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818654

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Birds of Prey: Conservation
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 his policy is on preventing the persecution of raptors.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	121418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>All wild birds are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which provides a powerful framework for the conservation of wild birds, their eggs, nests and habitats. The Government is committed to ensuring the protection afforded to wild birds of prey is effectively enforced. There are strong penalties for offenders, including imprisonment.</p><p> </p><p>Raptor persecution is one of six national wildlife crime priorities. Each wildlife crime priority has a delivery group to consider what action should be taken and develop a plan to prevent crime, gather intelligence on offences and enforce against them. The Raptor Persecution Priority Delivery Group (RPPDG) focuses on the golden eagle, goshawk, hen harrier, peregrine, red kite and white tailed eagle.</p><p> </p><p>The RPPDG has recently produced raptor persecution maps, which show the distribution of confirmed incidents of raptor persecution including shootings, trappings, poisonings and nest destruction across England and Wales over a five year period (2011-2015). The maps will be a significant intelligence tool to tackle wildlife crime; they will help the police gain a better understanding of where the problem areas are, and target these crime hotspots with increased levels of enforcement. The maps can be viewed at: <a href="http://www.magic.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.magic.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>The National Wildlife Crime Unit, which is part funded by Defra, monitors and gathers intelligence on illegal activities affecting birds of prey and provides assistance to police forces when required.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 11/01/2018 18:51:16 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

818687

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Power Stations: Sri Lanka
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 his Department has received representations on the underground drilling at the Northern Power Plant in Chunnakam, Sri Lanka.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	121451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Defra has received no such representations.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/01/2018 12:39:49 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

818720

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Flood Control: Public 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, with reference to page 135 of the Industrial Strategy, published in November 2017, how much funding has been allocated from the public purse to (a) flood defence schemes and (b) household flood protection in each NUTS 1 region.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	121484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is investing £2.6 billion (including the additional £76m announced in the last Budgert) between 2015 and 2021, delivering at least 1,500 new flood defence schemes and better protecting 300,000 homes. The six year Capital Investment Programme will provide Flood Defence Grant-in-Aid as shown below for flood and coastal risk management schemes by NUTS 1 regions.</p><p> </p><p>Where appropriate, property level flood protection measures are integrated within flood risk management schemes. The Government does not hold information centrally about the breakdown of spending for individual elements, such as property level protection measures, of these schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The nationally coordinated project investment includes flood defences which are located in more than one NUTS 1 region, and capitalised costs which support the development of these physical and natural defences.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>NUTS1 region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NUTS1 code</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total government planned capital expenditure (£m) between April 2015 and March 2021 </strong>(Excluding £76m FROM LAST BUDGET)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UKF</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>198</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East of England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UKH</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>217</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Greater London</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UKI</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>134</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UKC</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>46</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UKD</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>210</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South East </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UKJ</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>510</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UKK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>176</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Midlands </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UKG</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>75</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yorkshire and The Humber</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UKE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>487</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>NATONALLY COORDINATED PROJECT INVESTMENT</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>452</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 16/01/2018 17:26:38 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

818737

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Tea: Polymers
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 plans to encourage food manufacturers to produce tea bags without the use of polymers.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	121501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>There are no specific plans for tea bags.</p><p> </p><p>In December the Secretary of State chaired an industry roundtable on plastics and outlined a four point plan for tackling plastic waste that takes action at each stage of the product lifecycle – production, consumption and end of life: cutting the total amount of plastic in circulation; reducing the number of different plastics in use; improving the rate of recycling; supporting comprehensive recycling collections to make it easier for individuals to recycle.</p><p> </p><p>We set out further steps in our 25 Year Environment Plan, available here:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/673203/25-year-environment-plan.pdf</p><p> </p><p>We will also be conducting a call for evidence this year, seeking views on how taxing and charging the most environmentally damaging single use plastics could help reduce waste.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 121503 question first answered 16/01/2018 12:11:37 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

818739

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Tea: Polymers
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 reduce the quantity of plastic polymers used in the production of tea bags.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	121503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>There are no specific plans for tea bags.</p><p> </p><p>In December the Secretary of State chaired an industry roundtable on plastics and outlined a four point plan for tackling plastic waste that takes action at each stage of the product lifecycle – production, consumption and end of life: cutting the total amount of plastic in circulation; reducing the number of different plastics in use; improving the rate of recycling; supporting comprehensive recycling collections to make it easier for individuals to recycle.</p><p> </p><p>We set out further steps in our 25 Year Environment Plan, available here:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/673203/25-year-environment-plan.pdf</p><p> </p><p>We will also be conducting a call for evidence this year, seeking views on how taxing and charging the most environmentally damaging single use plastics could help reduce waste.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 121501 question first answered 16/01/2018 12:11:37 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

818744

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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: Public 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, which fruitless payments in excess of £30,000 her Department has made by (a) recipient of each such payment, (b) purpose of each such payment, (c) value of each such payment and (d) reason that payment was classified as fruitless in the 2017-18 financial year to date.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	121508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The department did not make any fruitless payments in excess of £30,000 between 1 April 2017 and 9 January 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/01/2018 12:18:54 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

818772

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Forests: North of England
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 Government funding will be provided for tree planting to expand the White Rose Forest as part of the new Northern Forest.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	121536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Over the next 25 years the Woodland Trust and Community Forest Trust are aiming to plant more than 50 million trees from Liverpool to Hull. This Northern Forest will connect the five Community Forests in the north of England with green infrastructure and woodland created in and around major urban centres.</p><p> </p><p>Planting will target areas where trees provide benefits for local communities and government is providing £5.7 million to kick-start the project. The Woodland Trust and Community Forests will work with stakeholders and local communities, including the White Rose Forest, to identify the specific sites where government funded planting will take place.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Forest will be a productive forest, with a mix of broadleaves, such as oaks, and coniferous species such as spruces, pines and firs. Details of exactly what planting will occur and where will be determined with the Woodland Trust, Community Forests and local stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 16/01/2018 11:59:30 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

818785

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Forests: North of England
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 the new Northern Forest will be managed woodland for private profit.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	121549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Over the next 25 years the Woodland Trust and Community Forest Trust are aiming to plant more than 50 million trees from Liverpool to Hull. This Northern Forest will connect the five Community Forests in the north of England with green infrastructure and woodland created in and around major urban centres.</p><p> </p><p>Planting will target areas where trees provide benefits for local communities and government is providing £5.7 million to kick-start the project. The Woodland Trust and Community Forests will work with stakeholders and local communities, including the White Rose Forest, to identify the specific sites where government funded planting will take place.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Forest will be a productive forest, with a mix of broadleaves, such as oaks, and coniferous species such as spruces, pines and firs. Details of exactly what planting will occur and where will be determined with the Woodland Trust, Community Forests and local stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 121551 question first answered 16/01/2018 11:41:17 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

818787

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Forests: North of England
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 of the New Northern Forest will be deciduous woodland.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	121551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Over the next 25 years the Woodland Trust and Community Forest Trust are aiming to plant more than 50 million trees from Liverpool to Hull. This Northern Forest will connect the five Community Forests in the north of England with green infrastructure and woodland created in and around major urban centres.</p><p> </p><p>Planting will target areas where trees provide benefits for local communities and government is providing £5.7 million to kick-start the project. The Woodland Trust and Community Forests will work with stakeholders and local communities, including the White Rose Forest, to identify the specific sites where government funded planting will take place.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Forest will be a productive forest, with a mix of broadleaves, such as oaks, and coniferous species such as spruces, pines and firs. Details of exactly what planting will occur and where will be determined with the Woodland Trust, Community Forests and local stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 121549 question first answered 16/01/2018 11:41:17 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

818859

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Environment protection: 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, whether the environmental principles contained in EU treaties that are to be retained in UK law via the EU (Withdrawal) Bill will have general application across all environmental policy areas in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	121623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>On 12 November 2017 the Secretary of State set out plans to consult early this year on the creation of a new policy statement on environmental principles to apply post EU withdrawal. This statement will set out environmental principles in one place to underpin future policy-making.</p><p> </p><p>We need to consult as widely as possible on nature of the new policy statement. The proposed consultation will explore the scope and content of a new statement on environmental principles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 11/01/2018 11:05:42 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh