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1183016

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	Fishing Catches
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 publish information his Department has commissioned on estimating fish weights when compiling fishing vessel logbooks or catch returns.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	25733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has not commissioned any formal assessment on estimating fish weights when compiling fishing vessel logbooks or catch returns. We know most fishers operate in good faith and will make efforts to report their catches accurately. For those fishers that want to be more precise the use of a set of scales gives them that accuracy.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 13/03/2020 07:45:38 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1183041

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	Animal Welfare: Standards
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 his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing regulations on animal welfare standards for (a) animal sanctuaries and (b) re-homing organisations; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	25618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government greatly appreciates the valuable work that responsible animal sanctuaries and rehoming organisations do in caring for animals. Evidence provided by respondents to the consultation on banning commercial third-party sales of puppies and kittens, reflected concerns about profit-driven activity and variations in welfare standards across the sector. The Government is committed to fully understanding the views of rescue and rehoming organisations themselves, and the possible impacts of introducing regulations to the sector and is currently engaging with the sector on assessing these issues. Any proposals to bring forward regulations on animal welfare standards for the sector will be subject to full public consultation.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 10/03/2020 17:05:01 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1183057

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	Animal Welfare: Tour Operators
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 effectiveness of the animal welfare guidelines for tour operators published by ABTA in December 2019.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	25653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>British Travel Agents (ABTA) for tour operators. I particularly welcome the guide on elephant experiences which sets out clearly what practices are acceptable and what are unacceptable. Whilst Defra has not assessed their effectiveness specifically, I am encouraged that the British travel industry recognise the importance of protecting animal welfare and of providing advice to travel providers for their suppliers and destination tourist boards.</p><p> </p><p>Tourists are becoming more aware of the impact tourism can have on both the environment and on animal welfare and can expect to question whether a particular animal-related experience is both animal welfare friendly and sustainable.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 10/03/2020 17:00:29 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

1183059

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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: Staff
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 officials in his Department with responsibility for adaptation to climate change including flooding have been in post in each financial year from 2010-11 to present; and for what reasons there have been changes in the numbers of those positions each year.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	25641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s commitment to addressing the risks from climate change is as strong as ever. The Prime Minister’s climate change committee will drive further action across Government and we recognise the benefits of taking early actions. The United Kingdom has been a leader in this area for more than a decade; while continuing to reduce our contribution to climate change, we are also taking robust action to improve the resilience of our people, economy and environment.</p><p> </p><p>In line with our 25 Year Environment Plan, the second National Adaptation Programme (NAP) sets out an ambitious range of actions that the Government will implement in the following five years.</p><p> </p><p>The second NAP is informed by the second Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) which was published in 2017 and highlights priority risk areas such as flooding and coastal change risks to communities and infrastructure; risks to health and wellbeing from high temperatures; and risks to natural capital (including terrestrial, coastal, marine and freshwater ecosystems).</p><p> </p><p>Adaptation is rightly integrated throughout the policies and programmes of Government. The NAP is a cross-department collaboration, bringing together Government’s policies on managing climate risks in one place.</p><p> </p><p>This means that teams across Government are involved in a wide range of adaptation activity. Within Defra, this includes embedding adaptation into biodiversity, agriculture, peat, water, and floods’ policies and programmes, amongst others. Beyond Defra, adaptation is mainstreamed into areas such as housing, infrastructure and health. The mainstreaming of adaptation across Government makes it difficult to ascertain exact numbers on staffing who have responsibility for adaptation embedded into their roles.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is the overall lead Department for climate adaptation, though responsibility for ensuring that policies and programmes are climate resilient lies across Departments and policy leads. Our support to the updated UK climate projections (UKCP18), published in 2018, provides an additional tool to help everyone better understand the changes to climate and its risks and make decisions on that basis. This will make an important contribution to building resilience throughout the UK.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 13/03/2020 11:12:42 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1183061

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	Nature Reserves
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 national nature reserves (a) are at and (b) exceed favourable condition.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	25642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>53% of National Nature Reserves (NNR) are currently estimated to be in favourable condition. Natural England do not have data which distinguishes between NNR units being ‘at’ and units that ‘exceed’ favourable condition.</p><p> </p><p>NNR condition data is publicly available on Natural England’s Designated Sites View:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/ReportConditionSummary.aspx?SiteType=NNR" target="_blank">https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/ReportConditionSummary.aspx?SiteType=NNR</a></p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 13/03/2020 07:37:12 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1183063

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	Countryside Stewardship Scheme and Nature Reserves: Expenditure
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 Natural England spent on site management per hectare for (a) national nature reserves and (b) Higher Level Stewardship Agreements in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	25643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The total area of National Nature Reserves (NNR) managed by Natural England is approximately 60,000 ha. The table below sets out the breakdown of funding year on year.</p><p> </p><p>Pre-2014 data is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p><em> </em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p>£</p></td><td><p>Ha</p></td><td><p>£ / Ha</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£4,977,000</p></td><td><p>60000</p></td><td><p>£83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£3,986,000</p></td><td><p>60000</p></td><td><p>£66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£2,957,100</p></td><td><p>60000</p></td><td><p>£49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£3,184,000</p></td><td><p>60000</p></td><td><p>£53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£3,197,000</p></td><td><p>60000</p></td><td><p>£53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£3,233,000</p></td><td><p>60000</p></td><td><p>£54</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>It is not possible to provide a figure for site management spend per hectare under Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agreements. Hectarage is based on a scheme year while the payments are based on a calendar year. The table below sets out the amount of HLS payment value every year in England since 2010.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£96,848,808</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£117,519,353</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£141,073,804</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£182,878,594</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£204,930,051</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£163,085,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£154,369,818</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>£146,954,501</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>£128,842,685</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>£179,031,585</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 13/03/2020 11:15:30 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1183064

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	Natural England: Public Appointments
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 timetable is for the appointment of a permanent chief executive at Natural England.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	25644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The Cabinet office advertisement for the vacancy of Natural England Chief Executive closed on Friday 6 March. Sifting and candidate assessments are expected through March and Natural England plan to complete interviews early April 2020. A decision will be made shortly afterwards and the permanent Chief Executive should be in post as soon as possible, dependent on contractual arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 09/03/2020 16:35:34 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1183093

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	Dogs: Pet Travel Scheme
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 has taken to prevent the Pet Travel Scheme being used to illegally bring dogs into the UK.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	25660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes the welfare of all animals seriously, and that is why we have committed to cracking down on the illegal import of dogs and puppies. This is an abhorrent trade which causes suffering to puppies and puts the health of pets and people in the UK at risk.</p><p> </p><p>All dogs entering the UK must be compliant with specific documentary and health preparations intended to safeguard their welfare and the biosecurity of this country. We have one of the most rigorous pet travel checking regimes in the world and any dogs found to be non-compliant with the Pet Travel Scheme rules may be refused entry or detained until compliant.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 10/03/2020 10:37:33 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1183102

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	Bridleways
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 he has in place to improve access for (a) horse riders, (b) dog walkers and (c) runners on bridleways.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Antony Higginbotham
uin	25744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The Agriculture Bill currently before Parliament sets out how farmers and land managers in England will in future be rewarded with public money for public goods including improved access to the countryside. These improvements should benefit horse riders and pedestrians on bridleways and other paths.</p><p> </p><p>Local highway authorities are also required to maintain a rights of way improvement plan which should consider the needs of multiple types of user.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 13/03/2020 10:09:15 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4833 label Biography information for Antony Higginbotham

1183112

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	Coal: Heating
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 he has made of the average cost or saving of switching from coal to other sold fuels, by region.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	25743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government Response to the consultation on cleaner domestic burning of solid fuels and wood was published on 21 February this year. The accompanying Impact Assessment includes a table which provides a regional, energy efficiency adjusted cost analysis for coal and smokeless fuels. This indicates that savings will be made in all the regions considered if households switch from coal to the cheapest smokeless fuel.</p><p> </p><p>The Impact Assessment can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/867428/burning-wood-consult-ia.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/867428/burning-wood-consult-ia.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 10/03/2020 13:00:26 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden