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755768

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date	04/09/2017
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	National Parks
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 was allocated to the National Parks in each year since 2010; and how much is projected to be spent in each year up to 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	7248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The total allocated to each national park authority from financial years 2010/11 to 2017/18 is shown in the following tables with projections for 2018/19 and 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/09/2017 13:16:00 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey attachment 1 file name PQ 7248.docx title Table of projections
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

751768

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
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	Marine Environment: Developing Countries
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 voluntary initiatives his Department has implemented under the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 14.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	4888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2017 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has made four voluntary commitments under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14 on the following topics:</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>Marine science</strong>. The UK has pledged to work actively with international partners in a range of major issues such as strengthening global ocean observations, world ocean assessments and data sharing.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><strong>Marine Litter. </strong>The UK has committed to several actions in order to combat marine litter. These include reducing the volume of single use plastic bags, the introduction of national litter strategies and banning microbeads in cosmetics and personal care products. The UK has also signed up to the UN Clean Seas Initiative.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><strong>Commonwealth Marine Economies (CME) Programme. </strong> The UK has committed to delivering a package of measures that will help to provide Commonwealth Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean, Pacific and Indian Ocean regions with accurate hydrographic and scientific date relating to their marine environment. The UK will also provide training and capacity building for national bodies involved in the research and management of marine resources, to enable them to use the data to promote economic growth and development.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><strong>Marine Protected Areas in the UK and our Overseas Territories</strong>. The UK has committed to ensuring that UK waters are managed and used in a sustainable way, including by working internationally with our Overseas Territories in order to protect the globally significant biodiversity found in their waters<p><p></li></ul><p> </p><p>A more detailed summary of the commitments of the United Kingdom and other States and organisations is at <a href="https://oceanconference.un.org/commitments/" target="_blank">https://oceanconference.un.org/commitments/</a></p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/09/2017 16:39:15 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

751771

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
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	Seas and Oceans: Acidification
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 tackle ocean acidification.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	4887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>From 2010-2016, the Department partnered with the Natural Environment Research Council and the Department for Energy and Climate Change (now Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) to invest £12.4 million in the UK Ocean Acidification research programme (UKOA).</p><p> </p><p>The programme provided baseline data for UK seas and supported development of long-term monitoring strategies. This fed into the Oslo Paris Commission (OSPAR) Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme (JAMP). UKOA scientists helped establish the international Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON) initiative, which now involves around 30 other countries.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2017, a detailed update on progress made by UKOA was made to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry on ocean acidification, which is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees</a><strong>.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>At the recent UN Ocean Conference in June 2017, the Department chaired an event in partnership with the <a href="http://www.goa-on.org/" target="_blank">Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network</a> and others. The Intergovernmental Call for Action agreed at the Conference identified the threat posed by ocean acidification and the need to develop effective adaptation measures to protect ocean biodiversity. The Department will continue to support regional co-ordination in monitoring ocean acidification through OSPAR.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/07/2017 15:31:35 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

751773

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
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	Marine Environment: Developing Countries
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 assessment he has made of the potential benefits of the Sustainable Development Goal 44 for Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	4885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Call For Action, agreed at the recent UN Ocean Conference on Sustainable Development Goal 14, outlines a number of potential benefits for Small Island Development States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) <a href="https://oceanconference.un.org/callforaction" target="_blank">https://oceanconference.un.org/callforaction</a>. In addition, a register of voluntary commitments on the conference website lists 541 commitments that relate specifically to SDG14 target A, which is of particular relevance to SIDS and LDCs. This includes the UK’s Commonwealth Marine Economies Programme which in 2017 will deliver: Maritime Economy reports for each SIDS, a Climate Change report for the Caribbean, hydrographic charting, data collection and seabed habitat mapping around Grenada and St Vincent &amp; the Grenadines, and the provision of novel technology.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://oceanconference.un.org/commitments/?id=19609" target="_blank">https://oceanconference.un.org/commitments/?id=19609</a></p><p> </p><p>Further details on the benefits to SIDS and LDCs in relation to this specific funding programme will be available as the programme continues.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/07/2017 16:47:17 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord