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892107

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Food: Production
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the level of self-sufficiency in food production in England and Wales; and whether he plans to increase that level.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	904954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s current production to supply ratio is 76% for indigenous-type foods and 60% for all foods. This is not low in the context of the past 150 years. The UK has historically been a net-importer of food sourced from a diverse range of stable countries and this will continue once we leave the EU. Looking ahead, we now have the opportunity to design an agricultural policy which increases productivity through innovation, technology and skills.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/04/2018 16:49:20 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

892108

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Animal Welfare: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to improve standards of animal welfare.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	904957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>We have some of the highest animal welfare standards in the world and this government is committed to build on this. It has reformed dog breeding and pet sales licensing, has introduced mandatory CCTV in abattoirs to improve welfare at slaughter and is exploring other measures that go beyond EU standards including controlling live exports, and a ban on the use of shock collars for dogs and cats. We have also published draft legislation to increase the maximum penalties for animal cruelty ten-fold from the current 6 months to 5 years’ imprisonment.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/04/2018 17:15:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

892109

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he has taken to reduce delays in processing applications for the basic payment scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	904958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>Since the introduction of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2015, the Rural Payments Agency has made improvements in the processing of applications including the introduction of online applications, online land and entitlement transfers, reducing the time to process transactions, and further support and guidance to help farmers successfully submit their applications. This has led to improvements in the BPS payment performance with over 90% of eligible farmers being paid by the end of December for the 2016 and 2017 scheme years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/04/2018 17:12:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

892110

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Plastics: Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to reduce plastic waste in England.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	904959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>Our Resources and Waste Strategy, which we will publish in the autumn, will explain how we will eliminate all avoidable plastic waste. The Government intends to ban the sale of plastic straws, drink stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds. There are also plans to introduce a deposit return scheme in England. Both approaches are subject to consultation. This builds on the success of the carrier bag charge which has taken 9 billion carrier bags out of circulation. As stated in the 25 Year Environment Plan, we will review the producer responsibility schemes.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 26/04/2018 16:31:40 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

892111

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Food: Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the UK food industry.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	904961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK food industry is innovative and efficient and it is well placed to succeed in the future. Many EU countries such as Ireland, Denmark, France, the Netherlands and Spain are highly dependent on access to the UK for their food exports since the UK is a large and attractive market. Depending on the nature of any final agreement, food companies from some of these countries may choose to relocate some of their production out of the EU and into the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/04/2018 14:24:35 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

892112

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to improve standards of safety in animal rescue homes.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	904960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>Many such establishments are members of the Association of Dogs and Cats Homes whose members must meet minimum standards of welfare and undertake home checks prior to releasing the pet animal. We have no current plans to regulate animal rescue homes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/04/2018 12:01:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

890289

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Pigs: Imports
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 live pigs were imported by country of import origin in each year between 2012 and 2017.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	137544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of live pigs imported into the UK between the years 2012 and 2017 and their countries of origin are as follows:*</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country of origin</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>357</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>1837</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>499</p></td><td><p>1630</p></td><td><p>2244</p></td><td><p>1948</p></td><td><p>1442</p></td><td><p>1453</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>269</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>978</p></td><td><p>751</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>382</p></td><td><p>333</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States of America</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>303</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>*This excludes data for Republic of Ireland</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>TRACES (Trade Control and Expert System) is a European Commission system employed by EU member states to facilitate and record animal/animal product movements into and throughout the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The information that we have provided is a true reflection of the information that we have access to, and was correct at the time the information was obtained from TRACES. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data, as we can only rely on the information that has been input into TRACES by a third party.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/05/2018 14:32:34 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

890290

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Pigs: Exports
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 live pigs were exported by each country of export destination in each year between 2012 and 2017.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	137545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of live pigs exported from the UK between the years 2012 and 2017 and their export destination countries are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country Of Destination</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barbados*</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>319</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>949</p></td><td><p>1213</p></td><td><p>1204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia**</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FYR Macedonia*</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana*</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1171</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>968</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Japan*</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>529</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria*</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>968</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>653</p></td><td><p>1481</p></td><td><p>513</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States*</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><em>* </em></strong><strong><em>APHA’s data retention period for non-EU countries Export Health Certification is two years.</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>**Croatia became a member of the EU on 1 July 2013. No data is available for exports to Croatia in 2012 and from the 1 January to 30 June 2013 as this information is outside APHA’s data retention period.</em></strong></p><p>This excludes data for Republic of Ireland.</p><p>The statistics provided for EU Member States show the number of live pigs exported from the United Kingdom in the years 2012 – 2017. TRACES (Trade Control and Expert System) is a European Commission system employed by EU member states to facilitate and record animal/animal product movements into and throughout the EU. This information was provided to APHA by the EU Commission’s DG Sante TRACES Helpdesk due to the unavailability of the TRACES reporting functions.</p><p> </p><p>The statistics provided for non-EU countries, denoted by an asterisk, show the number of live pigs exported from Great Britain to non-EU countries. This information has been collated from APHA’s data records. APHA’s data retention period for Export Health Certification is two years, so the information displayed above is for the years 2016 and 2017 only.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/05/2018 15:14:49 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

890291

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Pigs: Republic of Ireland
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 live pigs were (a) imported and (b) exported between the UK and the Republic of Ireland in each year between 2012 and 2017.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	137546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of live pigs exported to the Republic of Ireland between the years 2012 and 2017 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6278</p></td><td><p>15008</p></td><td><p>12114</p></td><td><p>13139</p></td><td><p>8973</p></td><td><p>8917</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The number of live pigs imported from the Republic of Ireland to the United Kingdom between the years 2012 and 2017 are as follows:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>683684</p></td><td><p>675279</p></td><td><p>618635</p></td><td><p>601895</p></td><td><p>457516</p></td><td><p>444450</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>TRACES (Trade Control and Expert System) is a European Commission system employed by EU member states to facilitate and record animal/animal product movements into and throughout the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The information that we have provided is a true reflection of the information that we have access to, and was correct at the time the information was obtained from TRACES. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data, as we can only rely on the information that has been input into TRACES by a third party.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/05/2018 13:54:31 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

890309

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Foxes
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 the Government plans to take steps to tackle urban fox population growth.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	137584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to control the number of urban foxes in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s policy is that individuals should be free to manage wildlife within the law. The decision on whether or not to control foxes lies with the owner or occupier of the property where the problem occurs.</p><p> </p><p>Advice on the management of foxes can be obtained from Natural England.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/05/2018 13:13:41 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle