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1003685

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Billing
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 contracts issued by his Department and contractors include provisions to impose, as between parties to the subcontract, that any payment due from the contractor to a subcontractor under the contract is to be made no later than the end of a period of 30 days from the date on which the relevant invoice is regarded as valid and undisputed, as required by the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	189567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>All contracts issued by Defra contain, within the standard terms and conditions, the following clauses:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>The authority shall pay all sums due to the contractor within 30 days of receipt of a valid invoice.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>If a payment of an undisputed amount is not made by the authority by the due date, then the authority shall pay the contractor interest at the interest rate specified in the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>The contractor shall ensure that a provision is included in all subcontracts which requires payment to be made of all sums due to subcontractors within 30 days of the receipt of a valid invoice.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 19/11/2018 10:59:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

896439

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Disclosure of Information
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 leak enquiries his Department has undertaken in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	140583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The leak of any Government information or material is not acceptable and the Government takes such incidents very seriously.</p><p> </p><p>It has been the policy of successive Governments not to comment on security matters other than in exceptional circumstances when it is in the public interest to do so.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/05/2018 15:41:37 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

895529

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
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	Water Companies
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 of 26 April 2018 to Question 137038 on Water Companies, if he will provide that data for the period June to October 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	139964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>All of the external meetings of ministers are published in the quarterly Ministerial Transparency Returns. This includes all meetings with water companies. The last three quarterly returns, which cover the period April to December 2017 will provide details of the meetings held during the period requested June to October 2017.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-hospitality-gifts-meetings-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-hospitality-gifts-meetings-overseas-travel</a></p><p> </p><p>As mentioned in my Answer of 26 April 2018 to Question 137038, officials in my department meet regularly with private water companies to discuss a range of topics, including the regulation of the water industry, water and wastewater policy issues, consumer policy issues, and management of emergency incidents.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/05/2018 14:20:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

892151

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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Mobile Phones
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 apps his Department has approved for use of mobile phones issued by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	138377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>In core Defra applications are approved and accessed through a secure, managed application catalogue.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the default applications supplied on the mobile phone are approved and managed using the Department’s security policies.</p><p> </p><p>These policies are closely aligned with National Cyber Security Centre guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Providing details of specific applications would be inappropriate due to national security concerns and the risk of facilitating acts against official systems by hostile actors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/05/2018 15:17:05 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

890341

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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Procurement
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 of his Department's invitations to tender have received no bidders in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	137442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>There were 11 invitations to tender published between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2018 that received no bidders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/05/2018 15:04:52 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

885265

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: ICT
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 IT systems which his Department uses are more than (a) three, (b) five and (c) eight years old; and what steps he is taking to ensure that all his Department's IT systems are updated promptly.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	136130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>Core Defra uses 24 systems managed by its IT supplier IBM. Zero are less than 3 months old, 1 is between 5 and 8 years old; 23 are more than 8 years old.</p><p> </p><p>The age of a system relates to the date that it was launched. Applications and software which are used by these systems are subject to a regular patching regime and underpinning hardware is maintained as part of a technical refresh programme.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/04/2018 12:18:29 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

869467

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Buildings
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 Answer of 22 March 2018 to Question 132216 on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: buildings, if he will provide that data by (a) size and (b) amount spent by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	133981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The Core Department occupies sites on the following basis:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Occupation</p></td><td><p>Size sq.m.</p></td><td><p>Cost £ per annum</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rented</p></td><td><p>86,903</p></td><td><p>50,217,196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Owned</p></td><td><p>159,416</p></td><td><p>34,801,763</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other types</p></td><td><p>14,280</p></td><td><p>13,667,163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>260,599</p></td><td><p>98,686,122</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The size is provided for all buildings on a net internal floor area basis excluding the area (hectares) of land holdings.</p><p> </p><p>The annual cost is the 2017/18 budget forecast for total property holding cost.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has reduced annual property holdings costs from £170m in 2010 to an expected £98.6m as at March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Property size and cost data was published in the State of the Estate Report for 2015/16 on 2<sup>nd</sup> February 2017. The web link below will take the reader to the report on Gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/588811/2015-16_State_of_the_Estate_Report_final__1_.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/588811/2015-16_State_of_the_Estate_Report_final__1_.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Size is referenced in Appendix B and Defra data is on page 47.</p><p> </p><p>Cost is referenced in Appendix D and Defra data is on Page 52.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 29/03/2018 15:20:15 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

861067

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Buildings
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 his Department's estate is (a) rented, (b) owned and (c) occupied through any other type of agreement.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	132216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The Defra group has been delivering a significant property rationalisation programme since 2010. In that time annual property running costs have reduced from £170m per year to £100m per year. The number of sites will continue to reduce, with a focus on occupying the Government Property Units Hub sites, where it meets operational delivery for the Defra.</p><p> </p><p>The Core Department occupies sites on the following basis:</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>Rented – 97 sites</p></li><li><p>Owned – 26 sites</p></li><li><p>Occupied through other types of agreement (agreements with other Central Government Departments) - 38</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/03/2018 11:10:16 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

851535

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Business Interests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which members of his Department's board are responsible for ensuring the proper application of the business appointment rules for former Ministers and senior civil servants.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	130298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACoBA) has direct responsibility for providing independent advice on applications under the Business Appointment Rules (the Rules) from all former Ministers.</p><p> </p><p>Former civil servants report to their relevant Government department which advises on the proper application of the Rules. The departmental Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC) is responsible for monitoring compliance issues relating to the Rules. ARAC membership includes two departmental board non-executives, one of which is the chair of the ARAC.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 06/03/2018 17:47:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

834281

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Capita
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 contracts his Department holds with Capita; and what the value of those contracts is.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	125901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2018 answer text <p>Defra has a zero value contract with Capita to supply contingent labour which was a call off from a Crown Commercial Services Framework. The responsibility for the management of the supplier in these call off arrangement lies with CCS not Defra. The following table details the amount Defra has spent on the contract with Capita for contingent labour.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Contract</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong> <strong>April-December</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Contingent Labour</p></td><td><p>£70,660</p></td><td><p>£2,323,884</p></td><td><p>£3,211,830</p></td><td><p>£2,715,195</p></td><td><p>£3,019,382</p></td><td><p>£11,340,951</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Defra has a contract with Capita to deliver a system for the Electronic Movement Reporting System for Sheep, Goats and Deers which has a total value of £4,620,370.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is party to a number of contracts with Fera Science Ltd (Fera), a Joint Venture between Defra and Capita. The key contracts on the Fera Science Ltd framework at inception were:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Contract</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total value to 31/03/2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plant and Bee Health Services</p></td><td><p>£28,100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Specialist Services and Facilities (Wildlife Facility and Food Safety Laboratories)</p></td><td><p>£16,600,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£44,700,000</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Variable services are also commissioned annually from Fera under the framework agreement. From the start of the contract (01/04/2015) to date spend for the following additional services is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Contract Title</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Applied Research and Development Services</p></td><td><p>£5,900,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Additional Plant and Bee Health Services</p></td><td><p>£850,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£6,750,000</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Standalone contracts with Fera outside the framework:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Contract Title</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Authent-Net</p></td><td><p>£32,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VitiSmart</p></td><td><p>£139,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£171,000</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/02/2018 11:41:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett