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515819

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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	Rabbits: Diseases
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 recent trends in the prevalence of myxomatosis in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	35551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>Myxomatosis is not a notifiable disease. As such the Government has not made an assessment of its incidence recently.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 04/05/2016 10:32:49 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

515820

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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	Deer Act 1991: Prosecutions
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 people were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under the Deer Act 1991 in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	35643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling wildlife crime. The UK National Wildlife Crime Unit, which is part-funded by Defra, monitors and gathers intelligence on illegal activities, including those relating to badger persecution and poaching, which are UK wildlife crime priorities. The Unit also provides assistance to police forces when required.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data for 2015, including those for the offences listed above, are planned for publication by the Ministry of Justice in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 35636 35637 question first answered 03/05/2016 10:40:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

515821

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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	Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996
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 people were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under the Wild Animals (Protection) Act 1996 in each police force area in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	35637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling wildlife crime. The UK National Wildlife Crime Unit, which is part-funded by Defra, monitors and gathers intelligence on illegal activities, including those relating to badger persecution and poaching, which are UK wildlife crime priorities. The Unit also provides assistance to police forces when required.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data for 2015, including those for the offences listed above, are planned for publication by the Ministry of Justice in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 35636 35643 question first answered 03/05/2016 10:40:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

515822

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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	Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
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 assess the merits of introducing a deposit return system for single-use drinks containers in England.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	35646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Birmingham Hall Green, Roger Godsiff, on 11 April 2016, PQ UIN32607.</p><p> </p><p>Defra analysed the costs and benefits of implementing a deposit return system (DRS) for single use drink containers as part of the 2011 Review of Waste Policy in England, and sought views in the 2012 consultation on higher packaging recycling targets.</p><p> </p><p>This work showed that introducing a DRS may increase recycling and reduce litter but might impose additional costs on businesses, consumers and local authorities (which would lose revenue from recycling). However, we lack evidence to quantify these benefits and costs appropriately. The current approach has driven a significant increase in packaging waste recycling rates, from less than 47% in 2003 to nearly 65% in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, the Scottish Government published a feasibility study and a call for evidence investigating the implementation of a DRS for single use drink containers in Scotland. This valuable work highlighted significant uncertainties regarding the impacts and benefits that a DRS would have, notably regarding costs, environmental quality and littering, and existing waste collection systems. The Scottish Government is doing further work on the topic and we will review any new evidence arising from this in due course. However, in the meantime, we will continue to focus on improving existing waste collection and recycling systems, and developing a new National Litter Strategy for England to help coordinate and maximise the impact of anti-litter activity by local government, industry and others.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/05/2016 10:47:45 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

515823

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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: Antibiotics
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 it her policy to ban the routine preventive use of antibiotics in farming.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	35647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>The legislation that controls veterinary medicines and medicated feed within the EU is currently under revision. The new proposed frameworks set out additional controls on antibiotics, including a ban on the routine preventative use of antibiotics, which the government supports.</p><p> </p><p>Negotiations on the frameworks are expected to continue until late 2017. There are no plans to revise or amend the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013 significantly until the review of the EU legislation has been completed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 29/04/2016 13:03:56 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

515824

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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	Hunting Act 2004: Prosecutions
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 people were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under the Hunting Act 2004 in each police force area in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	35640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Foyle, Mark Durkan, on 23 June 2015, PQ3270.</p><p> </p><p>2014 figures for the number of persons proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts for offences under the Hunting Act 2004 are set out, by police force area in England and Wales, in table 1.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Table 1: Number of persons proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts for offences under the Hunting Act 2004 <sup>(1)</sup>, by police force area, England and Wales, 2014<sup>(2)(3)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Police force area</p></td><td><p>Proceeded against</p></td><td><p>Found guilty</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avon and Somerset</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Metropolitan Police</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England and Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>64</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(1) Includes Section 1,3(1)(2), 5(1)(a)(b)(c)(d), 5 (2)(a)(b)(c) and 6 of Hunting Act 2004.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are no figures available for 2015.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 35644 question first answered 03/05/2016 13:03:31 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

515825

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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	Hunting Act 2004: Prosecutions
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 people were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under the Hunting Act 2004 in each police force area in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	35644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Foyle, Mark Durkan, on 23 June 2015, PQ3270.</p><p> </p><p>2014 figures for the number of persons proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts for offences under the Hunting Act 2004 are set out, by police force area in England and Wales, in table 1.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Table 1: Number of persons proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts for offences under the Hunting Act 2004 <sup>(1)</sup>, by police force area, England and Wales, 2014<sup>(2)(3)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Police force area</p></td><td><p>Proceeded against</p></td><td><p>Found guilty</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avon and Somerset</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Metropolitan Police</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England and Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>64</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(1) Includes Section 1,3(1)(2), 5(1)(a)(b)(c)(d), 5 (2)(a)(b)(c) and 6 of Hunting Act 2004.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are no figures available for 2015.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 35640 question first answered 03/05/2016 13:03:31 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

515826

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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	Protection of Badgers Act 1992: Prosecutions
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 people were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	35636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling wildlife crime. The UK National Wildlife Crime Unit, which is part-funded by Defra, monitors and gathers intelligence on illegal activities, including those relating to badger persecution and poaching, which are UK wildlife crime priorities. The Unit also provides assistance to police forces when required.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data for 2015, including those for the offences listed above, are planned for publication by the Ministry of Justice in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 35637 35643 question first answered 03/05/2016 10:40:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

515827

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
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 discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on assessing the effect on air quality and levels of emissions from motor vehicles of data published by Emissions Analytics and the Department for Transport on the level of emissions from new diesel cars.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	35684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>Tackling air quality is a priority for this Government and we are committed to meeting air quality limits for nitrogen dioxide in the shortest possible time. Defra and the Department for Transport work closely together at all levels to embed air quality considerations in the development of transport policy and delivery, including in relation to vehicle emissions. The inter-Ministerial group on Clean Growth meets as and when required and its members include Ministers and officials from the relevant departments, including Defra and the Department for Transport.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s comprehensive National Air Quality Plan (www.gov.uk/government/publications/air-quality-in-the-uk-plan-to-reduce-nitrogen-dioxide-emissions), published in December last year, is based on the best available evidence and uses the latest COPERT (Computer Programme to Calculate Emissions from Road Transport) (4v11) factors to calculate emissions from diesel cars.</p><p> </p><p>In May, the Government will present the results of its vehicle testing programme (www.gov.uk/government/publications/vehicle-emissions-testing-programme-conclusions) to European Research for Mobile Emission Sources (ERMES), the body responsible for collating vehicle emission data, to inform its updated emissions factors later this year. This will ensure that EU-wide emission factors more accurately reflect the difference between real world driving and laboratory test conditions.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 04/05/2016 16:54:10 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

515828

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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: 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, whether the Rural Payments Agency is expected to resolve post-payment adjustments for the 2015 Basic Payments Scheme before September 2016; and if all outstanding cases will receive interest on their payments.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	35675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>Any farmer who has received a 2015 Basic Payment Scheme claim statement and noticed a difference from what they were expecting is advised to contact the Rural Payments Agency (RPA).</p><p> </p><p>The RPA will investigate these differences over the summer and will make the appropriate adjustments where necessary. However, there is no legal provision to pay interest on outstanding amounts.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/05/2016 07:53:30 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith