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1669286

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date	10/11/2023
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	Sugar Beet
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 help support sugar beet growers.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	1290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of sugar beet farmers and their vital contribution to UK sugar production. We are committed to promoting fairness across the food supply chain, with risk and reward being properly shared.</p><p> </p><p>We know that control of aphids and yellow virus, along with weather related problems - such as dry springs affecting crop establishment and wet conditions during the campaign harvests – can create issues for beet growers.</p><p> </p><p>Defra’s reach and engagement with the agri-food sector is extensive and well-established. This includes regular contact with producers and processors in the UK sugar industry which ensures a strong two-way dialogue at both a ministerial and official level.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Agricultural Market Monitoring Group, launched in January 2021, also monitors UK agricultural markets including price, supply, and trade enabling it to provide forewarning of any atypical market movements.</p><p> </p><p>These allow Government to collect both data and industry intelligence on the agricultural sectors, including sugar, to understand any challenges being faced. We do not consider there is a case for support at this time but will keep the situation under review.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 15/11/2023 16:58:25 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1462506

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) longest, (b) shortest and (c) average period of time taken was to make repairs to an armed forces accommodation property after a call out in the last period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	1290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>The longest, shortest and average period of time taken to make repairs to a Service Family Accommodation between November 2021 and March 2022 are shown below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Longest 234 days (in respect to repairing a damaged fence)</p><p> </p><p>Shortest 21 minutes</p><p> </p><p>Average 15.9 days</p><p> </p><p>The Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS) Accommodation contracts came into effect on 1 April 2022. In developing the new FDIS Accommodation contracts DIO collaborated closely with key stakeholders, including the Single Services and the Families Federations, to ensure that Service families’ needs are fully considered and an improved ‘lived experience’ is provided.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 19/05/2022 10:13:32 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1314784

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, under the terms of the contracts between Hitachi, the Government and Train Operators, who is liable for the financial costs of the disruption resulting from the recent withdrawal of services after the discovery of cracks in electric and electro-diesel trains constructed by Hitachi Rail.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	1290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2021 answer text <p>In total, 182 Hitachi trains have been impacted by this issue. 122 of these trains have been procured via the Department’s Intercity Express Programme contract with Agility Trains as the service provider, and the remaining 60 trains have been procured under conventional rolling stock leases. All 182 trains are maintained by Hitachi as the appointed manufacturer.</p><p>Under the Intercity Express Programme contract, if Agility Trains is unable to offer the train for service on a given day, they are not paid and must pay to resolve the issue to ensure trains are made available.</p><p>The agreements in place contain provisions that protect the taxpayer. I have been clear with the industry that I expect those who have the contractual performance and train availability obligations including Agility Trains, to fully compensate the taxpayer in this matter.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 19/05/2021 14:50:15 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1169489

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Merseyside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of new funding for road maintenance will be allocated to (a) Liverpool City Region and (b) Wirral council.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	1290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving local infrastructure and expects to announce details of the available funding shortly. Individual allocations of this funding will be subject to Ministerial decisions.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 13/01/2020 15:35:41 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

732986

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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	Horticulture: Seasonal Workers
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 he has made of the effect of closure of the seasonal agricultural workers scheme on the economic output of the horticultural industry of (a) the UK and (b) Scotland since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	1290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Seasonal Agricultural workers scheme was closed in 2013, on the advice of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC).</p><p> </p><p>Defra has been monitoring the economic output of the horticultural industry and there has been an increase in output in real terms between 2014 and 2016 (latest available data) for both the UK and Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>According to Agriculture UK 2016[1], output of vegetables and horticultural products in the UK saw an increase of £128 million in real terms between 2014 and 2016. Output of fruit in the UK saw an increase of £68 million from 2014-2015 with a subsequent decrease of £34 million in 2016 in real terms.</p><p> </p><p>Output of the horticultural industry in Scotland increased between 2014 and 2015 by £25.1 million in total. These figures have been taken from the Scottish Government website.[2]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/615965/AUK-2016-25may17i.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/615965/AUK-2016-25may17i.pdf</a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/01/1031" target="_blank">http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/01/1031</a></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/07/2017 16:48:22 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law