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1487587

registered interest
date	08/07/2022
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	Thames Water: Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances
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 the Government is taking to ensure that PFAS levels in Thames Water are safe.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	33017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>In England and Wales, the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) has provided guidance to water companies since 2009 which ensured that two key PFAS substances were considered in their risk assessments. The <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dwi.gov.uk%2Fprivate-water-supplies%2Fpws-installations%2Fguidance-on-the-water-supply-water-quality-regulations-2016-specific-to-pfos-perfluorooctane-sulphonate-and-pfoa-perfluorooctanoic-acid-concentrations-in-drinking-water%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C117f83088a5e4ddd14ff08da64b3018f%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637933017226014512%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=iSTuAh%2FIDvBU1J8cJj6WWBTghm9iSLZMMtMmeVi2mqk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">guidance</a> was updated in January 2021 to reflect current knowledge and include consideration of other PFAS:</p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dwi.gov.uk%2Fprivate-water-supplies%2Fpws-installations%2Fguidance-on-the-water-supply-water-quality-regulations-2016-specific-to-pfos-perfluorooctane-sulphonate-and-pfoa-perfluorooctanoic-acid-concentrations-in-drinking-water%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C117f83088a5e4ddd14ff08da64b3018f%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637933017226014512%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=LIZXl5urI4NTe%2BPQK8su1Cfi9P0T5Y3vbCj6BKWSwlc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.dwi.gov.uk/private-water-supplies/pws-installations/guidance-on-the-water-supply-water-quality-regulations-2016-specific-to-pfos-perfluorooctane-sulphonate-and-pfoa-perfluorooctanoic-acid-concentrations-in-drinking-water/</a></p><p>In October 2021, the DWI wrote to water companies informing them of additional requirements for sampling, testing and monitoring for PFAS in raw water sources from which abstractions are used for drinking water. The Inspectorate is in the process of assessing the information provided by companies, so we are unable to provide specific results for Thames Water. Where appropriate, DWI will share any relevant learning on PFAS through the publicly available Chief Inspector's Report.</p> answering member constituency St Austell and Newquay answering member printed Steve Double grouped question UIN 33018 question first answered 13/07/2022 14:52:28 answering member 4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1487588

registered interest
date	08/07/2022
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	Thames Water: Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances
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 most recent results were of tests for PFAS levels in Thames Water.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	33018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>In England and Wales, the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) has provided guidance to water companies since 2009 which ensured that two key PFAS substances were considered in their risk assessments. The <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dwi.gov.uk%2Fprivate-water-supplies%2Fpws-installations%2Fguidance-on-the-water-supply-water-quality-regulations-2016-specific-to-pfos-perfluorooctane-sulphonate-and-pfoa-perfluorooctanoic-acid-concentrations-in-drinking-water%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C117f83088a5e4ddd14ff08da64b3018f%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637933017226014512%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=iSTuAh%2FIDvBU1J8cJj6WWBTghm9iSLZMMtMmeVi2mqk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">guidance</a> was updated in January 2021 to reflect current knowledge and include consideration of other PFAS:</p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dwi.gov.uk%2Fprivate-water-supplies%2Fpws-installations%2Fguidance-on-the-water-supply-water-quality-regulations-2016-specific-to-pfos-perfluorooctane-sulphonate-and-pfoa-perfluorooctanoic-acid-concentrations-in-drinking-water%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C117f83088a5e4ddd14ff08da64b3018f%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637933017226014512%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=LIZXl5urI4NTe%2BPQK8su1Cfi9P0T5Y3vbCj6BKWSwlc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.dwi.gov.uk/private-water-supplies/pws-installations/guidance-on-the-water-supply-water-quality-regulations-2016-specific-to-pfos-perfluorooctane-sulphonate-and-pfoa-perfluorooctanoic-acid-concentrations-in-drinking-water/</a></p><p>In October 2021, the DWI wrote to water companies informing them of additional requirements for sampling, testing and monitoring for PFAS in raw water sources from which abstractions are used for drinking water. The Inspectorate is in the process of assessing the information provided by companies, so we are unable to provide specific results for Thames Water. Where appropriate, DWI will share any relevant learning on PFAS through the publicly available Chief Inspector's Report.</p> answering member constituency St Austell and Newquay answering member printed Steve Double grouped question UIN 33017 question first answered 13/07/2022 14:52:28 answering member 4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1487597

registered interest
date	08/07/2022
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	Tree Planting
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 funding his Department plans to allocate to tree planting programmes in each financial year from 2022-23 to 2024-25; and which schemes will receive this funding.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	32936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The England Trees Action Plan sets out our long-term vision for the treescape in England, including how we will treble tree planting rates supporting the Government's manifesto target of planting 30,000 hectares of trees per year by the end of the Parliament. The £750 million Nature for Climate Fund is the main delivery vehicle, focussed on peat restoration, woodland creation and management.</p><p>The Fund is already supporting a series of grants for tree planting and management for 2022/23, including:</p><p>- The £8 million Woodland Creation Accelerator Fund which will provide financial support to local authorities to bring in specialist skills and capacity to boost tree planting and woodland creation across England.</p><p>- £500,000 this year in support of the collaborative Woodlands for Water project which will increase woodland creation along rivers to deliver biodiversity, water quality improvements and flood risk mitigation.</p><p>- More than £3.8 million available through the fourth round of the Urban Tree Challenge Fund.</p><p>- The Local Authority Treescapes Fund will allocate up to £5.4 million for the planting of up to 650,000 trees in 2022/23.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Additional funding will also shortly be announced for the England Woodland Creation Offer and for Woodland Creation Partnerships. Nature for Climate Fund deployment in future years is dependent on analysis of previous year's performance across projects and workstreams.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency St Austell and Newquay answering member printed Steve Double question first answered 18/07/2022 09:28:12 answering member 4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1487598

registered interest
date	08/07/2022
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	Tree Planting
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 funding his Department plans to allocate to tree planting programmes in 2025; and which schemes will receive this funding.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	32937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>The £750 million Nature for Climate Fund (NCF) will support peat restoration, woodland creation and management until 2025. This currently includes supporting the Woodland Creation Partnerships, Urban Tree Challenge Fund, the Local Authority Treescapes Fund, and the flagship grant scheme the England Woodland Creation Offer.</p><p> </p><p>The NCF is working alongside the Environmental Land Management schemes through its design and pilot stage to ensure a smooth transition of all relevant NCF programmes into the schemes post 2025. The majority of new applications for woodland creation payments from 2025 will be made through the Local Nature Recovery scheme. The Local Nature Recovery design and the approach to payment rates for planting trees will largely mirror those offered by the England Woodland Creation Offer.</p> answering member constituency St Austell and Newquay answering member printed Steve Double question first answered 13/07/2022 16:00:51 answering member 4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1487599

registered interest
date	08/07/2022
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	Tree Planting
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 an estimate of the number of trees that have been planted through Government-funded schemes in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	32938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2022 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission produces statistics on all new planting of woodland for the UK. These can be found in <a href="https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/forestry-statistics/" target="_blank">Forestry Statistics</a> and in <a href="https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/statistics-by-topic/woodland-statistics/" target="_blank">Provisional Woodland Statistics: 2021 edition</a> on the Forest Research website. These statistics are reported for each financial year in thousands of hectares. The latest available figures are for 2021-22.</p> answering member constituency St Austell and Newquay answering member printed Steve Double question first answered 27/07/2022 09:10:19 answering member 4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1487602

registered interest
date	08/07/2022
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	Animals and Plants: Disease Control
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 improve the UK's biosecurity.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	32988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2022 answer text <p>Biosecurity remains a top priority for the Government, not only to protect consumers, but also to ensure that trading partners and industry have strong assurance of the UK's standards of food safety, animal and plant health.</p><p> </p><p>On 16 February 2022, the Government also announced the allocation of £200 million for a programme of investment into world-leading research facilities to boost the UK’s fight against zoonotic diseases, including avian flu and bovine tuberculosis. The money will be spent on a state-of-the-art revamp of the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) scientific laboratories at Weybridge – enhancing the UK’s already world-leading scientific and veterinary capability.</p><p> </p><p>We have established mechanisms in place to stop products from being exported to Great Britain from known areas with a significant pest or disease. We also constantly review whether further safeguards are needed and have a scientific process to assess and respond to changing biosecurity threats.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 01/08/2022 09:08:09 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1487603

registered interest
date	08/07/2022
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	Non-native Species
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 (a) reduce the rate of and (b) prevent the introduction and establishment of invasive non-native species.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	32989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>Our approach is set by the 2015 GB Invasive Non-Native Species Strategy, which ensures coordinated action across Great Britain. This strategy follows internationally recognised principles and priorities of prevention, rapid eradication and management, which we are committed to continuing. We are currently updating this, and the refreshed strategy will support the prioritisation and resourcing of our efforts over the next few years.</p><p> </p><p>To reduce and prevent the introduction and establishment of invasive non-native species (INNS) we have prioritised five pathways of introduction and developed Pathway Action Plans (PAPs) for angling, recreational boating and zoos and aquaria sectors. Two further horticultural PAPs are in progress, and Defra expects to complete all the PAPs by the end of 2022. The PAPs allow the Government to set out actions that will prevent or minimise the risk of spread of INNS via certain pathways. The Angling PAP, for example, led to the refresh of the 'Check, Clean, Dry' campaign, which has been strengthened through new collaborative initiatives with stakeholders such as the Aquatic Biosecurity Partnership with water companies. The Government also continues to fund the non-native species information portal, including its alert system which has played a key role in preventing the establishment of Asian hornet in the UK, and horizon scanning exercises which allow us to understand the potential of future threats.</p><p> </p><p>We have put in place the Invasive Alien Species Order, which gives us strong legislative tools, to tackle the threat of 66 species of special concern, including effective enforcement at the UK border. We are funding the establishment of a new NNS Inspectorate to bring the management of NNS in line with other biosecurity regimes. The Government funds strategic research, such as for biocontrol agents for a range of invasive non-native plants including a weevil which will eat floating pennywort, and fertility control of grey squirrels.</p><p> </p><p>We are also controlling and eradicating species through continuing to support the network of local action groups (LAGs) to facilitate strategic action at a local scale, making the most of the invaluable work that LAGs do. This includes a recently launched fund to support LAGs carrying out essential work over the next three years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency St Austell and Newquay answering member printed Steve Double grouped question UIN 32990 32991 question first answered 18/07/2022 11:38:13 answering member 4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1487605

registered interest
date	08/07/2022
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	Non-native Species
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 (a) control and (b) eradicate invasive non-native species.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	32990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>Our approach is set by the 2015 GB Invasive Non-Native Species Strategy, which ensures coordinated action across Great Britain. This strategy follows internationally recognised principles and priorities of prevention, rapid eradication and management, which we are committed to continuing. We are currently updating this, and the refreshed strategy will support the prioritisation and resourcing of our efforts over the next few years.</p><p> </p><p>To reduce and prevent the introduction and establishment of invasive non-native species (INNS) we have prioritised five pathways of introduction and developed Pathway Action Plans (PAPs) for angling, recreational boating and zoos and aquaria sectors. Two further horticultural PAPs are in progress, and Defra expects to complete all the PAPs by the end of 2022. The PAPs allow the Government to set out actions that will prevent or minimise the risk of spread of INNS via certain pathways. The Angling PAP, for example, led to the refresh of the 'Check, Clean, Dry' campaign, which has been strengthened through new collaborative initiatives with stakeholders such as the Aquatic Biosecurity Partnership with water companies. The Government also continues to fund the non-native species information portal, including its alert system which has played a key role in preventing the establishment of Asian hornet in the UK, and horizon scanning exercises which allow us to understand the potential of future threats.</p><p> </p><p>We have put in place the Invasive Alien Species Order, which gives us strong legislative tools, to tackle the threat of 66 species of special concern, including effective enforcement at the UK border. We are funding the establishment of a new NNS Inspectorate to bring the management of NNS in line with other biosecurity regimes. The Government funds strategic research, such as for biocontrol agents for a range of invasive non-native plants including a weevil which will eat floating pennywort, and fertility control of grey squirrels.</p><p> </p><p>We are also controlling and eradicating species through continuing to support the network of local action groups (LAGs) to facilitate strategic action at a local scale, making the most of the invaluable work that LAGs do. This includes a recently launched fund to support LAGs carrying out essential work over the next three years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency St Austell and Newquay answering member printed Steve Double grouped question UIN 32989 32991 question first answered 18/07/2022 11:38:13 answering member 4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1487607

registered interest
date	08/07/2022
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	Non-native Species
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 help ensure work tackling invasive non-native species is receiving adequate (a) priority and (b) public funding.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	32991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>Our approach is set by the 2015 GB Invasive Non-Native Species Strategy, which ensures coordinated action across Great Britain. This strategy follows internationally recognised principles and priorities of prevention, rapid eradication and management, which we are committed to continuing. We are currently updating this, and the refreshed strategy will support the prioritisation and resourcing of our efforts over the next few years.</p><p> </p><p>To reduce and prevent the introduction and establishment of invasive non-native species (INNS) we have prioritised five pathways of introduction and developed Pathway Action Plans (PAPs) for angling, recreational boating and zoos and aquaria sectors. Two further horticultural PAPs are in progress, and Defra expects to complete all the PAPs by the end of 2022. The PAPs allow the Government to set out actions that will prevent or minimise the risk of spread of INNS via certain pathways. The Angling PAP, for example, led to the refresh of the 'Check, Clean, Dry' campaign, which has been strengthened through new collaborative initiatives with stakeholders such as the Aquatic Biosecurity Partnership with water companies. The Government also continues to fund the non-native species information portal, including its alert system which has played a key role in preventing the establishment of Asian hornet in the UK, and horizon scanning exercises which allow us to understand the potential of future threats.</p><p> </p><p>We have put in place the Invasive Alien Species Order, which gives us strong legislative tools, to tackle the threat of 66 species of special concern, including effective enforcement at the UK border. We are funding the establishment of a new NNS Inspectorate to bring the management of NNS in line with other biosecurity regimes. The Government funds strategic research, such as for biocontrol agents for a range of invasive non-native plants including a weevil which will eat floating pennywort, and fertility control of grey squirrels.</p><p> </p><p>We are also controlling and eradicating species through continuing to support the network of local action groups (LAGs) to facilitate strategic action at a local scale, making the most of the invaluable work that LAGs do. This includes a recently launched fund to support LAGs carrying out essential work over the next three years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency St Austell and Newquay answering member printed Steve Double grouped question UIN 32989 32990 question first answered 18/07/2022 11:38:13 answering member 4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1487652

registered interest
date	08/07/2022
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	Silk Stream Flood Resilience Innovation Project
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 publish the outline business case for the Silk Stream Flood Resilience Innovation Project.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	32945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>This document is owned by the London Borough of Barnet, not the Environment Agency. I would recommend that the Hon. Member direct his request for a copy to them.</p> answering member constituency St Austell and Newquay answering member printed Steve Double question first answered 18/07/2022 12:30:02 answering member 4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord