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1171294

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	Recycling
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 recycling rates were in (a) the City of York, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	4403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The ‘household waste’ recycling measure is available for individual local authorities and regions on a financial year basis.</p><p> </p><p>For the UK, the official harmonised recycling measure is the ‘waste from households’ recycling rate. Official reporting is on a calendar year basis. The measures are similar but not the same and are not directly comparable. ‘Waste from households’ is slightly narrower in the scope of waste it includes than ‘household waste’, and counts different materials towards recycling. A specific refinement to the ‘waste from households’ recycling rate introduced in 2017/18 was the inclusion of metal recovered and recycled from waste which has been through incineration (IBA metal).</p><p> </p><p>The ‘household waste’ recycling rate for York City Council, the Yorkshire and the Humber region and the UK official ‘waste from household’ recycling rates are summarised in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Recycling Rates</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>York City Council</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Yorkshire and the Humber</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>UK (excl. IBAm)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK (incl. IBAm)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong> ‘Household Waste’</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong> <em> </em>‘Waste from Households’</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>45.1%</p></td><td><p>39.5%</p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>40.4%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>46.4%</p></td><td><p>41.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>42.9%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>46.0%</p></td><td><p>43.3%</p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>43.9%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>43.6%</p></td><td><p>43.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>44.1%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>42.5%</p></td><td><p>43.6%</p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>44.9%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>42.8%</p></td><td><p>42.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>44.2%</p></td><td><p>44.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>42.5%</p></td><td><p>42.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>44.7%</p></td><td><p>45.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>44.9%</p></td><td><p>42.4%</p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>45.0%</p></td><td><p>45.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p>43.6%</p></td><td><p>42.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/01/2020 12:15:56 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1171487

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	Agricultural Products: Import Duties
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 she will publish a revised no-deal tariff schedule for agricultural products during a transition period after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	4329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>After the UK leaves the EU with on 31 January 2020, we will enter a temporary implementation period which will apply until the end of December 2020. The UK will continue to import goods tariff free from within the EU and will continue to apply the EU’s Common External Tariff to goods imported from outside the EU during this period.</p><p> </p><p>At the end of the implementation period the Government will introduce a long-term tariff regime. Further information on this will be provided on GOV.UK at the appropriate time.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/01/2020 12:33:34 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1170980

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
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	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, with reference to the Queen's Speech of December 2019 and background briefing notes, what plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals on recognising animals as sentient beings.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	3774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to bringing in new legislation on animal sentience. Any necessary changes required to domestic law will be made in a rigorous and comprehensive way after we leave the EU. Legislation will be brought forward when Parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/01/2020 16:59:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1170985

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Trade Unions
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 the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation affects the right of recognised unions in her Department to bargaining information as set out in Section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	3812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>GDPR has not affected the rights of unions in Defra to bargaining information provided under section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/01/2020 12:54:17 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1170986

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Pay
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 her Department complies with the requirement set out in section 3.1.8 of the Civil Service Management Code that time off with pay for safety representatives will not be set against facility time allowed under existing arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	3813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>Defra, as with other Government Departments, has an obligation to provide reasonable paid time off to recognised trade union representatives to undertake trade union duties. This includes paid time off for safety representatives as set out in section 3.1.8 of the Civil Service Management Code.</p><p>Defra Health and Safety representatives can use their paid facility time for the following TU duties (this list is not exhaustive):</p><ul><li>Representing employees in consultation and discussions with the employer on health, safety or welfare,</li><li>Investigating accidents, near misses and other potential hazards and dangerous occurrences in the workplace</li><li>Investigating a complaint made by an employee they represent about their health, safety or welfare in the workplace</li><li>Undertaking training relevant to the role of H&amp;S representative, beyond “Stage One”</li></ul><p>Defra makes the following provisions to enable Health and Safety Representatives to discharge their duties effectively, without using facility time.</p><ul><li>Undertaking “Stage One” Health and Safety training, as this course is recognised as providing good basic standard training and the department wants to ensure those carrying out Health and Safety functions are properly qualified</li><li>Carrying out inspections where they form part of an agreed joint program</li><li>Attending Joint Health and Safety Committee meetings</li></ul><p>In line with the legislative obligation, set out in the Trade Union Act (2016), information relating to facility time in Defra for relevant union officials is published annually, with facility time defined by that Act as including time off taken by a relevant union official that is permitted by the official’s employer, including where this arises under “Regulations made under Section 2(4) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974”.</p><p>The Government recognises there are significant benefits to both employers and employees when organisations and unions work together effectively to deliver high quality public services, but facility time within the public sector must be accountable and represent value for money.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/01/2020 12:40:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1171108

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
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	European Environment Agency
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 the Government plans to seek membership of or co-operator country status with the (a) European Environment Agency and (b) European Environment Information and Observation Network after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	3725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>Our future relationship with the EU is the subject of negotiations. The Government will consider our future working relationship with EU bodies as part of the discussions about our future partnership.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/01/2020 12:36:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1171129

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
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	Coal: Heating
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 she will make an assessment of the effects of a potential ban on house coal on former coalfield communities as part of the consultation on the cleaner domestic burning of solid fuels and wood; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	3709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>As we said when we consulted on our proposals, we want to ensure that our measures achieve environmental benefits but do not have an adverse impact on vulnerable groups. Our response to the consultation will reflect this approach, and we intend to publish this in the near future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/01/2020 12:25:31 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1171188

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
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	Food Supply
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they promote and develop (1) food security, and (2) self-sufficiency, in the production of UK food.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>Our landmark Agriculture Bill sets out a clear path for future policy to support farming and the environment which includes commitments to regularly review our food security.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Bill, we are including a new requirement for the UK Government to regularly report on food security to Parliament, demonstrating the importance we place on this subject. The report will contain information on the role of strong domestic production alongside diverse sources of supply. It will encompass a range of current issues relevant to food security including global food availability; supply of food sources; the resilience of the supply chain for food; household expenditure on food; food safety and consumer confidence in food.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has a high degree of food security, built on access to a range of different sources including strong domestic production and imports from other countries, demonstrated by the UK's current production to supply ratio of 75% for indigenous-type foods and 60% for all foods</p><p> </p><p>The National Food Strategy will cover the entire food chain from field to fork, building on work already underway in Defra.</p><p> </p><p>It will address the challenges of supporting people to eat healthy diets, producing food sustainably and protecting national food security, whilst also looking at related issues such as food price and trade.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 21/01/2020 13:10:42 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1170648

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
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	Floods: Rural Areas
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 she has in place to support rural communities affected by flooding where cost-benefit calculations make it more difficult to fund schemes as a result of the dispersed nature of properties.
tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
tabling member printed	Tom Tugendhat
uin	3245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is investing a record £2.6 billion from 2015-2021 to better protect 300,000 homes in England from flooding, and £1 billion to maintain existing defences. This will also attract over £600 million in additional contributions through partnership funding. In addition to homes better protected, this investment will also protect 700,000 acres of agricultural land that will help avoid more than £1.5 billion worth of direct economic damages to agricultural land, benefiting rural communities. Of the £2.6 billion Defra funding, approximately £650 million will be allocated to local authorities for their defence improvement projects.</p><p> </p><p>Government funding policy recognises where deprivation is highest through higher funding payments. This also can help benefit rural communities where there is economic disadvantage. We will continue to work with the Environment Agency and HM Treasury to consider future investment needs and Government’s role in supporting the resilience of communities.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/01/2020 12:51:34 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat

1170674

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
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	Forests: North of England
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 her Department has to support the Northern Forest initiative.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	3216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>As part of the 25 Year Environment Plan, we are providing £5.7 million to support the existing Northern Forest Partnership of the Community Forests and the Woodland Trust to accelerate and further develop the Northern Forest. Specifically, this kick-start investment is funding the planting of at least 1.8 million new trees across the Northern Forest by 2022.</p><p>We continue to work with the Northern Forest Partnership to identify, develop and implement delivery models to ensure new trees are planted in the places of greatest need and that these trees are well managed and maintained for current and future generations to enjoy and benefit from.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 20/01/2020 11:49:21 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis