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1148182

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2019
	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 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, what proportion of local authorities provide food waste collections as part of their refuse collection service.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	294180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>In 2018/19 167 local authorities out of 327 (51%) offered food waste collection services for residents.</p><p>One of the commitments in the Resource and Waste Strategy was to work towards zero food waste to landfill by 2030. Our ‘consultation on consistency in household and business recycling collections England’ sought views on food waste being collected separately from dry recycling materials and other types of waste from households and businesses. Given the support for this proposal, the Government will legislate to ensure that every local authority in England provides a separate food waste collections from 2023.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 08/10/2019 15:24:39 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1148183

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2019
	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	Plastic Bags: Biodegradability
	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 plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals to make all plastic bags sold compostable.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	294181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The introduction of the 5p Carrier Bag Charge has been highly effective at reducing consumption of single-use carrier bags. Composting standard EN 13432 defines the requirements for biodegradability of products required to meet the standard. This requires the use of an industrial composter. Compostable bags can be disposed of in foodwaste collections but only if the householder’s local authority uses an industrial composting process to treat the waste (some use anaerobic digestion). The Government would need to ensure that there was the right infrastructure in place and that the environmental benefits outweighed using conventional plastics before legislating to mandate that all plastic bags were compostable. That evidence is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 08/10/2019 15:16:18 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1145866

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Plastics: 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 her Department is taking to encourage (a) ports and (b) transport companies involved in the movement of plastic (i) pellets and (ii) nurdles to sign up to the British Plastics Federation’s industry-led scheme Operation Clean Sweep to reduce the loss of plastic pellets in transit.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	290823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>UK ports are an important part of the pre-production plastic pellets supply chain. As such, we have welcomed the moves by PD Teesport and the Port of Felixstowe to sign up to Operation Clean Sweep and call for other UK ports to do the same. However, we must continue to engage all stages of the supply chain, such as manufacturing, logistics and processing, if we want to tackle the scourge of plastic pellet loss effectively. Collaboration with the British Plastics Federation is key to making this happen.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/09/2019 16:52:02 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1145872

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Seas and Oceans: Environment Protection
	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 improve the UK’s Ocean Health Index score.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	290828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The UK Marine Strategy puts in place the framework for achieving good environmental status in UK waters. A recent consultation on the progress made towards GES showed that whilst progress was being made further work was needed.</p><p> </p><p>The updated UK Marine Strategy Part I assesses an array of ocean health factors as well as economic and social analyses of the way we use our marine environment and the benefits it provides us. The updated assessments will be published later this year, giving improved information to the scientists working on the UK’s Ocean Assessment Score.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is already a global leader in protecting seas, the ocean and marine life. Our work includes the creation of 355 Marine Protected Areas protecting 25% of UK waters, including the recent designation of 41 Marine Conservation Zones. On 8 June we announced a review into Highly Protected Marine Areas in England, which is due to report by early 2020.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 08/10/2019 11:53:00 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1145875

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Beverage Containers: Deposit Return 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 progress has been made on analysing the results of the consultation on introducing a Deposit Return Scheme for plastic drinks containers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	290830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>A Government summary of responses and next steps was published on 23 July on Gov.uk (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/introducing-a-deposit-return-scheme-drs-for-drinks-containers-bottles-and-cans" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/introducing-a-deposit-return-scheme-drs-for-drinks-containers-bottles-and-cans</a>).</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 04/10/2019 13:57:24 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1145000

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2019
	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	Seas and Oceans: Environment Protection
	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 improve the UK’s Ocean Health Index score.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	287585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 09/09/2019 16:39:55 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1145003

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2019
	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	Beverage Containers: Deposit Return 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 progress has been made on analysing the results of the consultation on introducing a Deposit Return Scheme for plastic drinks containers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	287588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 09/09/2019 16:38:33 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1144838

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	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	Plastics: 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 her Department is taking to encourage ports and transport companies involved in the movement of plastic pellets/nurdles to sign up to the British Plastics Federation’s industry-led scheme Operation Clean Sweep to reduce the loss of plastic pellets in transit.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	286799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 09/09/2019 16:44:20 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1123689

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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 estimate the Government has made of the cost of clearance of fly-tipped materials by local authorities in England during 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	248704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>In 2017/18 local authorities in England reported dealing with just under 1 million (998,000) fly-tipping incidents.</p><p> </p><p>From 2017/18 the Government has stopped producing indicative costs to local authorities of costs of clearance of fly-tipping because the standard cost units are now more than ten years out of date.</p><p> </p><p>We still collect actual data on clearance costs for ‘tipper lorry load’ and ‘significant/multi load’ incident categories. In 2017/18 34,000 or 4% of total incidents were of ‘tipper lorry load’ size or larger. For these large fly-tipping incidents, the cost of clearance to local authorities in England in 2017/18 was £12.2 million.</p><p> </p><p>Further data on fly-tipping is published at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fly-tipping-in-england" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fly-tipping-in-england</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 248705 question first answered 07/05/2019 10:31:39 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1123690

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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, how many fly-tipping incidents were reported by local authorities in England in 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	248705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>In 2017/18 local authorities in England reported dealing with just under 1 million (998,000) fly-tipping incidents.</p><p> </p><p>From 2017/18 the Government has stopped producing indicative costs to local authorities of costs of clearance of fly-tipping because the standard cost units are now more than ten years out of date.</p><p> </p><p>We still collect actual data on clearance costs for ‘tipper lorry load’ and ‘significant/multi load’ incident categories. In 2017/18 34,000 or 4% of total incidents were of ‘tipper lorry load’ size or larger. For these large fly-tipping incidents, the cost of clearance to local authorities in England in 2017/18 was £12.2 million.</p><p> </p><p>Further data on fly-tipping is published at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fly-tipping-in-england" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fly-tipping-in-england</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 248704 question first answered 07/05/2019 10:31:40 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman