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637077

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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: Northern Ireland
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 she has made of the deterrent effect that increased maximum sentences for cruelty against animals have had in Northern Ireland; and whether she has made an assessment of the implications of those effects for her Department's policies.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	52929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The increase in the maximum sentences only came into effect on 1 August 2016. No such assessments have therefore been made.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/11/2016 09:34:34 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

637078

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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	Diesel Engines: Nitrogen Oxides
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 the timetable is for publication of her Department's proposed consultation on Proposals to regulate generators with high NOx emissions; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	52901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The consultation on reducing emissions from Medium Combustion Plants and Generators to improve air quality was published on 16 November this year and runs for 12 weeks. The proposals can be found on the GOV.UK web pages.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/11/2016 10:52:41 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

637079

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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	Livestock: Transport
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 inspections Trading Standards has undertaken of animals during transit for slaughter abroad in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
uin	52956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>Defra does not hold data on local authority Trading Standards inspections of animals during transit for slaughter abroad. APHA carry out supervised loadings on export consignments of live animals for slaughter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/11/2016 14:39:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

637080

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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	Cats: Animal Breeding
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 she made of the potential merits of the regulation of commercial cat breeding to improve safeguards for cat welfare through the introduction of cat breeding licensing, welfare conditions and standards and an inspection process.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	52969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>There are no proposals to introduce a licensing regime for cat breeding. The only licensing regime for animal breeding relates to dog breeding and this is because of past concerns about the welfare conditions at some such breeding establishments. Local authorities have powers under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to investigate any concerns about the welfare standards at cat breeding establishments.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/11/2016 15:02:46 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

637081

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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: Sick Leave
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 working days were lost due to mental illness in her Department in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	53068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>The number of working days lost in Defra due to mental illness in the last three years is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June to July 2013/14</p></td><td><p>1519.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June to July 2014/15</p></td><td><p>1966.91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June to July 2015/16</p></td><td><p>2374.62</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/11/2016 15:26:58 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

637082

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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	Bovine Tuberculosis
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 new incidents of bovine TB there have been in each month in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	53162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>National Statistics on bovine TB, which include new herd incidents, are published monthly on gov.uk and can be found at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/incidence-of-tuberculosis-tb-in-cattle-in-great-britain" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/incidence-of-tuberculosis-tb-in-cattle-in-great-britain</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/11/2016 09:50:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

637083

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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	Agriculture: Fertilisers
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 she has made of the total application of (a) nitrogen, (b) phosphate, (c) potash and (d) sulphur on farmland across the UK in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	53157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>Information on the total application of nitrogen, phosphate, potash and sulphur on farmland across the UK in each of the last five years is not available. However, the average application of those same nutrients on Great British farmland in each of the last five years is collected in the British Survey of Fertiliser Practice.</p><p> </p><p>This annual survey collects data on fertiliser and manure use in Great Britain. From these, annual reports are produced on fertiliser use in Great Britain which provide figures dating back to 1983 and in-depth analysis. The latest report from 2015 can be found on the Government’s website at GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>The table below summarises data from the British Survey of Fertiliser Practice on application rates of nitrogen, phosphate, potash, and sulphur in Great Britain from 2011 to 2015 for all crops and grass combined. Information regarding nutrient application to farmland in Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Office.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nitrogen (kg/ha)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Phosphate (kg/ha)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Potash (kg/ha)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sulphur (kg/ha)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/11/2016 09:44:33 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

637186

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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	Livestock: 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, how many prosecutions there have been for breaches of the animal welfare regulations governing live animal exports in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
uin	52955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>Information is available on the number of convictions rather than on the number of prosecutions. In the last three years there have been the following number of convictions for breaches of the regulations protecting animal welfare during transport in England and Wales. Separate figures are not kept for convictions relating to live animal exports.</p><p> </p><p>2015 - 8</p><p>2014 - 15</p><p>2013 – 14</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/11/2016 09:40:30 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

637263

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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	Thames Tideway Tunnel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who are the project representatives for the Thames Tideway Tunnel project, and what are their roles and responsibilities.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL3188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The Liaison Committee has been established to oversee the delivery of the Thames Tideway Tunnel project and is made up of senior representatives from each of the parties to the project, Tideway, Thames Water Utilities Limited, and the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The Committee meets quarterly, with representatives from the Environment Agency and Ofwat attending as observers. Following a competitive process, the multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy firm Mott McDonald was appointed as the Independent Technical Assessor for the project, with a duty to review, evaluate, comment, verify and advise as applicable the members of the Liaison Committee and Ofwat on Tideway’s assessment of project costs, quarterly reports to the Committee, and such engineering and other technical issues that may arise as the project progresses. Full details of the role and responsibilities are set out in the project Liaison Agreement, which is available on the Defra pages of the GOV.UK website</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 29/11/2016 12:31:46 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

637326

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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	Floods: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of homes in England that are at significant risk of flooding.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL3251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>The Environment Agency estimates the number of residential properties in England in areas at high risk of flooding to be:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>169,000 properties in areas at high risk of flooding from rivers and the sea</p></li><li><p>239,000 properties in areas at high risk of flooding from surface water</p></li></ul><p>High risk means there is a greater than a 3.3% chance of flooding in any given year</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 23/11/2016 11:53:49 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten