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1105157

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Fuels: Subsidies
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 the European Commission report entitled Energy prices and costs in Europe 2018, what assessment he has made of the implications for (a) his policies and (b) the Government's 25 Year Environment Plan of that report's conclusion that the UK offers the biggest fuel subsidies in the EU.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	237051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Energy and climate mitigation policy is covered by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. On the natural environment, Defra will report annually on progress towards meeting the goals set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan to leave the environment in a better state for the next generation. As part of this, these annual reports will consider how external factors could influence progress and what further action is required to meet these goals.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 01/04/2019 14:35:28 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1105161

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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: 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 steps are being taken to develop a systemic approach to safe management of agricultural animal waste.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	237053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the below information relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>There is already in place a systematic approach for the safe management of agricultural animal waste. Slurry and manure produced by farm animals and the associated controls are managed through zone designations and compliance regulations. The specific approach depends upon whether a farm falls within a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ), which cover 55% of England, or outside an NVZ, in which case pollution control regulation applies.</p><p> </p><p>Under NVZ rules operators are required to store their manures and slurries for up to 5 or 6 months depending on farm type, keep records and only spread manures and slurries at certain times of the year, whilst keeping the application rates within nutrient limits. Under current pollution control regulation, stores must be constructed to a required standard, meet necessary construction requirements and have a minimum capacity of 4 months’ storage. Spreading is regulated under the farming rules for water (FrFW) which set out how best to use manure and slurry to avoid pollution.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/04/2019 08:37:32 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1105164

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Dangerous Dogs
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 community protection notices were issued for dog attacks on cats in each of the last three years; and what plans his Department has to review the effectiveness of community protection notices in protecting cats from dog attacks.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	237055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Defra works closely with the National Police Chief’s Council and we will continue to discuss the ways in which dog attacks are recorded, including how attacks on other animals including cats are recorded.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2018 Defra commissioned research in collaboration with Middlesex University to look at responsible ownership of dogs. The research will consider different approaches and the effectiveness of current dog control measures, including the use of Community Protection Notices (CPNs), the data recorded in relation to dog attacks and make recommendations. The research will also seek to identify and examine the factors and situations that may cause dog attacks and how to promote responsible dog ownership.</p><p> </p><p>We expect to have an interim report at the beginning of September 2019 with a final report at the end of the year. We will consider the research findings before taking any decisions in relation to dog control measures.</p><p> </p><p>The detail on what CPNs were used for is not collected centrally but research[1] has shown that in a sample of 73 local authorities, the single biggest category for issuing a CPN (29%) to young persons was for animal related purposes and of those, most were dog related.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <em>Anti-social Behaviour Powers and Young Adults – The Data</em>, Helen Mills and Matt Ford, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, July 2018 <a href="https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/sites/crimeandjustice.org.uk/files/YASE%20briefing%201%2017-07-2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/sites/crimeandjustice.org.uk/files/YASE%20briefing%201%2017-07-2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 237054 question first answered 02/04/2019 09:29:12 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1105220

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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: Secondment
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 of his Department's arm's-length bodies have seconded staff to his Department (a) since June 2016, (b) in the last 12 months and (c) in the last month.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	237159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is contained in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ALBs from which Staff were Seconded to Defra </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>a) Since June 2016</p></td><td><p>Animal and Plant Health Agency; Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science; Environment Agency; Forestry Commission; Joint Nature Conservation Committee; Kew Gardens; Marine Management Organisation; Natural England; Rural Payment Agency; Veterinary Medicines Directorate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b) In the last 12 months</p></td><td><p>Animal and Plant Health Agency; Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science; Environment Agency; Forestry Commission; Kew Gardens; Marine Management Organisation; Natural England; Rural Payment Agency; Veterinary Medicines Directorate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>c) In the last month</p></td><td><p>Environment Agency; Forestry Commission</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 03/04/2019 10:41:07 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1105221

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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: Arms Length Bodies
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 staff of his Department's arm's-length bodies have been seconded to his Department (a) since June 2016, (b) in the 12 months and (c) in the last month.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	237160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is contained in the table below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>Date </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Number of Staff Seconded to Defra from the department’s ALBs </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Those Seconded from the department’s ALBs to Defra, and remain on Secondment at Present </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>a) </strong><strong>June 2016 </strong>– All secondments from Defra’s ALBs from June 2016 to date.</p></td><td><p>317</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>b) </strong><strong>Last 12 Months</strong> – Those whose secondments started between March 2018 and February 2019. These are included in the number above.</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>c) </strong><strong>February 2019 </strong>– Those whose secondments started in February 2019. These are included in both figures above.</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures in the second column ‘Total Number of Staff Seconded to Defra from the department’s ALBs’ are the number of staff who started with Defra on secondment from an ALB within the times specified. It includes staff whose secondments have come to an end and have since returned to their home organisation.</p><p> </p><p>The figures in the third column ‘Those Seconded from ALBs to Defra, and remain on Secondment at Present’ are the number of staff who are on secondment from an ALB, and continue to be on secondment to Defra. This number is counted in the total number of secondments.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 03/04/2019 10:37:05 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1105261

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Microplastics
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 the findings of the May 2018 report by the Institute for European Environmental Policy, what steps his Department is taking to tackle micro-plastic contamination on land; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	237064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Our priority is preventing plastic from entering the environment in the first place, be that the marine or terrestrial environment. The Resources and Waste Strategy, published in December last year, sets out our plans to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste. This encompasses all types of plastic, including microplastics, and we are already taking action.</p><p> </p><p>Last year we introduced one of the world’s strongest bans on microbeads in rinse-off personal care products. Microbeads, like other microplastics, do not biodegrade and therefore accumulate in the environment.</p><p> </p><p>To address the evidence gaps surrounding other sources of microplastics, we are funding research by the University of Plymouth into textiles and tyres which are estimated to be significant sources of microplastics in the environment.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Resources and Waste Strategy, Defra recognises the problems associated with plastic contamination in soil. We are working with the Waste and Resources Action Programme to explore how Government policy can address this issue, including by bringing industry and trade associations together through the Food Waste Recycling Action Plan to minimise plastic pollution in compost and digestate.</p><p> </p><p>The UK welcomes international collaboration on preventing and reducing plastic waste. The actions listed in the EU’s plastics strategy and its proposed Directive on reducing the impact of certain plastic products on the environment are broadly consistent with Government policy in this area. The UK supports this initiative and welcomes the EU in following our lead and recognising the importance of addressing plastic pollution. We will match or where economically practicable exceed the Directive’s ambition.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 01/04/2019 16:00:33 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1105264

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Horse Racing: Animal Welfare
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 he has made of the adequacy of the regulations governing the use of the whip in horse racing.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	237026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme, Paul Farrelly, on 14 February 2019, PQ 219332.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 02/04/2019 13:01:55 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1105266

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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: Nottinghamshire
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 bovine tuberculosis (a) new herd incidents and (b) officially free status withdrawn cases there were in the Nottingham-shire badger cull areas in each calendar year from 2010 to 2018.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	237182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2019 answer text <p>The requested data is not available as no licensed culling has taken place in Nottinghamshire in this period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 29/03/2019 12:10:46 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1105267

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Air Pollution: Nottinghamshire
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 his Department has made of the number of deaths that can be attributed to poor air quality in Nottinghamshire in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	237183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants estimates that the mortality burden of the air pollution mixture (based on both PM<sub>2.5 </sub>and NO<sub>2</sub>) in the UK is equivalent to 28,000 to 36,000 deaths per year. Mortality burden is a statistical way of assessing the impact of diseases and pollution. Deaths of individuals are not attributed directly to air quality. The equivalent figures at a more localised level are not available.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England has, however, estimated the fraction of adult mortality attributable to long-term exposure to particulate air pollution at local authority level in the Public Health Outcomes Framework, available to view and search online at: <a href="https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/public-health-outcomes-framework" target="_blank">https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/public-health-outcomes-framework</a>.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 03/04/2019 09:50:58 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1105366

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Rural Areas: Community Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to strengthen rural communities.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL14829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>This Government wants thriving rural areas with strong and sustainable economies and vibrant communities, and for those living and working in rural areas to have the same opportunities as those in towns and cities.</p><p> </p><p>Our rural communities already have many strengths. Employment in rural areas is higher than the UK average, and unemployment lower. Well-being is higher. The Government has, however, taken steps to address the challenges faced by rural communities.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the importance of fast and reliable broadband and mobile connectivity in rural areas. Superfast broadband is now available to over 96% of UK premises and is expected to reach around 97% over the next few years. The Universal Service Obligation will ensure universal broadband coverage of at least 10Mbps by 2020. The Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review published in July last year proposed an ‘outside in’ approach to delivery of full fibre which will ensure that the final 10% of premises across the UK, mostly in rural areas, are not left behind.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport has funded 37 pilot “Total Transport” schemes to improve rural transport and supported community transport operators by providing £25 million of funding through the Community Minibus Fund for over 400 new vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>Rural businesses can qualify for rate relief if they are in an area with a population below 3,000, and if they are either the only village shop with a rateable value of up to £8,500, or the only public house or petrol station with a rateable value of up to £12,500.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2017, the Government announced £370 million of funding (from April 2018 to March 2021) to secure the future of the UK’s Post Office network. Of that funding, £160 million is helping to protect the “last shop in the village” community branches and to ensure everyone continues to have access to their local branch.</p><p> </p><p>On healthcare, the Government has extended the Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme which provides a £20,000 salary supplement for newly qualified GPs who take up offers to work in hard to recruit areas. In 2018, 265 places were funded and a further 276 locations have been identified for posts commencing in August 2019. The Pharmacy Access Scheme is safeguarding a baseline level of patient access to a bricks and mortar pharmacy, protecting rural pharmacies and this vital service for rural communities.</p><p> </p><p>Defra will soon be launching a £3 million grant fund to help improve village halls, making them more accessible and useful to the communities they serve and helping to alleviate issues such as isolation and loneliness. Linked to this Defra has set up a rural loneliness forum and is encouraging the Defra-funded network of rural community councils to focus on actions to tackle loneliness as part of the Government’s Loneliness Strategy.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 03/04/2019 14:44:18 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno