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229486

registered interest
date	25/03/2015
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	Rights of Way
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, under the provisions of the Deregulation Bill, rights of way officers have a duty to persuade objectors to a footpath deregulation order agreed by a county council to correct an error in the definitive footpath map in order to prevent an appeal to the Secretary of State.
tabling member printed	Lord Skelmersdale
uin	HL5947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p><em>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member</em></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 26/03/2015 17:02:38 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	3121 label Biography information for Lord Skelmersdale

229377

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
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	Forest of Dean
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer given by Baroness Kramer on 18 June 2014, Lords Hansard, column 899, what her policy is on transferring the Public Estate Forest Land at Cinderford North Quarter site in the National Heritage Forest of Dean for development.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Martin Horwood
uin	228919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p><strong>I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave to his previous question on 10 March 2015, PQ UIN 226483.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 26/03/2015 08:43:38 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1499 label Biography information for Martin Horwood

229378

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
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	Climate Change
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 she will invite the Pensions Regulator to submit a Climate Change Adaptation Report looking at the effect of climate change on the UK pensions sector.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Martin Horwood
uin	228920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The current round of reporting under the Adaptation Reporting Power is already underway and its scope was subject to a full public consultation. The Pensions Regulator was not invited to report.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will review and consult on the third round of reporting, taking account of our latest assessment of climate risk, during which the involvement of a range of new reporters will be considered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 26/03/2015 06:31:20 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1499 label Biography information for Martin Horwood

228797

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
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	School Milk
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 discussions officials in her Department have had with their counterparts in EU member states and officials in the European Commission on the revision of the European School Milk Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	228597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Defra officials have been fully engaged with the EU Commission’s proposal to reform the EU School Milk Scheme and have participated in a number of technical working groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Work on this dossier has become bogged down on a number of important issues, including Member State concerns about the legal basis for the proposals, the nature of their objectives and scope, and the main financial provisions. The Commission is currently carrying out a review and the department will engage constructively with this process. In the meantime, the existing arrangements for EU school milk – agreed during CAP reform and set out in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 – will continue to apply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 25/03/2015 12:59:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

228798

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
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	School Milk
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 her Department plans to participate in the European School Milk Scheme in future years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	228598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK has a long track-record of participation in the EU School Milk Scheme. However, plans to reform and improve it have been put on hold whilst the EU Commission carries out an evaluation. At this stage, future arrangements including any details of Member State allocations have yet to be decided.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 25/03/2015 16:38:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

228799

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
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
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 she has made of the number of dairy farmers who have ceased trading in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	228559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Data is only available on the total number of dairy farms each year so this only shows the net change, rather than the separate numbers of entries and exits from dairy farming. The latest data available on the number of dairy farms in England is for the period from December 2013 to December 2014 and is shown below. The change in the number of farms will include new holdings which are registered with dairy cattle, holdings that have ceased to have cattle and holdings that have merged together.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of dairy cows on these dairy farms is also shown below. This shows that despite a 2% decrease in the overall number of dairy farms in the past year, the number of dairy cows has increased by a corresponding 2%, suggesting consolidation within the industry.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of dairy farms<sup>(a)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of cows in the dairy herd<sup>(b)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-2013</p></td><td><p>8,197</p></td><td><p>1,124,368</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June-2014</p></td><td><p>8,092</p></td><td><p>1,128,548</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-2014</p></td><td><p>8,051</p></td><td><p>1,150,007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% change Dec14/Dec13</p></td><td><p>-2%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(a) Sourced from Cattle Tracing System. Dairy farms are defined as the number of holdings with more than 10 cows in the dairy herd.</p><p> </p><p>(b) Cows in the dairy herd are defined as female dairy cows over 2 years old in the milking herd (i.e. with offspring).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 25/03/2015 11:39:20 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

228800

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
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	Ivory: China
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 discussions her Department has had with the Chinese government on whether it plans to expand its temporary ban on ivory imports.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	228566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government welcomes China’s introduction of a temporary ban on ivory imports as a positive signal of its commitment to tackle the illegal trade in ivory. Defra has an ongoing dialogue with China on all aspects of the illegal ivory trade, including as part of the preparations for the Kasane Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade being held in Botswana on 25 March.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 25/03/2015 11:41:16 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

228832

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
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, how many convictions there have been for offences concerning dangerous dogs under the Anti-Social, Crime and Policing Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	228570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>There are no offences related to dangerous dogs under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. There were amendments made to the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 by the 2014 Act but as those changes only came into force last year, we would not have any available data until May this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 25/03/2015 11:49:49 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

228537

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	Pay
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 the average hourly pay is of employees at each grade within her Department identified as (a) White or White British and (b) from a Black, Asian or other minority ethnic group.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	228310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the average hourly rate of pay for employees who have declared their ethnicity in core-Defra at each grade identified as (a) white and (b) from a black, Asian, or other minority ethnic group (BAME).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>(a) White</p></td><td><p>(b) BAME</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AA</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AO</p></td><td><p>£11.79</p></td><td><p>£12.29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>£13.93</p></td><td><p>£15.15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO</p></td><td><p>£16.90</p></td><td><p>£17.56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faststream</p></td><td><p>£15.30</p></td><td><p>£15.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEO</p></td><td><p>£20.48</p></td><td><p>£20.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>£27.58</p></td><td><p>£28.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade6</p></td><td><p>£33.34</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>£41.36</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data has not been provided where there are fewer than 5 employees in a group.</p><p>This includes employees at AA, where the average hourly rate of pay across all employees is £9.09; Grade 6, where the average hourly rate of pay across all employees is £33.42; and at SCS, where the average hourly rate of pay across all employees is £43.33.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 24/03/2015 11:05:32 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

228687

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	Thames Tideway Tunnel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that the Thames Tideway Tunnel project provides value for money, in the light of the National Audit Office’s Report "The choice of finance for capital investment" published on 18 March.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL5869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The NAO report considered the difference between publicly-funded investment and public-private partnerships, such as PFI. It describes the Government’s decision-making processes and summarises recent developments. The report does not draw conclusions about the Government’s record.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Thames Tideway Tunnel is a private sector project of a scale and complexity unique to the UK water industry. The Government issued the Strategic Case for the Tunnel (“Creating a River Thames Fit for our Future”) in November 2011, and the need for a tunnel was confirmed by Parliament in March 2012 when the Waste Water National Policy Statement was approved. The Government confirmed in a Written Ministerial Statement on 5 June 2014 (<em>Official Report</em>, column 11WS) that it would, subject to State Aid clearance, offer a contingent financial support package to the winner of the procurement for an Infrastructure Provider to finance and deliver the Thames Tideway Tunnel currently being undertaken by Thames Water. The Government continues to judge that the project will be value for money for taxpayers and customers who will be directly funding the Tunnel, and that an Infrastructure Provider procured by Thames Water is the preferred route for delivering the project.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 25/03/2015 15:43:25 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley