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1105781

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
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	Water: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to tackle water scarcity.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	910087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises continued action is required, and it is committed to a ‘twin track approach’ of managing water demand, including leakage reduction, and increasing supply, in parallel. The Government’s National Policy Statement for water resources infrastructure, currently undergoing parliamentary scrutiny, will streamline the planning permission process. The Government will also be launching a call for evidence on an ambitious target for per capita consumption in May.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 28/03/2019 17:58:24 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1019865

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
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	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 information his Department holds on the proportion of recyclable material collected by each local authority responsible for waste collection which is (a) recycled and (b) sent (i) to landfill, (ii) for incineration and (iii) for other non-recycling disposal.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	198855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Data on the weight of recycling collected and the subsequent processing of such material is reported by local authorities via the WasteDataFlow website: <a href="http://www.wastedataflow.org/home.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.wastedataflow.org/home.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra does not routinely generate or publish figures at local authority level on the proportions of waste specifically collected for recycling that is not reused or reprocessed. However, detailed data on the end destination of wastes at a local authority level is publicly available and can be downloaded from the WasteDataFlow website.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra publishes several datasets on local authority waste. The dataset “Local authority collected waste generation from April 2000 to March 2017 (England and regions) and local authority data April 2016 to March 2017)” found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env18-local-authority-collected-waste-annual-results-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env18-local-authority-collected-waste-annual-results-tables</a>, contains the closest measure to those required by this question. This is “Local authority collected - estimated rejects” found in Table 1<sup>(a)</sup>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This is the estimated tonnage of all rejects from all waste streams at local authority level. This includes both waste specifically collected for recycling and materials separated from the residual waste stream but which are then subsequently rejected.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The dataset does not contain estimates of how these rejects were disposed of.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, analysis undertaken earlier this year on detailed data at the national (England) level estimated that around 1.3% of the 11.1 million tonnes of waste collected for recycling in 2016/17 ended up in landfill <sup>(b)</sup>. The 1.3% is calculated using the weight of material sent directly and indirectly to landfill and includes the weight of ash from rejected materials sent for incineration.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 11/12/2018 16:07:23 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

862120

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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	Environment Agency: Staff
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 were employed by the Environment Agency (a) directly, (b) on a contracted basis and (c) on a subcontracted basis in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	132539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of staff employed by the Environment Agency (a) directly and (b) on a contracted basis at 31 March in each of the last eight years. Numbers of subcontracted staff are not recorded centrally.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong> <strong>(April – March)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(a) Directly</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>(b) Contracted Basis</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Employees</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Environment Agency Staff</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contractors</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>11,690</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>12,042</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>11,471</p></td><td><p>554</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>12,167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>12,295</p></td><td><p>542</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>13,078</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>10,758</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>11,102 <sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>10,248</p></td><td><p>357</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>10,763</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>10,249</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td><p>10,938</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>10,706</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>639</p></td><td><p>11,535 <sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>10,019</p></td><td><p>231</p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>10,586 <sup>3</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Creation of Natural Resources Wales, 1 April 2013.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2 </sup>Digital, Data and Technology Services requirement increased resulting in higher use of contractors. Recruitment into Flood and Coastal Risk Management following winter 2015/16 flooding and receipt of additional funding.</p><p><sup> </sup></p><p><sup>3 </sup>Transfer of Corporate Services staff (including IT contractors) out of Environment Agency into Defra group.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 22/03/2018 10:42:04 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

862121

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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	Water: Testing
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 water quality tests the Environment Agency carried out in 2017 compared with the previous seven years.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	132540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Water quality in England has been improving significantly over recent decades: we have the cleanest bathing waters since records began, serious pollution incidents are steadily declining and rivers that were biologically dead are reviving.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017 the Environment Agency (EA) collected 95,202 water samples and tested them for a total of 1,745,242 individual measures of water quality. The table below shows the numbers of samples and tests for the previous seven years.</p><p> </p><p>In this period monitoring activity peaked in 2013 due to extensive water quality investigations required for the first cycle of the Water Framework Directive which informed River Basin Management Plans published in 2015. Since then the EA has refined its monitoring programmes to make them even more targeted, risk based and efficient. For example, the EA has been able to deliver a 20% reduction in monitoring for the bathing water directive as a result of the improvements in water quality secured in recent years and better scientific understanding of quality at each bathing water. Similar approaches are being applied to other monitoring programmes so that the EA can focus its monitoring activity where it is needed to drive improvements and effectively manage pressures on the water environment.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of water samples</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of tests for individual measures of water quality</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>131,838</p></td><td><p>2,510,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>137,340</p></td><td><p>2,579,323</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>155,394</p></td><td><p>2,670,028</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>159,964</p></td><td><p>2,755,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>135,392</p></td><td><p>2,262,788</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>122,576</p></td><td><p>2,156,176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>112,224</p></td><td><p>2,020,475</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 22/03/2018 17:54:34 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

810268

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	Water: Standards
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 ensure (a) the retention of high water standards in the UK and (b) international cooperation in water regulation in the event that the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	120734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>We have a strong track record on protecting our water environment. We have improved more than 5,300 miles of rivers since 2010. The water environment is in the healthiest state for 25 years with otters, salmon, sea trout and other wildlife returning to many rivers for the first time since the industrial revolution.</p><p> </p><p>The EU Withdrawal Bill will ensure that the whole body of existing EU environmental law continues to have effect in UK law and that the same protections for the water environment are in place. The Bill will preserve the laws that have transposed EU directives, including the Water Framework Directive, the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, and the Drinking Water Directive.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed to enhancing environmental standards as we leave the EU. We will consult on a new independent, statutory body to hold government to account and enforce standards for environmental protection.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to internationally recognised environmental principles and cooperation on water quality. The UK is a party in its own right to a number of multilateral agreements on water. These include the 1971 Ramsar Convention on the Conservation and Protection of Wetlands, the 1997 Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses, and UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 on clean water and sanitation. We will continue to uphold our international obligations under these agreements.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 08/01/2018 13:48:46 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

797408

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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	Sugar Beet: 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, with reference to his announcement of 9 November 2017 on exploring alternatives to neonicotinoids, what plans his Department has to encourage and support (a) better pest and disease forecasting, (b) disease resistant crop varieties, (c) agronomic methods such as companion cropping and maximising the control provided by natural predators and (d) other non-chemical techniques to help sugar beet farmers control aphids.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	116371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>There is a range of available options to deal with the threat of pests to crops; these include the use of alternative insecticides, integrated pest management, and changing cropping practices and planting times. It is for individual farm businesses and their agronomists to take the decision on what is most appropriate for them.</p><p> </p><p>Defra supports research into integrated pest management and developing new and more pest resistant crop varieties, including funding for Crop Genetic Improvement Networks for major UK crops. These research networks focus on breeding to improve resource efficiency, sustainability, and resistance to pests and diseases, in order to reduce reliance on chemical inputs to agriculture.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has also announced a £300,000 investment over three years in a new project on sustainable crop production which will include research on integrated pest management.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 06/12/2017 11:46:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

776112

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
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	Waste Management: EU Action
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 new EU waste and recycling legislation being negotiated at EU level will apply in the UK given the deadline for transposing that legislation falling after the UK plans to leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	109018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK will continue to have all of the rights, obligations and benefits that membership brings, up until the point we leave the EU. Where transposition deadlines fall after the UK has left the EU, the outcome will depend on UK-EU negotiations.</p><p>We want to be the first generation to leave the environment of England in a better state than we inherited it. We remain committed to making the most of our resources, to reducing waste and to increasing reuse and recycling.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 31/10/2017 14:59:58 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

768062

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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	National Institute of Agricultural Botany
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 representations his Department has received on support for the National Institute of Agricultural Botany after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	106908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Leaving the EU presents a major opportunity for UK agriculture. We are working towards achieving the best possible deal for the UK agricultural industry and we want to ensure a deep and lasting agreement with the European Union. I met NIAB EMR, part of the NIAB group, in July of this year and Defra has received a number of representations concerning NIAB and the impact of leaving the EU, from breeders’ organisations and from Members of Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 19/10/2017 13:23:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

765706

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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	Community Plant Variety Office: National Institute of Agricultural Botany
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 talks he has had with the EU Commission to ensure that the Community Plant Variety Office continues commissioning variety testing contracts to the National Institute of Agricultural Botany after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	106328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>The issue of the CPVO and their commissioning was discussed with the Commission on 26 September. Future arrangements for plant variety testing will be subject to negotiation with the EU.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/10/2017 09:17:33 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

598233

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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
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 her Department will commission research into the economic, social and environmental contributions of small farms in England to inform policy and funding of this sector once the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	47830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>As part of our commitment to evidence-based policy making, we regularly collect and analyse data on all farm types – including small farms and organic enterprises. We will continue to develop our evidence base to inform policy development, and are committed to working with the industry to ensure a vibrant and productive future for all agricultural sectors outside of the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 47778 question first answered 19/10/2016 11:01:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner