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1538775

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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	Avian Influenza: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy for avian influenza compensation to be applicable from the point of notification of a suspected outbreak.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	77621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>Compensation, as set out in the Animal Health Act 1981, is payable for healthy birds only. There is no compensation available for sick birds or birds that have died. Compensation policy for birds culled by HM Government for disease control purposes is designed to promote prompt reporting of suspicion, as swift and humane culling of birds on infected premises coupled with good biosecurity are critical for preventing the amplification of avian influenza and subsequent environmental contamination and to reduce the risk of disease spread from infected premises.</p><p>APHA makes its assessment of the disease status of the birds based on clinical inspection and veterinary judgment. Historically this assessment has been based on the actual number of birds culled rather than the number of healthy birds at the point that culling starts. The amount paid was therefore depended on the evolution of the disease on site between the initial assessment of the number of healthy birds close to the start of culling less any that die between the start and end of culling.</p><p>In response to significant concerns from industry on the impact the rapid mortality caused by the current H5N1 strain and risk that escalating cases numbers leading to substantial delays to culling can have on the amount of compensation paid, changes to the compensation scheme for avian influenza have been introduced (effective from the 1 October).</p><p>Compensation will now be linked to decisions taken at the start of planned culling rather than at the end. This will allow us to give earlier certainty about entitlement to compensation, better reflect the impact of outbreaks on premises and lead to swifter payments to help stem any cash flow pressures.</p><p>Compensation is not paid for consequential losses, including business interruption caused by control measures, nor for eggs or poultry meat. Compensation is also not paid for other things that have to be seized because they pose a risk of transmitting disease.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/934688/biosecurity-poultry-guide.pdf" target="_blank">Biosecurity guidance</a> and a <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1072675/aipz-self-assessment-checklist.odt" target="_blank">biosecurity self-assessment checklist</a> have been published by HM Government to assist all bird keepers in instigating and maintaining good biosecurity.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 14/11/2022 19:18:48 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1506325

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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 Supply: Standards
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 he has taken to implement Recommendation 1 of Ofwat’s 2018 Call for evidence consultation – Guaranteed Standards Scheme.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	49794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>14 of the 17 water companies operating in England and Wales have fully implemented Ofwat’s recommendation to increase compensation payments for supply interruptions. One further company has partially implemented the recommendation.</p><p> </p><p>Ofwat’s Guaranteed Standards Scheme: Recommended changes to the UK Government report, 2018, is the latest assessment of compensation levels. It is the first assessment since 2001.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 49795 question first answered 22/09/2022 11:42:54 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1506327

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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 Supply: Standards
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 recent assessment his Department has made of the current minimum guaranteed standards scheme payment amounts for water supply interruptions.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	49795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>14 of the 17 water companies operating in England and Wales have fully implemented Ofwat’s recommendation to increase compensation payments for supply interruptions. One further company has partially implemented the recommendation.</p><p> </p><p>Ofwat’s Guaranteed Standards Scheme: Recommended changes to the UK Government report, 2018, is the latest assessment of compensation levels. It is the first assessment since 2001.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 49794 question first answered 22/09/2022 11:42:54 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1309454

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
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: 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 steps he is taking to introduce a water labelling efficiency scheme linked to building regulations and minimum standards.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	181455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government consulted on measures to reduce personal water use in 2019, which included amendments to building regulations, introducing a water efficiency labelling scheme and minimum standards. The response is due to be published in late spring and sets out our ambition and a package of policies to reduce household water consumption.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 23/04/2021 13:36:41 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1309455

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
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: 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 estimate he has made of potential saving in water per person from the introduction of a mandatory water efficiency labelling scheme linked to building regulations and minimum standards.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	181456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government consulted on measures to reduce personal water use in 2019 and we have committed to publish our response in late spring. Our ambitions are aligned with the recommendations set out in the National Framework to reduce personal water consumption to 110 litres per person per day by 2050. We believe our measures will enable this ambition to be met without affecting the quality of life and the enjoyment of water used by households.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 23/04/2021 13:36:35 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1308596

registered interest
date	13/04/2021
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	Potatoes: Storage
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 merits of licensing DMN for use in potato storage.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	180626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>Before a pesticide can be used, its active substance must be approved and the pesticide itself must be authorised. Decisions on approval and authorisation are based on an assessment of the risks posed to people and to the environment. Such decisions are devolved and so are taken by the relevant government or by the Health and Safety Executive on its behalf.</p><p> </p><p>The active substance 1,4-dimethylnaphthalene (1,4-DMN) is approved but at present there is no authorised product. The UK Government and the Devolved Administrations have granted an emergency authorisation allowing the limited and controlled use until 31 May 2021 of a 1,4-DMN product to prevent sprouting of harvested potatoes. This emergency authorisation is granted in recognition of the need for sprout suppression and the lack, in certain circumstances, of alternative means of control.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 21/04/2021 13:58:31 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1256856

registered interest
date	30/11/2020
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: North West Norfolk
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 plans his Department has allocate funding to projects to protect properties from flooding in King's Lynn and North West Norfolk constituency as part of its £5.2 billion six year flood and coastal defence programme.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	122907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>Earlier this year the Government announced it will invest a record £5.2 billion in a six-year capital investment programme for flood defences. This investment will deliver around 2,000 flood schemes, across every region of the country, and will better protect 336,000 properties from flooding.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency, King’s Lynn Internal Drainage Board, Littleport &amp; Downham Internal Drainage Board, Norfolk County Council and King’s Lynn &amp; West Norfolk Borough Council have projects submitted for inclusion in the £5.2 billion capital flood programme.</p><p> </p><p>The overall cost for these projects is estimated to be approximately £9 million within the North West Norfolk Constituency. They are eligible for approximately £4.7 million of Defra grant-in aid funding. The Environment Agency and Regional Flood and Coastal Committee for the region will now be considering the specific schemes for year one of the new programme.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 08/12/2020 16:07:14 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1232272

registered interest
date	08/09/2020
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	Sewage: Waste Disposal
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 there is a threshold of the annual number of discharges by combined sewer outflows above which the Environment Agency is required to investigate.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	86769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2020 answer text <p>The Environment Agency puts forward storm overflows that spill greater than a given threshold for investigation by water companies through the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP).</p><p> </p><p>The spill thresholds currently applied are shown in the table below and depend on the number of years of Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) data available. As more data becomes available a tighter threshold of spills per year is adopted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the period 2020-2025, 727 storm overflows are currently being investigated. As the provision of storm overflow monitoring data increases more overflows are being identified as crossing the spill thresholds and will be put forward for the WINEP. If the investigation shows that it is cost-beneficial to reduce spills, a scheme would be secured through the WINEP.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency also investigates storm overflows based on evidence of environmental impact and/or non-compliance with permit conditions.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 16/09/2020 11:07:50 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1231917

registered interest
date	07/09/2020
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	Sewage: Waste Disposal
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 combined sewer overflows of each water company have monitoring equipment in place.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	86177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>The Environment Agency hold data for storm overflows, which includes combined sewer overflows, storm discharges at sewage treatment inlet works, storm tank overflows and storm overflows at pumping stations.</p><p> </p><p>As of 31 December 2019 the numbers of storm overflows and percentage monitored by each Water and Sewerage Company were:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Company</p></td><td><p>Total number of storm overflow discharges</p></td><td><p>Number Monitored in 2019 (regulatory and non-regulatory)</p></td><td><p>Percentage Monitored in 2019 (regulatory and non-regulatory)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anglian Water</p></td><td><p>1646</p></td><td><p>709</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water</p></td><td><p>2318</p></td><td><p>2110</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbrian Water</p></td><td><p>1518</p></td><td><p>1487</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Severn Trent</p></td><td><p>2954</p></td><td><p>2308</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hafren Dyfrdwy</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Water</p></td><td><p>1209</p></td><td><p>759</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southern Water</p></td><td><p>986</p></td><td><p>986</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Water</p></td><td><p>472</p></td><td><p>377</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>2273</p></td><td><p>1649</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex Water</p></td><td><p>1289</p></td><td><p>628</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire Water</p></td><td><p>2246</p></td><td><p>2185</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTALS</p></td><td><p>16970</p></td><td><p>13246</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The numbers monitored were supplied to the Environment Agency from the Water and Sewerage Companies in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Further monitoring is planned for the period 2020 to 2025 with more than a 1,000 monitoring installations.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 15/09/2020 15:09:50 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1231918

registered interest
date	07/09/2020
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	Sewage: Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for how many hours and on how many occasions combined sewer outflows of each water company have discharged sewage in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	86178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>The Environment Agency holds data for storm overflows, which includes combined sewer overflows, storm discharges at sewage treatment inlet works, storm tank overflows and storm overflows at pumping stations.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2015 and 2020, water and sewage companies embarked on an initiative to monitor the vast majority of storm overflows in England. The data below is informed by this monitoring program and records the number of spills from storm overflows monitored.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to note that these data sets have grown from 2016. Initially, it took a year for monitors to be installed and to produce annual data. Therefore data is provided from 2016-2019. To contextualise the number of spills recorded, the numbers of storm overflows monitored that year should also be considered.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of storm overflows monitored</p></td><td><p>862</p></td><td><p>2,515</p></td><td><p>6,182</p></td><td><p>8,276</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of recorded spill events</p></td><td><p>12,637</p></td><td><p>33,159</p></td><td><p>146,930</p></td><td><p>292,864</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 15/09/2020 15:16:06 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild