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1134170

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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	Tree Planting
	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 long will it take for planted trees to have a benefit on the environment.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	268385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>There are immediate environmental benefits from planting trees for new woodland creation; these increase over time and as the woodland develops and matures.</p><p> </p><p>For example, the change of land use means that some public benefits such as water quality improvement are achieved immediately. Within the first 5 years benefits to soil infiltration (for flood risk management) and biodiversity can be seen, with different species benefiting as the woodland becomes established. Carbon sequestration, the contribution of evapotranspiration to flood risk management and landscape enhancement generally give greatest benefit to the environment at canopy closure and beyond, 10-25 years after planting.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 01/07/2019 13:54:03 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1134171

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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	Tree Planting: Yorkshire and the Humber
	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 trees have been planted between Leeds and Hull in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	268386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>Neither Defra nor the Forestry Commission record tree planting data except for trees planted in England with central Government support.</p><p> </p><p>The table below contains a breakdown of the planting of new trees supported by the Rural Development Programme for England, and other forms of Government support, in Local Authority areas between Leeds and Hull, for the five years 2014-15 to 2018-19.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Administrative area </strong> <strong>from west to east</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Approximate</strong> <strong>number of trees:</strong> <strong>newly planted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Equivalent</strong> <strong>number of hectares:</strong> <strong>newly planted</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>3,200</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Selby</p></td><td><p>11,600</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Unitary Area</p></td><td><p>2,800</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Area</p></td><td><p>28,900</p></td><td><p>19.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Kingston upon Hull</p></td><td><p>3,500</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total for these six administrative areas</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>51,300</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>33.6</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 27/06/2019 14:34:59 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1130726

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	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	Trees
	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 trees were (a) planted and (b) cut down in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	261476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>Trees, woods and forests are a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Neither Defra nor the Forestry Commission records tree planting data except for trees planted in England with central government support.</p><p> </p><p>The latest figures from the Forestry Commission’s Corporate Plan Performance Indicators, published on 13 June, show that from April 2018 to March 2019 at least 2.06 million trees have been planted with central government support, equivalent to approximately 1,273 hectares of woodland creation.</p><p> </p><p>The Forestry Commissioners are responsible for the control of tree felling under the provisions in Part II of the Forestry Act 1967 (as amended). However, there are a number of exemptions from the requirements for a Felling Licence, including trees growing in private gardens, trees felled directly as a result of the granting of planning permission, felling approved in a legacy English Woodland Grant Scheme and trees felled on the Public Forest Estate. There is also no obligation to fell the trees once a Licence, which can be valid for up to 10 years, has been granted. These are some of the reasons why we do not know how many trees have been cut down. In the vast majority of cases where clear felling has been approved there will be a restocking requirement attached to the Licence.</p><p> </p><p>The Forestry Commission also publishes, as part of its Corporate Plan Performance Indicators, the net change in woodland area based on the balance between new planting of woodland and woodland removal, this information was last updated on 13 June 2019 and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/forestry-commission-corporate-plan-performance-indicators" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/forestry-commission-corporate-plan-performance-indicators</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/06/2019 15:00:58 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1017470

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2018
	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	Pigmeat: Nitrates
	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 is taking to support the production of nitrate-free bacon.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	197593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>There are no measures being taken to support the production of nitrate-free bacon. Nitrite and nitrates are permitted preservatives which help control microbiological growth. The European Food Safety Authority’s re-evaluation of permitted food additives concluded that existing safe levels for nitrites and nitrates added to food sufficiently protect consumers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 10/12/2018 16:27:46 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

926968

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	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	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 the Government is taking to accord priority to the UK meeting World Health Organisation air quality guidelines during negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	155183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>The World Health Organisation guidelines do not form part of EU agreed targets for emissions or concentration reductions, and therefore will not be included in negotiations on the UK leaving the EU. The UK has met all legally binding EU limits for particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) since 2009.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are proposing to do more than the EU requires. In our Clean Air Strategy, we have set out a new goal to halve the number of people living where concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM<sub>2.5</sub>) are above the World Health Organisation guideline level of 10 micrograms per cubic metre by 2025. We are the first major developed economy to set goals based on WHO guidelines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 28/06/2018 10:25:25 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman