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1138207

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date	10/07/2019
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: Quarantine
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 dogs have been (a) seized and (b) taken into quarantine at (i) the Port of Dover and (ii) Eurotunnel in each month in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Nigel Huddleston
uin	275780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of dogs seized and taken into quarantine at the port of Dover and the Eurotunnel for each month of 2019 are as follows.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month (2019)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Port of Seizure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total seized</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Detained in quarantine</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Jan</p></td><td><p>Eurotunnel</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Feb</p></td><td><p>Eurotunnel</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>March</p></td><td><p>Eurotunnel</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>April</p></td><td><p>Eurotunnel</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>May</p></td><td><p>Eurotunnel</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>June</p></td><td><p>Eurotunnel</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of animals detained in quarantine for Eurotunnel may also include dogs that were seized at Coquelles and moved into the United Kingdom for quarantine purposes.</p><p> </p><p>Some of animals will have been seized on welfare grounds only and therefore not put in quarantine.</p><p> </p><p>The numbers provided are a true reflection of the information that we have access to. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data, as it is provided by a third party.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/07/2019 14:49:46 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston

1137771

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
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	Chemicals: EU Law
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 proportion of registrations held by UK firms with the European Chemicals Agency to export to the EU in August 2018 that have been transferred to a non-UK EU-based entity.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	275251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The European Chemicals Agency reported on 3 April 2019 that approximately 4,800 UK-based registrants had initiated a transfer to a EU-based company. This is out of a total of around 12,000 UK registrations in total.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 17/07/2019 14:40:08 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1137776

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
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	Meat: Consumption and 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, what (a) proportion (b) value and (c) volume of (i) lamb, (ii) beef, (iii) pork and (iv) chicken produced in the UK is (A) consumed in the UK, (B) exported to the EU and (C) exported to the rest of the world.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	275255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>According to analysis of HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics and Defra agricultural statistics, in 2018:</p><p> </p><p>UK produced Lamb - (A) consumed in the UK = (a) 68%, (b) £856m, (c) 202 thousand tonnes (B) exported to the EU = (a) 31%, (b) £355m, (c) 92 thousand tonnes and (C) exported to the rest of the world = (a) 1%, (b) £12m, (c) 4 thousand tonnes.</p><p> </p><p>UK produced Beef - (A) consumed in the UK = (a) 85%, (b) £2.6bn, (c) 785 thousand tonnes (B) exported to the EU = (a) 14%, (b) £398m, (c) 125 thousand tonnes and (C) exported to the rest of the world = (a) 2%, (b) £37m, (c) 15 thousand tonnes.</p><p> </p><p>UK produced Pork - (A) consumed in the UK = (a) 71%, (b) £888m, (c) 636 thousand tonnes (B) exported to the EU = (a) 19%, (b) £186m, (c) 173 thousand tonnes and (C) exported to the rest of the world = (a) 9%, (b) £106m, (c) 81 thousand tonnes.</p><p> </p><p>UK produced Poultry - (A) consumed in the UK = (a) 82%, (b) £2.2bn, (c) 1.6 million tonnes (B) exported to the EU = (a) 14%, (b) £222m, (c) 272 thousand tonnes and (C) exported to the rest of the world = (a) 4%, (b) £78m, (c) 82 thousand tonnes.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/07/2019 15:30:48 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1137789

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
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	Air Pollution: Kent
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 improve air quality in (a) Medway, (b) Tonbridge and Malling and (c) Maidstone.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	275174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>Air pollution is reducing in the UK, as set out in the annual National Statistics report:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/air-quality-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/air-quality-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>There are 169 national automatic monitoring stations in the UK, of which 2 stations are in Medway. Chatham Roadside measures hourly concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5); Rochester Stoke measures concentrations of ozone and sulphur dioxide in addition to these pollutants. Near real-time measurements from these sites and further data tools can be found on the UK-AIR website (<a href="https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/</a>).</p><p> </p><p>There are no national automatic monitoring stations in Tonbridge and Malling or Maidstone.</p><p> </p><p>All local authorities also carry out their own air quality monitoring activities and produce annual status reports on air quality within the local authority boundaries.</p><p>Each of the local authorities has air quality management areas which can be found online at <a href="https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/aqma/maps" target="_blank">https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/aqma/maps</a></p><p> </p><p>Councils have statutory duties to tackle air pollution and already have considerable powers.</p><p> </p><p>Defra’s Air Quality Grant Programme provides funding to local authorities for projects in local communities to tackle air pollution and reduce emissions. The scheme has awarded over £60 million in funding to a variety of projects since it started in 1997 and over £3 million will be awarded this year.</p><p> </p><p>We will bring forward provisions on air quality in 2019 in the forthcoming Environment Bill.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 275175 question first answered 17/07/2019 15:54:18 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

1137790

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
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	Air Pollution: Kent
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 air pollution levels in (a) Medway, (b) Tonbridge and Malling and (c) Maidstone.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	275175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>Air pollution is reducing in the UK, as set out in the annual National Statistics report:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/air-quality-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/air-quality-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>There are 169 national automatic monitoring stations in the UK, of which 2 stations are in Medway. Chatham Roadside measures hourly concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5); Rochester Stoke measures concentrations of ozone and sulphur dioxide in addition to these pollutants. Near real-time measurements from these sites and further data tools can be found on the UK-AIR website (<a href="https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/</a>).</p><p> </p><p>There are no national automatic monitoring stations in Tonbridge and Malling or Maidstone.</p><p> </p><p>All local authorities also carry out their own air quality monitoring activities and produce annual status reports on air quality within the local authority boundaries.</p><p>Each of the local authorities has air quality management areas which can be found online at <a href="https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/aqma/maps" target="_blank">https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/aqma/maps</a></p><p> </p><p>Councils have statutory duties to tackle air pollution and already have considerable powers.</p><p> </p><p>Defra’s Air Quality Grant Programme provides funding to local authorities for projects in local communities to tackle air pollution and reduce emissions. The scheme has awarded over £60 million in funding to a variety of projects since it started in 1997 and over £3 million will be awarded this year.</p><p> </p><p>We will bring forward provisions on air quality in 2019 in the forthcoming Environment Bill.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 275174 question first answered 17/07/2019 15:54:18 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

1137814

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
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: East Midlands
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 adequacy of the number of animal inspectors in the East Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	275244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, Local Authorities, the Animal and Plant Health Agency and the police all have powers of entry to inspect complaints of suspected animal cruelty and to take forward prosecutions.</p><p> </p><p>It is for local authorities, such as those within the East Midlands region, to determine how to prioritise their resources as well as the number of animal inspectors they appoint under the Animal Welfare Act. Local Authorities must be able to make decisions based on local needs and resource priorities and the arrangements that work best for them.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold data centrally on the number of inspectors appointed under the Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/07/2019 14:28:41 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley