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1357172

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
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	Fly-tipping
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 he has taken to coordinate (a) Police and Crime commissioners, (b) the Environment Agency and (c) local police forces to ensure that they are adequately responding to fly-tipping.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	52432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2021 answer text <p>Defra is committed to working with partners to stamp out the menace of fly-tipping wherever we can. Our 2018 Resources and Waste Strategy set out our strategic approach to tackling waste crime, including fly-tipping. Our focus is on enabling local action by providing a clear legal framework of rights, responsibilities and powers and setting national standards.</p><p>Local authorities and the Environment Agency are encouraged to work in partnership with national and local police bodies in carrying out their enforcement functions against fly-tipping. Defra are working with a wide range of interested parties through the National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group (NFTPG) to raise awareness of fly-tipping and to develop a fly-tipping toolkit. Members of the NFTPG include local authorities, the National Police Chiefs Council and the Environment Agency. The toolkit will support partnership working, intelligence sharing, dealing with fly-tipping associated with unauthorised encampments and the use of technology to report fly-tipping.</p><p>In the Environment Bill, we are bringing forward measures to go further, giving agencies and authorities enhanced powers of entry and access to evidence to strengthen their ability to tackle waste crime, and enhancing our ability to track waste and to crack down on rogue operators.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 29/09/2021 09:49:53 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1357173

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
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	Agriculture: Sustainable Development
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 adequacy of the details available to farmers on the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	52433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2021 answer text <p>Last November, we published our <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F954283%2Fagricultural-transition-plan.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBlaise.Baquiche%40defra.gov.uk%7Cd56e4ee3e00545178c8208d981bf67cf%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637683481346996269%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=E61TcgI0%2Bvax5LKHRgQXfNOVOyz66SJKcWgCFtE4j2A%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Agricultural Transition Plan</a> setting out all our future environmental land management schemes, starting with the Sustainable Farming Incentive.</p><p> </p><p>We set out what we intend to achieve by 2028 and how we will help farmers manage the move away from Direct Payments over a seven-year transition period to give everyone time to plan and adjust.</p><p> </p><p>In March of this year, we launched the pilot of the Sustainable Farming Incentive. This was so that we could test, at scale, the future scheme in real-world scenarios, with a wide range of farmers and land managers. Our goal is to collaborate with farmers and land managers to design and deliver a scheme that works best for them.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently undertaking user research and surveys on these pilot applicants with a view to informing and improving the scheme. From this we will learn how farmers and land managers have fared in understanding the information presented to them.</p><p> </p><p>In June, we published a <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fagricultural-transition-plan-june-2021-progress-update%2Fagricultural-transition-plan-june-2021-progress-update&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBlaise.Baquiche%40defra.gov.uk%7Cd56e4ee3e00545178c8208d981bf67cf%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637683481347006262%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=IkUEkdpQxI4%2FRMnUqL%2F1XXjxx5UMYHdbkvf4TuHU8qM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">progress update</a> of the Agricultural Transition Plan. Here, we gave further details of the early rollout of the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme and what it will pay for. We also set out clear guidance on the scheme’s eligibility criteria and how farmers can be rewarded for their environmentally sustainable actions when it opens in 2022.</p><p> </p><p>We will be publishing more information about the Sustainable Farming Incentive in November, including confirmation of the standard payment rates.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 29/09/2021 13:35:26 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1357175

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
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	Environmental Land Management Schemes
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 comparative assessment he has made of the support available to farmers (a) under environmental land management schemes and (b) in the countries with which the Government is pursuing free trade deals.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	52434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2021 answer text <p>We are undertaking an assessment of our proposed reforms to the agricultural industry as they are developed, including the impact of our future schemes that reward environmental land management. It is our intention to publish a comprehensive assessment in due course.</p><p>The Government also produces and publishes analysis for each new free trade agreement it pursues and is committed to publishing a full impact assessment following the conclusion of negotiations prior to implementation of an agreement.</p><p>The OECD publishes an <a href="https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/agriculture-and-food/agricultural-policy-monitoring-and-evaluation-2021_2d810e01-en?_ga=2.41177188.775305080.1632319086-1231798159.1614081332" target="_blank">annual agricultural policy monitoring and evaluation report</a> which contains estimates of support to agriculture. One metric of particular interest from that publication is the ‘producer support estimate’ (PSE) as a percentage of receipts. As an example, it shows that for the UK the PSE is approximately 20% of receipts compared with 1% in New Zealand and 2% in Australia.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 29/09/2021 13:30:45 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1357176

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
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	Environmental Land Management Schemes
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 whether the delivery timeline of environmental land management schemes will ensure timely access to new payments for farmers moving on from old payments.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	52435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2021 answer text <p>The first Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) pilot agreements will start this year. Then, next year we will start to rollout core elements of the SFI, expanding those elements until we have the full offer available in 2024/2025. Importantly, we are running Countryside Stewardship and the SFI in parallel, and both are open to new and existing scheme agreement holders, though we will not fund the same action twice.</p><p> </p><p>The final round of Countryside Stewardship will open in 2023, with agreements starting on 1 January 2024. We plan to start a phased rollout of the Local Nature Recovery scheme from 2023. We will be launching at least ten Landscape Recovery projects between 2022 and 2024. This makes us confident that the full environmental land management offer will be on tap before the end of the transition period.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 29/09/2021 13:26:33 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1357179

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the food and drink sector's proposal for a covid recovery visa scheme.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	52436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2021 answer text <p>The Points Based System already provides for a range of roles in the food and drink sector, including roles such as Butchers, subject to the rules and requirements of the system being met, including on salary.</p><p>Beyond the Points Based Systems, employers can recruit those with general work rights including the millions of people who have been granted status under the EU Settlement Scheme, those who have arrived via our settlement route for British National (Overseas) normally resident in Hong Kong and their households, those who have arrived via a family visa and those in the UK under our Youth Mobility Schemes. They have full access to the UK labour market and are free to work in the UK and can undertake any role.</p><p>But recognising the extraordinary circumstances facing businesses currently, Government is providing visas as a time-limited, temporary measure for the food sector until longer term measures to improve the supply of skills domestically. start to have an impact. This includes visas for up to:</p><p>• 4,700 HGV food drivers who will be able to arrive from late October and leave by 28 February 2022 and;</p><p>• 5,500 poultry workers will arrive from late October and stay up until 31 December 2021.</p><p>However we must see long-term solutions delivered by employers through improved testing and hiring, with better pay and working conditions, as immigration routes do not provide a guarantee of being able to recruit in a competitive global market for skilled workers.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 11/10/2021 16:11:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1357180

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Australia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when she plans to publish the impact assessments of the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement in Principle.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	52437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2021 answer text <p>A full impact assessment will be published following the conclusion of negotiations, prior to scrutiny by Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 27/09/2021 08:52:53 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1352414

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there is a target for the proportion of GP patient appointments which are delivered face to face.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	41751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>There is currently no target for the proportion of appointments in general practice which must be delivered face to face. However, practices should respect preferences for in person appointments unless there are good clinical reasons.</p><p>Commissioners use information collected locally alongside data gathered from other sources, such as the Quality and Outcomes Framework, to plan and improve general practitioner (GP) services. NHS Digital publishes GP appointment data, from planned activity recorded in GP appointment book systems, which includes face to face appointments at clinical commissioning group level. As set out in ‘Our plan for improving access for patients and supporting general practice’, NHS Digital is working to publish activity and waiting time data at individual practice level as soon as possible. This will include the proportions of appointment by different professions and by different appointment modality.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 41752 question first answered 07/12/2021 14:27:58 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1352415

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are required to monitor the number and proportion of GP appointments in their commissioning area which are being delivered face to face.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	41752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>There is currently no target for the proportion of appointments in general practice which must be delivered face to face. However, practices should respect preferences for in person appointments unless there are good clinical reasons.</p><p>Commissioners use information collected locally alongside data gathered from other sources, such as the Quality and Outcomes Framework, to plan and improve general practitioner (GP) services. NHS Digital publishes GP appointment data, from planned activity recorded in GP appointment book systems, which includes face to face appointments at clinical commissioning group level. As set out in ‘Our plan for improving access for patients and supporting general practice’, NHS Digital is working to publish activity and waiting time data at individual practice level as soon as possible. This will include the proportions of appointment by different professions and by different appointment modality.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 41751 question first answered 07/12/2021 14:27:58 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1351233

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the risk that routine requests by NHS vaccination centres for NHS and National Insurance numbers may make people who are in the UK illegally less likely to engage with the covid-19 vaccination programme.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	40751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p><p>However, a National Health Service (NHS) number or national insurance number is not needed to make a booking for a COVID-19 vaccine or when attending a vaccination appointment.</p><p>As vaccination against COVID-19 is offered to every eligible adult living in the United Kingdom free of charge, regardless of their immigration status. No immigration checks are needed to receive a COVID-19 vaccination and the NHS is not required to report undocumented migrants to the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 06/09/2021 11:45:41 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1348478

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made any special arrangements to encourage people living illegally in the UK to receive covid-19 vaccinations in recognition that those people will not have NHS or national insurance numbers and may be fearful of engaging with the covid-19 vaccination programme.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	35566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2021 answer text <p>Vaccination against COVID-19 is offered to every adult living in the United Kingdom free of charge, regardless of immigration status. Entitlement to free National Health Service treatment is generally based on ordinary residence in the UK. A person who can show they have taken up ordinary residence in the UK can access all NHS services immediately, including COVID-19 vaccinations, based on clinical need. No immigration checks are needed to receive these services and the NHS is not required to report undocumented migrants to the Home Office.</p><p>An NHS number is not needed to make a booking for a COVID-19 vaccine or when attending a vaccination appointment. If individuals are registered with a general practitioner (GP), their GP will contact them in due course. If they are not registered with a GP, NHS regional teams, will contact unregistered people to ensure they are offered the vaccine. The Enhanced Service Specification: COVID-19 vaccination programme 2020/21 enables practices working within their Primary Care Network groupings from shared vaccination sites to vaccinate unregistered patients provided they are eligible.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/07/2021 14:11:42 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway