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1203602

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library a list of the workplace benefits that his Department provides to its staff with caring responsibilities.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	59343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>In Defra we follow the Civil Service Carers Charter, which details the support available for employees who have caring responsibilities and helps managers understand how they can support carers in the workplace. This includes support such as flexible working, job sharing, special leave (paid and unpaid), career breaks and parental leave.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has a carer’s passport which is used to help employees discuss caring responsibilities, at present or in the future, with their line manager.</p><p> </p><p>Other support for employees who are carers is available from our Employee Assistance Programme offering independent advice, information and counselling from trained practitioners. Defra is also a member of Employers for Carers, the employers’ membership forum which is part of Carers UK.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has an active employee-led Carers Network providing information, advice and support to all employees.</p><p> </p><p>It is the intention to place the relevant documents in the Library.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 22/06/2020 18:11:51 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1203633

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Development Aid
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 his Department's share of the Official Development Assistance budget will be reduced in the event of a decrease in GNI.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	59564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>To tackle the triple challenge of climate change, biodiversity and poverty alleviation, Defra ensures it takes evidence-based spending decisions and maintains high standards of programme delivery. Defra will remain focused on these three priorities in the event of an Official Development Assistance budget reduction.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has a legal commitment to spend 0.7% of its gross national income (GNI) each year on Official Development Assistance (ODA). Since this commitment is linked to the size of the economy, the level of ODA spend is likely to decrease this year. HM Treasury allocates ODA budgets to departments and will agree any changes to these.</p><p> </p><p>The Government reviews the ODA funding it allocates to projects on a regular basis in order to ensure delivery of its commitment to spend 0.7% of GNI on ODA. In the short term, we have paused some new decisions while we agree our future work in close cooperation with other aid spending Departments.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 59563 59565 question first answered 18/06/2020 16:04:36 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1203635

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Development Aid
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 his Department is signing new funding agreements for projects funded by Official Development Assistance.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	59565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>To tackle the triple challenge of climate change, biodiversity and poverty alleviation, Defra ensures it takes evidence-based spending decisions and maintains high standards of programme delivery. Defra will remain focused on these three priorities in the event of an Official Development Assistance budget reduction.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has a legal commitment to spend 0.7% of its gross national income (GNI) each year on Official Development Assistance (ODA). Since this commitment is linked to the size of the economy, the level of ODA spend is likely to decrease this year. HM Treasury allocates ODA budgets to departments and will agree any changes to these.</p><p> </p><p>The Government reviews the ODA funding it allocates to projects on a regular basis in order to ensure delivery of its commitment to spend 0.7% of GNI on ODA. In the short term, we have paused some new decisions while we agree our future work in close cooperation with other aid spending Departments.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 59563 59564 question first answered 18/06/2020 16:04:36 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1203683

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Energy
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 much energy his departmental buildings have used in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	59351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The amounts of energy used by Defra Group on the estates that it manages in the last five years are included in an attachment.</p><p> </p><p>This data has been taken from our annual report and accounts over the previous four years, with the 2019-20 data to be published shortly. This includes energy use in both the office and the operational estates.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 22/06/2020 15:55:10 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis attachment 1 file name PQ 59351 - Buildings Energy Usage with ARA Data - Parliamentary Session 19-21.pdf title Table attachment of ARA data for PQ 59351, 19-21
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1203698

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Dangerous Dogs
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 he has made on implementing the recommendations of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee in its Ninth Report of Session 2017-19, Controlling Dangerous Dogs, HC 1040.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Holly Mumby-Croft
uin	59647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government response to the report by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee entitled “Controlling Dangerous Dogs (HC1040)”, was published on 28 January 2019 and addressed each of the Committee’s recommendations. In its response the Government noted it has commissioned research from Middlesex University into dog attacks. The research is ongoing and will help to inform implementation of some of EFRA’s recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 23/06/2020 15:08:18 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4867 label Biography information for Holly Mumby-Croft

1203699

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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, whether he has made an assessment of the effect on public health of the delays in (a) implementing local Clean Air Zones and (b) achieving compliance with legal limits on air pollution.
tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
tabling member printed	Neil Parish
uin	59439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>Air pollution poses one of the biggest environmental threats to public health. Our ambitious plans to decarbonise transport, improve air quality and support more active forms of travel have not changed, including the £3.8 billion we are already investing to clean up our air.</p><p> </p><p>The 2017 UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) Concentrations sets out how we will achieve compliance with legal NO<sub>2</sub> limits in the shortest possible time. We are continuing to work closely with those local authorities identified to assist them in developing local plans to tackle NO<sub>2</sub> exceedances. These plans can include charging Clean Air Zones (CAZ) although other measures that are at least as effective are preferred. We rigorously assess local plans to make sure they will deliver reductions in NO<sub>2</sub> levels in the shortest possible time.</p><p> </p><p>To help them focus on their response to coronavirus, we agreed with Leeds and Birmingham’s requests to delay the introduction of CAZ until after January 2021. However, CAZ development work is continuing, and we are working to deliver compliance as soon as possible. Our recent rapid call for evidence will ensure we can fully understand the impact that coronavirus is having on changes in air pollution emissions, concentrations and exposure. Recent Automatic Urban and Rural Network provisional NO<sub>2</sub> data from 23 March to 15 June shows that average NO<sub>2</sub> levels decreased by 45%. It is not clear that these reductions will be maintained long term. Improving air quality as soon as possible remains vital and we continue to engage with local authorities and keep plans for all CAZ under constant review.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 59440 59441 question first answered 23/06/2020 09:58:22 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4072 label Biography information for Neil Parish

1203700

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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 recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) Clean Air Zones and (b) other restrictions on the use of vehicles compared with other means of tackling illegal levels of air pollution.
tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
tabling member printed	Neil Parish
uin	59440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>Air pollution poses one of the biggest environmental threats to public health. Our ambitious plans to decarbonise transport, improve air quality and support more active forms of travel have not changed, including the £3.8 billion we are already investing to clean up our air.</p><p> </p><p>The 2017 UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) Concentrations sets out how we will achieve compliance with legal NO<sub>2</sub> limits in the shortest possible time. We are continuing to work closely with those local authorities identified to assist them in developing local plans to tackle NO<sub>2</sub> exceedances. These plans can include charging Clean Air Zones (CAZ) although other measures that are at least as effective are preferred. We rigorously assess local plans to make sure they will deliver reductions in NO<sub>2</sub> levels in the shortest possible time.</p><p> </p><p>To help them focus on their response to coronavirus, we agreed with Leeds and Birmingham’s requests to delay the introduction of CAZ until after January 2021. However, CAZ development work is continuing, and we are working to deliver compliance as soon as possible. Our recent rapid call for evidence will ensure we can fully understand the impact that coronavirus is having on changes in air pollution emissions, concentrations and exposure. Recent Automatic Urban and Rural Network provisional NO<sub>2</sub> data from 23 March to 15 June shows that average NO<sub>2</sub> levels decreased by 45%. It is not clear that these reductions will be maintained long term. Improving air quality as soon as possible remains vital and we continue to engage with local authorities and keep plans for all CAZ under constant review.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 59439 59441 question first answered 23/06/2020 09:58:22 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4072 label Biography information for Neil Parish

1203701

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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: Coronavirus
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 his Department is taking to ensure that (a) the response to the covid-19 outbreak does not delay the urgent steps required to tackle illegal levels of air pollution and protect people’s health and (b) local authorities deliver their air quality plans as soon as possible.
tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
tabling member printed	Neil Parish
uin	59441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>Air pollution poses one of the biggest environmental threats to public health. Our ambitious plans to decarbonise transport, improve air quality and support more active forms of travel have not changed, including the £3.8 billion we are already investing to clean up our air.</p><p> </p><p>The 2017 UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) Concentrations sets out how we will achieve compliance with legal NO<sub>2</sub> limits in the shortest possible time. We are continuing to work closely with those local authorities identified to assist them in developing local plans to tackle NO<sub>2</sub> exceedances. These plans can include charging Clean Air Zones (CAZ) although other measures that are at least as effective are preferred. We rigorously assess local plans to make sure they will deliver reductions in NO<sub>2</sub> levels in the shortest possible time.</p><p> </p><p>To help them focus on their response to coronavirus, we agreed with Leeds and Birmingham’s requests to delay the introduction of CAZ until after January 2021. However, CAZ development work is continuing, and we are working to deliver compliance as soon as possible. Our recent rapid call for evidence will ensure we can fully understand the impact that coronavirus is having on changes in air pollution emissions, concentrations and exposure. Recent Automatic Urban and Rural Network provisional NO<sub>2</sub> data from 23 March to 15 June shows that average NO<sub>2</sub> levels decreased by 45%. It is not clear that these reductions will be maintained long term. Improving air quality as soon as possible remains vital and we continue to engage with local authorities and keep plans for all CAZ under constant review.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 59439 59440 question first answered 23/06/2020 09:58:22 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4072 label Biography information for Neil Parish

1203800

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Rivers: Boats
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, under which statutes are users of small craft restricted from any Common Law rights to navigate freely the inland rivers of England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	59339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>Those seeking to navigate inland rivers for recreational purposes where there is no navigation authority should establish that they have a legal right to do so, either through voluntary agreement with riparian landowners or otherwise.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 23/06/2020 10:09:29 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1203815

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Dairy Farming: Coronavirus
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 farmers have received support from the Coronavirus Hardship Fund for Dairy Farmers.
tabling member constituency	West Dorset
tabling member printed	Chris Loder
uin	59613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The new dairy response fund opened for applications on 18 June 2020. Full details of the application process can be found at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dairy-response-fund-2020" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/dairy-response-fund-2020</a>. The funding will provide eligible dairy farmers in England with up to £10,000. Payments will commence from 6 July 2020. The scheme will help those dairy farmers most in need of support to sustain their businesses by maintaining production capacity without impacts on animal welfare.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 22/06/2020 13:42:24 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder