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691872

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2017
	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	Landfill: Enforcement Notices
	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 many enforcement notices have been taken out against landfill operators in the (a) UK and (b) North East in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	64530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter. In England, between 31/1/16 to 31/1/17 the Environment Agency served a total of 5 notices upon landfill operators in England, of which 2 notices were served in the North East</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 23/02/2017 10:38:09 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

747111

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2017
	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	Maritime Heritage Foundation: Licensing
	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 the licence application currently lodged with the Marine Management Organisation by the Maritime Heritage Foundation is fully compliant with the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	2323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) licences the removal of substances or objects from the sea bed within the UK marine licensing area, under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that an application for a marine licence has been lodged with the MMO to recover items from HMS Victory 1744. However, the MMO has not concluded its determination of that application and the issues raised by it.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>It should be noted that although Her Majesty’s Government is not a signatory to the Convention for the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage, it has adopted the Rules for activities directed at underwater cultural heritage, found in the Annex of the Convention, as best practice. As such any recovery of items from HMS Victory will need to comply with relevant UK polices that align with these requirements.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>MMO will consider the application in that context and in accordance with the relevant Government policy on the issue.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 10/07/2017 09:51:28 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

227128

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2015
	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	HMS Victory
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2015 to Question 226362, whether the preparation of cannon for lifting and the dusting of mobile sediments on the wreck site of HMS Victory 1744 by Odyssey Marine Exploration in the summer of 2012 was included in the Marine Management Organisation investigation into unauthorised work on the HMS Victory 1744 wreck site.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	227478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Based on the evidence available, it is understood that a cannon was lifted prior to the introduction of the marine licensing system in April 2011. However, the investigation carried out by the MMO into the carrying out of licensed marine activities also obtained evidence of dusting of mobile sediments and other preparatory activities which would have required a marine licence, when there was in fact no such licence in place. As a result of this evidence, the MMO issued Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. with an official written warning for these activities on 7 November 2014, in accordance with its published compliance and enforcement strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/03/2015 14:24:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

458489

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2016
	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	Dogs: Imports
	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 she has made of the effectiveness of the Dogs Trust pilot quarantine on disrupting the illegal importation of puppies under the Pet Travel Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	30363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>I welcome the Dogs Trust initiative to pay the quarantine costs of dogs and puppies identified at Dover as being not compliant to enter Great Britain under the EU Pet Travel Scheme. Since 2 December 2015, 108 puppies have been licensed into the quarantine facilities, mainly due to concerns that puppies were under the minimum age for travelling.</p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency will carry out an assessment of the effectiveness of the initiative following its conclusion.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/03/2016 11:05:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1470615

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	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	Joint Unit for Waste Crime
	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 performance of the Joint Unit on Waste Crime since its introduction in combatting (a) waste crime and (b) the increase in the involvement of organised crime in the waste industry.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	18812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>In the two years since its launch in January 2020 the Joint Unit for Waste Crime has worked with over 50 partner organisations and engaged in 74 multi-agency days of action. These have resulted in 52 associated arrests. It is the lead responsible organisation for four organised criminal groups. There have been a number of multi-agency interventions against these groups, including refusal of permits, intelligence-targeted waste sampling and spray marking, and intelligence-led road stops.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/06/2022 17:15:30 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1470616

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	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	Joint Unit for Waste Crime: 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, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current funding model for the Joint Unit on Waste Crime.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	18813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government has ensured that recent additional funding to the Environment Agency (EA) to tackle waste crime is now part of its baseline, and so, the EA is able to prioritise funding for the Joint Unit for Waste Crime more effectively.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 28/06/2022 16:10:41 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1470617

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	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	Joint Unit for Waste Crime: Staff
	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 many personnel are currently employed full-time to the Joint Unit on Waste Crime.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	18814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>The Joint Waste Crime Team currently employs 14 staff.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/06/2022 17:12:22 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1470621

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	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	Waste: Crime
	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 he plans to assess the cost of waste crime to the UK economy.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	18816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The Environmental Services Association (ESA) estimates the cost of waste crime to the English economy in the 2018/19 financial year at £924 million. Scaled up to UK-level, the cost is estimated to be a little over £1 billion. The work done on behalf of ESA uses data produced by sources including HMRC, the Environment Agency (EA) and Defra, as well as EA analysis into costs and impacts of waste crime.</p><p>We have already taken action by introducing new powers to stop illegal waste sites posing a risk to the environment, including the ability to lock up sites and to force rogue operators to clean up all their waste. Building on this, measures in the Environment Act 2021 give agencies stronger powers of entry and access to evidence in prosecuting waste crimes. We have also set up the Joint Unit for Waste Crime to disrupt serious and organised waste crime and reduce its impact.</p><p>Our electronic waste tracking reforms will make it harder than ever to mis-identify waste or dispose of it inappropriately. Planned changes to the Carriers, Brokers and Dealers licensing regime will modernise licensing and make it even harder for rogue operators to escape detection. We will also soon publish our plans for reform of the exemptions regime, removing opportunities for criminals to abuse the system.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 22/06/2022 16:35:32 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1470625

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	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	Electronic Equipment: Waste Disposal
	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 he is taking steps to ensure the safe export of e-waste.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	18819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>There are a number of legal mechanisms in place to control the export of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), and to ensure that when WEEE is exported it is managed safely. These include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>A ban on exporting WEEE from the UK for disposal;</li><li>A ban on exporting hazardous WEEE from the UK to countries which are not members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development;</li><li>A requirement for those involved in the export of waste, including WEEE, to take all necessary steps to ensure the waste is managed in an environmentally sound manner throughout its shipment and during its recycling or recovery;</li><li>A requirement for businesses to obtain approval from the Environment Agency (EA) to export whole items of WEEE or WEEE derived materials.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Basel Convention on the transboundary movement of hazardous waste, to which the UK is a Party, agreed changes on 15th June which will further tighten international controls on the export of WEEE. The UK Government supports these changes which, from 2025, will require exporters to obtain prior consent from the Competent Authority in both the country of dispatch and destination to export all types of WEEE for recycling.</p><p> </p><p>The EA regulates the export of waste in England, including WEEE. EA officers carry out pro-active and intelligence led inspections to stop waste shipments that breach regulations before they leave ports. In 2020-21, 869 containers were stopped, of which 176 were returned to a waste site as they were unsuitable for export; 27 of those containers were found to contain WEEE.</p><p> </p><p>Any UK operator found to be illegally exporting waste can face a two-year jail term and an unlimited fine.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 20/06/2022 16:06:34 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1470627

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	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	Waste Management
	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 he has plans to create a fit and proper person test for people operating waste management companies.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	18820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The requirement to demonstrate competence for waste site permits is well established.</p><p>In 2019 the Government strengthened the regulators' assessment and enforcement of operator competence to raise the standard of competence across all permitted waste sites. This included expanding the list of convictions to be taken into account when assessing permit applications to include, for example, offences related to organised crime and violent or threatening behaviour as well offences relating to fraud and tax evasion.</p><p>The Government also recently consulted on reform of the waste carrier, broker, dealer regime and expect to publish the response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 22/06/2022 16:35:53 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones