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1240702

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
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	Pesticides: Regulation
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 progress the Health and Safety Executive has made in their review of regulations on the use of pesticides by voluntary conservation groups for environmental conservation purposes.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	99604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>Pesticides regulations do not prohibit voluntary conservation groups from using glyphosate and other pesticides in environmental conservation work. Volunteers may use products that are authorised for amateur use; they may also use products that are authorised for professional use providing they are trained and hold a recognised certificate in the application of pesticides. Untrained conservation volunteers may apply pesticides that are authorised for professional use but only if they are under the supervision of a trained certificated user and are working towards gaining a recognised certificate in the application of pesticides.</p><p> </p><p>At the request of Defra, the Health and Safety Executive reviewed this aspect of the pesticide regulations and the options identified are being considered.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 99605 question first answered 13/10/2020 12:54:15 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1240703

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
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	Glyphosate
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 his Department has made of the potential effect on the natural environment in the event that voluntary conservation groups are prohibited from using glyphosate in environmental conservation work.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	99605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>Pesticides regulations do not prohibit voluntary conservation groups from using glyphosate and other pesticides in environmental conservation work. Volunteers may use products that are authorised for amateur use; they may also use products that are authorised for professional use providing they are trained and hold a recognised certificate in the application of pesticides. Untrained conservation volunteers may apply pesticides that are authorised for professional use but only if they are under the supervision of a trained certificated user and are working towards gaining a recognised certificate in the application of pesticides.</p><p> </p><p>At the request of Defra, the Health and Safety Executive reviewed this aspect of the pesticide regulations and the options identified are being considered.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 99604 question first answered 13/10/2020 12:54:15 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1240773

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
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	Rivers: Pollution
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 his Department's budget is for tackling river pollution; and on what his Department plans to spend that budget.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	99759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>A number of funded programmes across Defra deliver multiple environmental benefits. For example, from the start of 2014/15 to the end of 2021/22, we will have spent around £3bn on agri-environment schemes under the Rural Development Programme for England. These schemes help farmers deliver multiple and joint benefits for water, air, biodiversity, flood prevention and more. While some of this is directly targeted at water quality, the wider spend has broader, cross cutting benefits some of which will help to improve water quality, which cannot be simply disaggregated. There, is therefore, no single budgetary figure that can capture all the work done across the Department to tackle river and water pollution.</p><p> </p><p>Of programmes specifically aimed at water management the Water Environment Improvement Fund, with a resources budget of £6.5 million and a capital fund of £10 million in 2020/21, supports local catchment schemes tackling river and other water pollution. A resource budget of £2.86 million and capital budget of £4 million is available for the Water and Abandoned Metal Mines scheme, which funds measures to prevent water from disused mines, polluted with harmful metals such as lead and zinc, entering surface and groundwater.</p><p> </p><p>Tackling river and other water pollution is supported by considerable water company investment in environmental improvements, under their statutory obligations. In the Price Review period 2020-25, investment has been scaled up to £4.6 billion.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 14/10/2020 10:31:23 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1240866

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
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: 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 has taken to ensure that UK food standards are maintained at their current level after the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Ed Davey
uin	99513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that in all trade negotiations we will not compromise on our high environmental protection, animal welfare and food standards.</p><p> </p><p>Legal protections for our standards will remain in place after the end of the transition period. The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 retains our standards on environmental protection, animal welfare, animal and plant health and food safety. This provides a firm basis for maintaining the same high level of protection for both domestic and imported products.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 13/10/2020 12:44:16 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1240102

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
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	Rivers
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 he is taking to improve the quality of water in rivers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	98969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Stockport on 1 October 2020, PQ UIN 94575.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-23/94575" target="_blank">[questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-23/94575</a>]</p><p> </p><p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 13/10/2020 15:08:17 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1240232

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
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	Hedgehogs: Conservation
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 he has made of the potential merits of moving hedgehogs to schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to allow them greater protection.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	98926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) has recently commenced the seventh Quinquennial Review of schedules 5 and 8 (protected species) to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The JNCC will, late next year, make evidence-based recommendations to the Secretary of State as to which species warrant additional legal protections to secure their future conservation. It is not possible, at this time, to confirm which species, including hedgehogs, may be included in these proposals.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 08/10/2020 14:12:05 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1240299

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
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: Private Finance Initiative
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 live PFI contracts his Department has; and for each of those contracts (a) what service is provided, (b) when the contract became live, (c) what the remaining term of the contract is and (d) what the annual repayments are.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	99031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>Defra group Property has one commercial letting structured as a PFI contract: Eastbrook, Cambridge.</p><p> </p><p>Responding in the order raised for the Eastbrook contract:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Full accommodation supply</li><li>Commenced 12/05/2003</li><li>Expires 22/04/2033</li><li>FY 2020 / 2021 repayment - £1,809,404.55</li></ol> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 12/10/2020 10:18:01 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1240326

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
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	Air Pollution: Erith and Thamesmead
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 his Department has made of trends in the level of nitrogen dioxide in the air in Erith and Thamesmead constituency.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	99149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>The Mayor of London is responsible for air quality in the capital and has reserve powers under Part IV of the Environment Act 1995 to reflect this.</p><p> </p><p>As part of these responsibilities the Mayor of London carries out monitoring of air quality in London, and this is likely to include an assessment of nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) levels in Erith and Thamesmead.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent national compliance assessment for NO<sub>2 </sub>shows that all road links in Erith and Thamesmead that are included in the assessment were below the annual mean limit value for NO<sub>2 </sub>of 40 µg/m³ in 2019, with the highest concentration recorded at 37.6 µg/m³ on the A2016. The full data is available online at <a href="https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/data/gis-mapping/" target="_blank">https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/data/gis-mapping/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is compliant with our air quality obligations for all pollutants with the exception of NO<sub>2</sub> concentrations at roadside locations, and we have put in place a £3.8 billion plan to tackle this issue. More widely, the Government’s Clean Air Strategy sets out an ambitious programme of action to reduce air pollution from a wide range of sources. Our Environment Bill delivers key parts of this strategy and makes a clear commitment to set a legally binding target to reduce fine particulate matter and enables local authorities to take more effective action to tackle air pollution in their areas.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 08/10/2020 14:15:50 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1240327

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
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	Air Pollution
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 that the UK meets its targets on air quality.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	99150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>The UK meets all legal air quality obligations, except for nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) concentration limit values at the roadside, and the latest UK compliance data in 2019 shows an improvement since 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published the UK plan for tackling roadside NO<sub>2 </sub>concentrations in July 2017, followed by a supplement in October 2018. The plan and supplement set out how the Government will achieve compliance with legal limits for NO<sub>2</sub> in the shortest possible time, supported by a £3.8 billion investment into air quality and cleaner transport.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2019, the Government also published a comprehensive Clean Air Strategy, which aims to cut air pollution across all sectors and sits alongside the 2017 plan. This strategy sets out the comprehensive action required across all areas of government and society to reduce air pollution and meet our ambitious air pollutant emission targets for 2020 and 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Bill delivers key parts of the Clean Air Strategy and will enable and drive more effective action to improve air quality.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 08/10/2020 14:19:12 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1240328

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
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: Coronavirus
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 he has taken ensure that people on the covid-19 shielded patient list who were not registered for free food parcels by 1 August 2020 can continue to have priority access to supermarket home deliveries.
tabling member constituency	Bradford West
tabling member printed	Naz Shah
uin	98998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government has successfully secured the agreement of supermarkets to continue to provide support to the clinically extremely vulnerable.</p><p> </p><p>Supermarkets continue to provide support to their vulnerable customers through offers such as priority access to delivery slots, in-store shopping assistance, and home delivery of food boxes which can be purchased over the phone for customers without internet access.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, there are a number of options available for individuals who identify as vulnerable and want help accessing food. Vulnerable individuals can contact their local authority, or one of Defra’s charity partners (AgeUK, Scope or RNIB), to be referred for the Priority Food Delivery Scheme. Through this scheme, vulnerable individuals or their carers can shop online with priority access to Tesco or Iceland delivery slots.</p><p> </p><p>Vulnerable individuals can also request help from an NHS volunteer responder in gaining access to food, prescriptions and other essential items by calling the phone line or visiting the Royal Voluntary Service website.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 12/10/2020 12:28:54 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah