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46087

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/04/2014
	date	31/03/2014
	date tabled	31/03/2014
	ddp created	01/04/2014 09:45:36
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:16:16
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	house id	1
	identifier	194447
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	07/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff worked in investigation, legal and enforcement action in each geographical area of the Environment Agency in each year since 2010.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 194447
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194447
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The Environment Agency is unable to provide a breakdown of the number of staff that worked in investigation, legal and enforcement action across geographical areas since 2010 due to disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Many Environment Agency staff work on investigation, legal and enforcement action as part of their role and across more than one geographical area.</p><p> </p>
	creator	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

46088

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/04/2014
	date	31/03/2014
	date tabled	31/03/2014
	ddp created	01/04/2014 09:45:36
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:16:17
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	house id	1
	identifier	194446
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	07/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases were (a) investigated for enforcement action, (b) issued and proceeded in the courts, (c) discontinued completely, (d) enforced using a lower level of action than originally envisaged and (e) ceased to be investigated in each Environment Agency area since 2010.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 194446
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194446
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The Environment Agency is unable to provide a breakdown of legal and enforcement cases in each of its geographical areas since 2010 which were (a) investigated for enforcement action, (b) issued and proceeded in the courts, (c) discontinued completely and (e) ceased to be investigated altogether, due to disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency can confirm that there were no cases enforced using a lower level of action than originally envisaged. At the commencement of any investigation, the Environment Agency does not know whether any enforcement action is required and, if so, what level of action is appropriate. Decisions on the level of action required are only ever made when an investigation is concluded.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

46254

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/04/2014
	date	01/04/2014
	date tabled	01/04/2014
	ddp created	01/04/2014 21:11:07
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:18:50
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	house id	1
	identifier	194647
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	07/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many legal and enforcement cases in each geographical area of the Environment Agency were (a) under investigation, (b) being considered for enforcement action, (c) being considered for legal action by the legal services department, (d) issued and proceeding through the courts and (e) completed on the final day of that accounting year for each of the years 2010 to 2013.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 194647
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194647
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The Environment Agency is unable to provide a breakdown of legal and enforcement cases in each of its geographical areas which were (a) under investigation, (b) being considered for enforcement action, (c) being considered for legal action by the legal services department, (d) issued and proceeding through the courts and (e) completed on the final day of that accounting year for each of the years 2010 to 2013, due to disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p>
	creator	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

46255

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/04/2014
	date	01/04/2014
	date tabled	01/04/2014
	ddp created	01/04/2014 21:11:07
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:18:51
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	house id	1
	identifier	194648
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	07/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time employees in the operations and legal services departments of the Environment Agency work on (a) operations and (b) legal services.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 194648
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194648
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>As of 28 February this year, the Environment Agency directly employs 8,532 full-time equivalent employees within Operations and Legal Services, shown below. These figures exclude employment agency staff and contractors and are rounded to whole full time equivalent numbers.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Operations</p></td><td><p>8,377</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legal Services</p></td><td><p>155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,532</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

46256

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/04/2014
	date	01/04/2014
	date tabled	01/04/2014
	ddp created	01/04/2014 21:11:07
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:18:52
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	house id	1
	identifier	194649
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	07/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many requests to leave the Environment Agency under the voluntary early release scheme are from staff in the operations and legal services departments.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 194649
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194649
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>As of 1 April this year, the Environment Agency had received 956 requests within its operations and legal services departments to leave the organisation under its voluntary early release scheme.</p><p> </p>
	creator	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

46519

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/04/2014
	date	02/04/2014
	date tabled	02/04/2014
	ddp created	02/04/2014 21:11:01
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:22:24
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	house id	1
	identifier	194988
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff at the Environment Agency are working on the regulation of fracking in England and Wales; and what reductions in the budget of the Environment Agency have affected people working on that regulation.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 194988
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194988
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The Environment Agency has set up a team of ten national officers working full time to develop the regulatory regime for oil and gas activities. This work covers conventional and unconventional oil and gas activities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This team is supported by additional technical resource from elsewhere in the organisation. The workload fluctuates and these specialists are not solely dedicated to regulating and permitting unconventional activities. It is therefore not possible to give an exact answer, but the Agency estimates that approximately 40 further members of staff are currently involved in this work across England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>UK Government policy is to ensure the shale industry is able to develop in a safe, sustainable and environmentally responsible way within a well-regulated environment. Regulating the industry will remain a priority for the Environment Agency. Funding for setting up the regulatory regime comes from Defra grant-in-aid. Work to regulate individual sites is financed through the charges the Environment Agency raises for environmental permits and licences, supported where necessary by the grant-in-aid.</p>
	creator	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

46520

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/04/2014
	date	02/04/2014
	date tabled	02/04/2014
	ddp created	02/04/2014 21:11:01
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:22:25
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	house id	1
	identifier	194989
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	08/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the Environment Agency's budget he proposes will be spent on its role as the regulator for fracking in England and Wales in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 194989
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194989
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The Environment Agency does not record separately the regulatory costs of hydraulic fracturing in England. For 2014-15 the Environment Agency has allocated £2.6 million to its work on regulating onshore oil and gas. This is 0.39% of the Environment Agency's total revenue budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Budgets for 2015 -16 and 2016-17 have not yet been confirmed.</p><p> </p>
	creator	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

46521

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/04/2014
	date	02/04/2014
	date tabled	02/04/2014
	ddp created	02/04/2014 21:11:01
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:22:26
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	house id	1
	identifier	194990
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	08/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what expertise the Environment Agency has on (a) onshore oil and gas exploration, (b) fracking, (c) the disposal of waste products including fugitive emissions resulting from onshore oil and gas exploration and (d) safety management of oil and gas drilling including well casing.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 194990
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194990
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The Environment Agency has been regulating the existing onshore oil and gas industry for many years and has extensive experience and expertise in this area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency has been developing its approach to the regulation of the unconventional oil and gas sector for more than two years. It uses its extensive knowledge of regulating the existing onshore oil and gas industry, and environmental regulation more generally, to regulate this emerging industry. The Agency has undertaken a full assessment of the risks and learnt from experience in other countries.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency regulates the management of waste, including fugitive emissions, under the Mining Waste Directive. Operators must develop and submit a Waste Management Plan with their permit application. They must set out how they will minimise waste and dispose of it safely. Environment Agency staff have extensive experience of regulating waste management activities at other sites, including the active management of landfill gas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive regulates the health and safety risks to people from oil and gas drilling.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

46523

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/04/2014
	date	02/04/2014
	date tabled	02/04/2014
	ddp created	02/04/2014 21:11:02
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:22:28
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	house id	1
	identifier	194996
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which chemicals are authorised for use in the fracking process in the UK; what assessment he has made of the potential risk posed to humans and the natural environment from those chemicals before their authorisation; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 194996
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194996
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The Environment Agency will require full disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Operators will not be able to use chemicals for well stimulation unless the Agency considers them acceptable for use. The Environment Agency will assess the hazards presented by fracking fluid additives on a case-by-case basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Allowing the use of a chemical at one site does not automatically mean the Agency will allow it to be used elsewhere. This is because the environmental risks may be different, for example, due to local geological conditions.</p><p> </p>
	creator	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

46526

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/04/2014
	date	02/04/2014
	date tabled	02/04/2014
	ddp created	02/04/2014 21:11:02
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:22:31
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	house id	1
	identifier	194994
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	08/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether approval will be given for fracking sites on flood plains; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 194994
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194994
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>For surface installations required for borehole construction and hydraulic fracturing, the Environment Agency is a statutory adviser in the planning process. Where appropriate, it will require flood risk assessments. It may object to developments if flood risk is unacceptable or require conditions on how the site is constructed and operated to mitigate flood risk, through flood consents.</p><p> </p>
	creator	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle