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452376

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
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	Floods: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the deadline is for making an application to the EU Solidarity Fund in relation to the Cumbria floods.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	27055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>Applications for the European Solidarity Fund must be received by the Commission within 12 weeks of the date of first damage caused by the disaster.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 22/02/2016 16:22:51 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

452429

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
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	Dredging
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 powers she intends to extend to farmers in relation to the dredging of watercourses on their land.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	27063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 were laid before Parliament on 2 February. Subject to parliamentary approval, from April the Regulations will remove a number of low risk activities from the need for a flood defence consent permit from the Environment Agency, enabling it to focus on the highest risk activities. This includes allowing farmers to maintain ditches up to 1.5km long subject to a number of conditions.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/02/2016 14:13:14 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

452430

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
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	Flood Control
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 her comments at the Oxford Farming Conference on 6 January 2016 on additional powers to internal drainage boards, what plans she has to give local authorities a role in the maintenance of local watercourses.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	27067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>Local Authorities (LAs) have powers to carry out flood risk management works, including maintenance on ordinary watercourses, while the Environment Agency (EA) has powers to carry out work on main rivers. In addition, under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, flood risk management authorities may carry out work using the powers of other risk management authorities using public sector cooperation agreements. There are some excellent examples of LAs working in partnership with the EA and internal drainage boards, for example in Lincolnshire and Somerset.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/02/2016 14:40:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

452431

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
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	Flood Control: Finance
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 her comments at the Oxford Farming conference on 6 January 2016 on decentralising decision-making, what steps she plans to take to ensure funding to tackle flooding and the maintenance of flood defences is allocated fairly and transparently to local groups.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	27066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>The Environment Agency allocates funding according to where it will have the most benefit to people and property using System Asset Management Plans for each of its flood defence asset systems. The Environment Agency discusses local maintenance programmes with local communities and groups like internal drainage boards. The Environment Agency publishes its maintenance programme online: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/river-and-coastal-maintenance-programme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/river-and-coastal-maintenance-programme</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/02/2016 16:08:24 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

452042

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2016 to Question 25491, how many prisoners returned to jail having broken their licence conditions were subsequently found to be carrying concealed drugs in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	26857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>Prisoners recalled to custody having breached the conditions of their licence will be arrested by the police and then taken to the nearest local prison for the area in which they were arrested.</p><p> </p><p>Once returned to a local prison, prisoners will be searched and risk assessed in line with the prison’s local policy for stopping contraband. Prisons deploy a comprehensive range of robust searching and security measures to detect items of contraband both at the point of entry to the prison and concealed within the prison.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners found with drugs on entry to prison could receive a range of sanctions including days added to their sentence, or, in cases where the quantity of drug or packaging suggests possession with intent to supply, are referred to the police. All visitors or staff caught with drugs are referred to the police as supply is always suspected in these cases.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of prisoners who were found with drugs following licence recall could only be collated at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 22/02/2016 15:50:13 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

451156

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2016 to Question 24265, how much transitional funding has been allocated to meet costs deemed essential to the successful implementation of his Department's area reviews but which cannot be met locally.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	26270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>Further details of the purpose and availability of the transitional funding facility will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 26264 question first answered 24/02/2016 15:02:58 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

451169

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Further Education: Mergers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2016 to Question 24499, what discussions his Department plans to have with banks on minimising the cost of loan and other penalties incurred by colleges which merge as part of area reviews.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	26224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-01-26/24367/" target="_blank">24367</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 24/02/2016 14:49:28 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

451267

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	Flood Control
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 her speech at the Oxford Farming Conference on 6 January 2016, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on how responsibility for maintaining local watercourses will be shared.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	26324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Following discussions between Defra, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and the Somerset Rivers Authority, the Secretary of State for DCLG confirmed that authorities in Somerset will be able to raise extra funding via a shadow precept from April 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also provides funding to Lead Local Flood Authorities (LLFAs) to carry out their duties under the Flood and Water Management Act. As part of the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement 2016-17, the DCLG has proposed protecting LLFA funding in real terms over the life of this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/02/2016 13:04:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

451268

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	Flood Control
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 her speech at the Oxford Farming Conference on 6 January 2016, how she plans to ensure that effective national strategies on flooding and flood defences are created and maintained.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	26322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) has a duty under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 to develop, maintain, apply and monitor a national flood and coastal erosion risk management strategy for England. The strategy was published in 2011. The Act also lays down that the EA must report to the Minister on flood and costal erosion risk management including the application of the national strategy. The EA publishes this report annually.</p><p>In addition Government is undertaking a National Flood Resilience Review which will assess how the country can be better protected from future flooding and increasingly extreme weather events. It will focus on four key areas: updating our climate modelling and stress-testing the nation’s resilience to flood risk; assessing the resilience of our important infrastructure like electricity substations; our temporary defences; and our future investment strategy. The Government launched a call for evidence on 2 February. The Review will align closely with Defra’s work on catchment-level management of the water cycle in the Government’s 25 year Environment Plan.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/02/2016 15:12:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

451269

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	Flood Control
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 her speech at the Oxford Farming Conference on 6 January 2016, what additional powers she plans to grant to internal drainage boards and other groups to maintain local watercourses.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	26323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government believes that flood risk management work should be carried out by those best placed to do it. The Environment Agency (EA) works in close partnership with Internal Drainage Boards (IDBs) and regularly discusses local watercourse maintenance plans with them, including to agree where IDBs could do work on the EA’s behalf, through public sector cooperation agreements. We will continue to discuss with IDBs and other groups where they could take on more responsibility and control of local flood risk management, including by facilitating flood risk partnerships.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/02/2016 12:57:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham