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855630

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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: Apprentices
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 and what proportion of the staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	130937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>This Parliamentary Question has been answered factually for Core Defra only. As at 31 January 2018 the number of Apprentices employed in the department was 32 or 1% of the total payroll workforce.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/03/2018 13:20:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

855693

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Groceries Code Adjudicator
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 discussions his Department has had with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on extending the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator to cover indirect suppliers.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	130999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and officials from both departments worked closely on the Government response to the Call for Evidence on extending the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator. In our response, published on 16 February, we set out a range of measures to help farmers and small producers compete and thrive alongside larger businesses in the food supply chain.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/03/2018 13:19:54 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

853255

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
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: Internet
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 and what proportion of his Department’s cloud-hosting contracts have been awarded to (a) hyperscale cloud providers and (b) UK SMEs; and what the value of those contracts was in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
tabling member printed	James Gray
uin	130704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>a) Core Defra currently has two direct contracts with ‘public cloud-hosting’ providers:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Amazon Web Services (AWS) from January 2017</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Microsoft Azure from July 2017 via Defra’s Microsoft Enterprise Licence Agreement</li></ul><p> </p><p>The expenditure is as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>AWS - £35,561.96 (2017/2018)</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Microsoft Azure – Zero spend to date</li></ul><p> </p><p>b) None</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/03/2018 17:02:59 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray

853310

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
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	Government Departments: Food
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 Departments are compliant with (a) Government Buying Standards and (b) the balanced scorecard approach for the procurement of food and drink.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	130759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The balanced scorecard (BSC) approach becomes mandatory for central Government departments in July 2018. The procurement of food and catering services for central Government departments is currently measured via The Greening Government Commitment, which measures the actions that UK Government departments and their agencies will take to reduce their impacts on the environment in the period 2016 to 2020. The 2015/2016 annual report shows that 13 out of 22 Government departments are compliant with Government Buying Standards.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is currently working with Crown Commercial Services to implement a new quarterly evaluation system to measure the adoption of the BSC in Government departments. This will begin in summer 2018 after the BSC has been mandated by Crown Commercial Services in the Facilities Management Framework.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/03/2018 10:50:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

853311

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
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	Local Government: Food
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 information his Department holds on the number of local authorities which use (a) Government Buying Standards and (b) the balanced scorecard for the public procurement of food and drink.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	130760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold information regarding Government Buying Standards for Food or the Balanced Scorecard for wider public sector bodies with delegated funding.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/03/2018 10:54:41 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

853312

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
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	Local Government: Food
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 support local authorities to use the (a) Government Buying Standards and (b) balanced scorecards in the procurement of food and drink.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	130761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The Plan for Public Procurement of Food and Catering Services provides tools, including the balanced scorecard (BSC), to help contracting parties balance a range of criteria beneficial to the consumer, the environment and producers. Use of the toolkit is mandated for central Government and strongly encouraged for wider public sector bodies who have delegated funding from central Government. There is a range of activity going on to support local authorities to use the Government Buying Standards (GBS) and the BSC, with highlights as below:</p><p> </p><p>The Government Food Procurement Implementation Taskforce was formed on 7 December 2017. The Taskforce is a sector led body made up of trade bodies, procurers, food producers and processors, distributors, caterers and other interested parties. It has agreed to focus on driving up the use of the BSC and the GB Food Marketplace, which is a recently launched online service that includes a self-assessment questionnaire to help suppliers evaluate how they measure up against the GBS and the BSC. There are currently three Taskforce working groups looking at communications, measurement and analysis, and supply chain issues including opening up new ways to market for small and medium sized businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The School Food Plan, published in 2013, aims to significantly increase the number of children eating good food in schools. It sets standards for caterers to meet, meaning that pupils will have access to better quality, more nutritious food. Defra officials formed part of the implementation Project Board, providing advice on how Defra’s Food Marketplace could help school caterers source high quality, locally produced supplies.</p><p> </p><p>Bath and North East Somerset Council has implemented the BSC in their food procurement practices, and have set up a Dynamic Food Procurement National Advisory Board to provide a conduit for public sector bodies to increase the amount of local and fresh food that is procured. Defra is part of this group.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/03/2018 10:35:26 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

853313

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
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	Food: Public Sector
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 the Government will ensure support for British horticulture in the balanced scorecard approach for public procurement of food and drink.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	130762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The Plan for Public Procurement aims to open up the Government market to more small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and local producers by providing a level playing field on which UK producers, including horticultural businesses, can compete.</p><p> </p><p>The balanced scorecard (BSC) approach to food procurement encourages caterers and wholesalers to source products that open up the supply chain to SMEs, such as letting supply contracts in smaller lots. It also encourages businesses which supply locally sourced, seasonal produce. These measures will make it easier for horticultural growers to participate in contracts to supply food to central Government and other participating public sector bodies.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the GB Food Marketplace allows producers and suppliers to quickly certify themselves against the key BSC measurements, including healthy, local, seasonal food and SMEs. This helps ensure there is a consistent buying approach across the public sector that supports locally sourced, seasonal produce.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/03/2018 10:41:15 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

853314

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the letter of 25 January 2018 from the hon. Member for Leeds West on the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	130763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>I replied to the hon. Member for Leeds West on Friday 2 March. I apologise for the delay in replying.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 07/03/2018 15:47:17 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

852574

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
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	Electronic Training Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to Answer of 13 February 2018 to Question 126358 and the letter to the Secretary of State from the hon. Member for Edinburgh East, what his policy is on the sale of electronic shock collars.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	130571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>We have updated the statutory Code of Practice for the Welfare of Dogs (made under the Animal Welfare Act 2006), and strengthened the form of wording on the use of negative training methods. The draft code, which is currently before Parliament, makes it clear that any training method which includes physical punishment may cause pain, suffering and distress and could lead to aggressive responses and worsen the problems they aim to address.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 06/03/2018 13:22:20 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

852625

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
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	Hunting
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 reports his Department received of foxes killed by trail hunts by police force area in 2017.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	130621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>We have received no reports of foxes killed by trail hunts in 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/03/2018 17:56:58 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson