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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

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

515321

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Business: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 April 2016 to Question 32962, how her Department calculated that the Climate Ready Support Service enabled hundreds of organisations to understand their climate risk and take action; and what the exact number of such organisations was.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	35448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The Environment Agency does not have exact figures for the number of organisations accessing the Climate Ready Support Service because the service worked extensively through partners and intermediaries, as well as directly with organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The number given in my previous answer was calculated using statistics that the Environment Agency does have available, for example:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Download statistics show that over 8000 businesses have used the Climate Ready Business Resilience Health Check tool online.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>The service, in partnership with Climate UK, provided training and qualifications in business resilience, including preparing for severe weather and climate change, to over 300 business advisors and small businesses (SMEs).</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/04/2016 15:17:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

515322

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Business: Climate Change
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 take steps to promote access to the Climate Ready Support Service's online tools and to encourage businesses to plan for climate change.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	35434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The extensive range of tools that the CRSS produced with stakeholders over the past four years will continue to be available to help businesses adapt. They are currently available across a range of websites, due to the partnership nature of the service’s work. The majority can be found at <a href="http://climateuk.net/" target="_blank">http://climateuk.net/</a> and <a href="http://www.iema.net/" target="_blank">http://www.iema.net/</a>. If any transitional or new hosting arrangements were to be necessary they will be clearly signposted.</p><p>The Environment Agency will continue to play an important role in helping businesses adapt to climate change, especially as part of its core role on flooding, coastal risks, water management, freshwater habitats, and as a statutory adviser in the land-use planning system.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/04/2016 15:14:43 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

515323

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Business: Climate Change
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 funding (a) her Department and (b) the Environment Agency provided for the Climate Ready Support Service in 2015-16; and what assessment her Department has made of the performance of that Service in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	35435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>Funding provided for the Climate Ready Support Service in 2015-16 was around £1 million. The Climate Ready Support Service Programme Board had regular overview of the performance of the Service. The majority of National Adaptation Programme actions to which the Service was contributing have now been completed.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/04/2016 15:19:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy