Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1005785

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	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	Sites of Special Scientific Interest
	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 plans to take to increase the proportion of sites of specific scientific interest monitored every six years.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	190542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Since 2013 Natural England has adopted a risk based approach to the frequency of monitoring sites, which varies according to a range of factors such as risk to the site and the stability of its ecology.</p><p> </p><p>Natural England continues to support and encourage its partners and major owners of sites of specific scientific interest (SSSI) in the work they do on SSSI monitoring. Natural England is also developing its approach to the monitoring of SSSIs, including use of new technologies such as remote sensing and greater partnership involvement. This work will form part of Natural England’s continued risk based approach to decide how frequently a site should be monitored and is intended to improve efficiency of SSSI monitoring.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/11/2018 14:11:02 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

754084

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	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	Transport: Exhaust Emissions
	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 local authorities are required to consider the potential implications for air quality when making decisions on (a) permanent and (b) temporary transport schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	6170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities have a critical role in achieving improvements in air quality. Under the Local Air Quality Management system, local authorities are required to review and assess air quality in their areas. They consider sources of pollution, including from transport . They designate Air Quality Management Areas and put in place Air Quality Action Plans to address air pollution issues where national air quality objectives are not being met.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/09/2017 17:27:36 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

754088

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	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	Road Works: 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, whether research has been undertaken by the Government to examine the effect on air quality of roadworks; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	6177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government has not conducted research specifically on the impact of roadworks on air quality. However, we recognise that while they are being carried out, roadworks can lead to congestion, which impacts on air quality as well as on people’s journeys. There are also emissions from the machinery used to carry out roadworks.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 11/09/2017 16:53:10 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds