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350053

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	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	Climate Change
	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 the Government is taking to increase preparedness for extreme weather and flooding as a result of climate change.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	2154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>We are preparing for the impacts of climate change, including the increased threat of extreme weather and flooding, primarily through the implementation of the first National Adaptation Programme report which Defra published in July 2013. This sets out more than 370 actions across key sectors involving government, business, councils, civil society and academia.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p>The second round of reporting under the Climate Change Act 2008 Adaptation Reporting Power is currently underway. The process encourages organisations, such as major infrastructure providers and public bodies, to identify current and future climate risks to their organisation and functions, and asks them to develop a plan to address them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Over the next six years, £2.3 billion will be spent on more than 1,500 schemes to improve flood defences. This will better protect more than 300,000 homes, up to 420,000 acres of agricultural land, 205 miles of railway and 340 miles of roads. This represents an overall reduction in national flood risk of 5%, despite the increased underlying risk from climate change.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>National scenarios for flood and coastal risk management over the next 50 years are set out in our Long-Term Investment Scenarios (published December 2014).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/06/2015 11:01:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

350052

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	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	Air Pollution
	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 excessive levels of air pollution in towns or cities.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	2153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>We are fully committed to complying with EU air quality standards as soon as possible. We have already committed over £2 billion since 2011 in transport measures to improve air quality and will be publishing revised air quality plans for nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) by the end of this year. The plans will set out actions at all levels, including national and local, to achieve compliance with legal limits for NO<sub>2</sub> in the shortest possible time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 2122 question first answered 17/06/2015 08:34:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

444641

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2016
	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	Food: Waste
	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 reduce food waste.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	22338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>Through the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), the Government has made significant progress to reduce food waste through the Courtauld Commitment, the Love Food Hate Waste Campaign and the Hospitality and Food Service Agreement.</p><br /><p>Household food waste reduced by 15% between 2007 and 2012 and Courtauld Commitment signatories reported a reduction in supply chain waste of 7.4% from 2009 to 2012, with interim results for Courtauld 3 showing a further 3.2% reduction by 2014.</p><br /><p>Interim results for the Hospitality Agreement show signatories achieved a reduction in CO2e emissions of 3.6% by preventing food waste and the food and packaging recycling rate rose from 45% to 57% between 2012 and 2014.</p><br /><p>WRAP is currently brokering a new agreement with the food sector to build on this success. The Courtauld Commitment 2025 will take a whole food supply chain approach to food sustainability and will include new ambitious targets to reduce food waste. Courtauld 2025 is expected to be launched in March 2016.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/01/2016 12:50:10 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

350054

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	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	Climate Change Convention
	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 role her Department is playing in preparations for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Paris in December 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	2155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change is leading the Government’s preparations for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Paris, in December this year. Defra is actively supporting those preparations towards achieving an ambitious global agreement on climate change.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/06/2015 16:26:57 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West