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518405

registered interest
date	10/05/2016
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 assessment her Department has made of the comparative particulate pollution created by (a) diesel and (b) electric cars.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	36949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The UK’s main air quality concerns relate to ambient concentrations of nitrogen dioxide, in particular close to busy roads, with diesel vehicles being the major source. Electric vehicles have zero exhaust emissions and offer a clear benefit in tackling this ongoing air quality challenge.</p><p> </p><p>On pollution from particulate matter, evidence is limited. Recent research suggests that battery electric vehicles have similar total emissions of particulate matter to petrol and diesel vehicles, due to their higher mass causing increased non-exhaust particulate matter. The UK Automotive Council has identified vehicle lightweighting as a strategic technology priority, and recent Government research and development funding of £38 million will support a number of projects in this area.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/05/2016 10:46:48 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

518406

registered interest
date	10/05/2016
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	Food: Procurement
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 assessment she has made of the potential effect on British farming of the Plan for Public Procurement, published in July 2014.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	36943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Total spend on public sector food and catering services is around £2.4 billion. The Plan for Public Procurement launched a new approach to the way the Government and its catering providers buy food. It provides a transparent set of criteria that allow contracting parties to reach agreement about the quality and value of products and services. British farmers are well placed to meet these standards and to compete for a further £400 million of business that the Plan opens up.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/05/2016 11:33:12 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

518407

registered interest
date	10/05/2016
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	Pollinators
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 she has made of the financial value of pollinators to the economy; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	36981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply previously given on 18 January 2016, PQ UIN 22302.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/05/2016 11:30:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

518408

registered interest
date	10/05/2016
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	Neonicotinoids
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 she has made of the total (a) cost of monitoring and (b) number of full-time equivalent officials of her Department supporting the emergency authorisation period for neonicotinoid pesticides which expired on 20 November 2015.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	36980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Defra has not made any such estimates.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/05/2016 11:31:04 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

518216

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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	Bovine Tuberculosis
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 applications to cull badgers are under consideration by her Department; and to which areas those applications relate.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	36854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Natural England has received 29 applications or expressions of interest for a badger control licence in areas where the disease is rife, primarily in South West England.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/05/2016 14:56:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

518217

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Hotels
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 she has made of the cost to the public purse of hotel bookings her Department made for its (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	36795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Core Defra uses a single provider for all travel and hotel bookings. Provision of this service began in May 2012. Information relating to hotel bookings made prior to that date, through a different provider, is not available.</p><p> </p><p>This table sets out spend on hotels in financial years 2012-13 (from May 2012 onwards) to 2015-16:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong> <strong>(£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong> <strong>(£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong> <strong>(£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong> <strong>(£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ministers </strong></p></td><td><p>1,530</p></td><td><p>2,461</p></td><td><p>3,157</p></td><td><p>1,139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Special Advisers</strong></p></td><td><p>2,952</p></td><td><p>1,598</p></td><td><p>2,066</p></td><td><p>563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Officials</strong></p></td><td><p>425,676</p></td><td><p>665,583</p></td><td><p>743,896</p></td><td><p>472,544</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/05/2016 12:56:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

518218

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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	Bees: Neonicotinoids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what means she will assess the risk to bee populations when considering emergency applications for the use of neonicotinoid pesticides on crops.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	36882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Emergency authorisation is a procedure set out in law which allows for the authorisation of a pesticide product for a period not exceeding 120 days, for “limited and controlled use, where such a measure appears necessary because of a danger which cannot be contained by any other reasonable means”.</p><p>All applications for emergency authorisation in the UK, including those for neonicotinoids, are decided according to these criteria following an expert assessment of the scientific data.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/05/2016 11:35:53 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

518219

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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	Petrol Alternatives
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 has reviewed the Alternative Fuels Framework as part of its consultation on its National Air Quality Plan.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Gary Streeter
uin	36928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The national air quality plan for nitrogen dioxide that we published in December last year sets out a comprehensive approach to improving air quality and reducing health impacts. It recognises that the use of alternative fuels such as liquefied petroleum gas and liquefied and compressed natural gas, where appropriate, presents opportunities to improve emissions from vehicles. The plan sets out some of the measures we are taking to support innovation in this area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to review evidence concerning the environmental impact of alternative fuels. Any changes to the tax treatment of alternative fuels are announced at fiscal events.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/05/2016 10:43:48 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

517940

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
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	Ragwort
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 has withdrawn the Code of Practice on how to prevent the spread of ragwort; and what plans she has to consult with stakeholders and bring forward regulations under the Ragwort Control Act 2003.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	36740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The Code of Practice on How to Prevent the Spread of Ragwort is not being withdrawn. The Code will remain available on the GOV.UK website and all interested parties will be consulted if any changes are made in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/05/2016 16:01:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

517812

registered interest
date	05/05/2016
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	Food: Waste
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 require supermarkets to donate food to food banks and other charities.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	36683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>I am replying as the Minister with responsibility for food waste.</p><p> </p><p>The Government welcomes the redistribution of good quality surplus food to charities that can make sure it goes to people rather than going to waste.</p><p> </p><p>Based on our experience, a simple law or requirement obliging supermarkets to donate food would not fix the barriers to redistribution. We need to look at the bigger picture. Less than 10% of food wasted in the supply chain is from supermarkets, so we need the whole chain to work together.</p><p> </p><p>Facilitated and supported by government, all major retailers now have arrangements in place to redistribute surplus food. Action taken by retailers to redistribute surplus food includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Morrisons have announced that, from January 2016, any unsold safe food will go to redistribution organisations</li><li>Tesco are making use of an app which links supermarkets with redistribution organisations</li><li>Asda are working with FareShare to redistribute food</li></ul><p> </p><p>Signatories to the voluntary Courtauld Commitment with industry have reported a 74% increase between 2012 and end 2014, and we expect it to increase further.</p><p> </p><p>We want to achieve more. Last year, the Secretary of State held a meeting with industry and redistribution organisations to take stock of progress on food redistribution. Outcomes from this include the recent publication of a Redistribution Framework to help facilitate closer working between potential donors and recipients of food surpluses. Research has been commissioned by WRAP to identify where and why waste and surpluses occur in the supply chain to inform further action to increase waste prevention and redistribution.</p><p>Following the success of earlier agreements, WRAP launched The Courtauld Commitment 2025 in March. This is an ambitious new agreement that takes a whole food supply chain approach, and will build on the progress we have already made to prevent waste, including through the redistribution of surplus food.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/05/2016 15:35:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed