her Department is taking steps to help tackle the illegal wildlife trade.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	93594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is taking steps to help protect endangered animals and plants from poaching and illegal trade to benefit wildlife, local communities and the economy, and protect global security.</p><p> </p><p>HMG has committed over £46 million between 2014 and 2022 on work to directly counter illegal wildlife trade (IWT), including through the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund. Our actions include: training border force agents and building capacity through the British military to train rangers and disrupt poaching in targeted African countries; developing behaviour change campaigns to discourage purchases of wildlife products; supporting legislative reform to increase penalties and conviction rates for wildlife crime; and helping communities to protect the wildlife they rely on for their livelihoods.</p><p> </p><p>We are also contributing £250 million to the Global Environment Facility between 2018-2022, which includes the world's biggest fund for tackling IWT, the Global Wildlife Programme (GWP), supporting IWT projects across 32 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. In June this year, at the Stockholm +50 meeting, Lord Goldsmith announced the UK Government’s pledge of £330m to the eighth replenishment of the Global Environment Facility (GEF8) covering the period 2022 – 2026. The GEF8 replenishment delivered a record breaking $5.33bn with a 46% increase in biodiversity funding. This includes the Wildlife Conservation for Development programme which will combat Illegal and High-Risk Wildlife Trade through a supply-chain approach to curbing poaching, disrupting trafficking, and reducing demand for illegal, unsustainable, and high zoonotic-risk wildlife within and between countries.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 30/11/2022 17:39:43 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1334160

registered interest
date	14/06/2021
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	Wildlife: Smuggling
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 his Department spent on measures to prevent the illegal wildlife trade in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	15160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>Defra has invested over £26 million since 2015 on work to directly counter illegal wildlife trade in animals and plants internationally to benefit nature, people, the economy and protect global security. This includes projects to reduce demand, strengthen enforcement, ensure effective legal frameworks and develop sustainable livelihoods.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2015, we have also provided close to £1 million to support the National Wildlife Crime Unit in tackling wildlife crime in the UK, which includes combating the illegal wildlife trade.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 22/06/2021 16:54:15 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1334162

registered interest
date	14/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Wildlife: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on helping to prevent the illegal wildlife trade in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	15162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>Since 2016, the Home Office has provided £136,000 annually to the National Wildlife Crime Unit to bolster work preventing wildlife crime both domestically and internationally.</p><p>Going forward, all decisions on government funding will be taken as part of the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/06/2021 11:36:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1331996

registered interest
date	10/06/2021
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	Wildlife: Smuggling
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 discussions officials in his Department have had with officials in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on the provision of support to countries for tackling the source of the illegal wildlife trade.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	13874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>Defra is the lead department for tackling the illegal wildlife trade (IWT) and works collaboratively with other Government departments, including the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Home Office and Ministry of Defence to deliver the UK's ambition to combat the IWT. This has included joint Ministerial working to convene the largest ever global IWT Conference in London 2018.</p><p>The Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund has committed over £26m to 85 projects tackling the IWT around the world since it was launched at the London IWT Conference in 2014. In addition, Defra works across Government to ensure that our international programming to counter the IWT, using Official Development Assistance, aligns with and supports wider UK and foreign policy ambition, delivering impactful and effective counter-IWT projects on the ground.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/06/2021 16:39:55 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1331998

registered interest
date	10/06/2021
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	Wildlife: Smuggling
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 discussions he has had with counterparts in other countries on the development of a joint strategy to tackle wildlife crime and the illegal wildlife trade.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	13875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2021 answer text <p>We recognise that international cooperation is essential to tackle the illegal wildlife trade (IWT). The UK has supported strategic join-up with other countries. For example, in 2018, the UK convened the largest ever global IWT conference at which 65 countries signed up to the London Declaration, which calls on the international community to act together to support and build urgent collective action against the IWT.</p><p> </p><p>We work with international partners directly through supporting initiatives to combat the IWT. This includes Defra’s Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund, work with G7 Ministers to agree priorities and commitments for tackling the IWT, Ministerial and official contact with counterparts in countries affected by the IWT, and through joint initiatives under relevant international agreements such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Financial Action Task Force.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 18/06/2021 12:47:41 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell