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1383024

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
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	Farming Investment Fund: West Dorset
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 he has made of the number of farmers who will benefit from the Farming Investment Fund in West Dorset.
tabling member constituency	West Dorset
tabling member printed	Chris Loder
uin	83484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>The Farming Investment Fund is not geographically targeted. I would encourage farmers, growers, foresters and contractors in all areas, including those in West Dorset, to consider what equipment, technology and infrastructure would most improve their business and to take this opportunity to invest to help their businesses to prosper.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 06/12/2021 15:07:58 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder

1356340

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
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	Slaughterhouses
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 he will commission the Foods Standards Agency to undertake a survey on methods of slaughter earlier than 2022 as planned.
tabling member constituency	West Dorset
tabling member printed	Chris Loder
uin	50764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2021 answer text <p>Defra has been working with the Food Standards Agency on the design of a slaughter survey to take place in February 2022. The timing of the survey has been carefully selected to represent a typical week for the meat processing industry, avoiding religious festivals, and for consistency with the previous survey.</p><p>This timescale also reflects the intention to build bespoke data collection and analysis software to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the survey. It is our plan to collect data on a more regular basis in future and the new software will enable us to do this.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 24/09/2021 14:19:13 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder

1353438

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
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	Slaughterhouses
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 he will release the method of slaughter statistics for (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.
tabling member constituency	West Dorset
tabling member printed	Chris Loder
uin	44450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>The last method of slaughter survey was undertaken by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in 2018 and the results were published in February 2019 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/farm-animals-survey-of-slaughter-methods-2018" target="_blank">Farm animals: survey of slaughter methods 2018 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The survey is not conducted annually and we are planning for it to be carried out again by the FSA in early 2022.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 15/09/2021 12:58:24 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder

1311501

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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	Seafood Response Fund
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 help small fishing vessels, that have catches below the minimum threshold, to obtain support from the Seafood Response Fund.
tabling member constituency	West Dorset
tabling member printed	Chris Loder
uin	186034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The Seafood Response Fund did not have restrictions based on minimum vessel size but did utilise a minimum sales threshold of £10,000 recorded on sales notes supplied by registered buyers and sellers of fish between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2019. The scheme was targeted in this way to ensure that Defra only supported businesses that participated in the seafood sector on a fulltime basis. Wider government support was available for businesses impacted by COVID-19, and the £10,000 threshold ensured the fisheries scheme represented value for money and was targeted at commercial fishing businesses that were reliant on seafood as their main source of income.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to supporting the seafood sector, including small fishing vessels, and at the last Spending Review we announced £32.7 million in funding to support the sector. In England some of this funding is being used to deliver the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme, which will provide grant funding for projects that help seafood businesses of all sizes adapt to new export conditions, recover from the impacts of COVID-19 and achieve other sector priorities. Businesses outside England should contact their own fishing administrations to see what other support may be available.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 29/04/2021 15:17:14 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder

1284786

registered interest
date	08/02/2021
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, what proportion of payments made by the Rural Payments Agency are received on time.
tabling member constituency	West Dorset
tabling member printed	Chris Loder
uin	150940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2021 answer text <p>The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has a number of schemes which provide financial support to the rural economy. The three main land schemes, which offer an annual payment, are Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), Countryside Stewardship (CS) and the Environmental Stewardship Scheme (ES).</p><p> </p><p>Famers submitting a valid claim under these schemes will normally receive a payment between 1 December and 30 June the following year.</p><p> </p><p>For 2019 we released by 30 June:</p><p>o BPS 2019 – 84,225 (99.9%) payments worth £1.79bn</p><p>o CS 2019 – 10,899 (94.2%) worth £88.46m</p><p>o ES 2019 – 12,020 (97.7%) worth £182.22m</p><p> </p><p>There are several reasons for why payments may be delayed beyond the 30 June such as ongoing discussions with claimants, the resolution of probate, or ongoing fraud investigations.</p><p> </p><p>Payments for 2020 claims began in December and are ongoing. The RPA delivered its best ever December payment performance, paying around 98% of BPS claims by the end of the year, despite the challenges caused by the Coronavirus pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 15/02/2021 16:19:02 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder

1203815

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Dairy Farming: 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, how many farmers have received support from the Coronavirus Hardship Fund for Dairy Farmers.
tabling member constituency	West Dorset
tabling member printed	Chris Loder
uin	59613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The new dairy response fund opened for applications on 18 June 2020. Full details of the application process can be found at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dairy-response-fund-2020" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/dairy-response-fund-2020</a>. The funding will provide eligible dairy farmers in England with up to £10,000. Payments will commence from 6 July 2020. The scheme will help those dairy farmers most in need of support to sustain their businesses by maintaining production capacity without impacts on animal welfare.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 22/06/2020 13:42:24 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder