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1180385

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
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	Property Development: Floods
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 planning applications were objected to by the Environment Agency because of flood risk concerns since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	20551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>As a statutory consultee in development planning, the Environment Agency (EA) comments on all development proposals (other than minor development) in areas that are at (i) medium or high risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, (ii) within 20 metres of a Main River, (iii) within an area with critical drainage problems. The EA does not make the final decision on local planning approvals. Local planning authorities are responsible and accountable for approving proposals for new development in their local areas. In the majority of cases the EA’s flood risk advice is taken on board by local planning authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2009 and 2018, the EA initially objected to approximately 30% of planning applications where it was a statutory consultee on flood risk matters. However, by working with the local planning authorities and developers to gather additional information, or make modifications to the initial development proposals, the vast majority of these objections were overcome.</p><p> </p><p>The EA, in working with communities, developers and planning authorities, ensures that necessary development in flood risk areas is designed to be safe and resilient to flooding, and does not increase risk to others. The success of the EA’s role is demonstrated in the reporting figures with over 99% of new homes in planning applications being made in line with our advice, and in 2018/19, over 95% of all planning applications (where flood risk was considered) were made in line with EA advice, where we were made aware of the planning decision.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Planning decision in line with EA advice</p></td><td><p>Planning applications involving new homes decided in line with EA advice on flood risk</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td><td><p>No data</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td><td><p>No data</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The EA publishes a comprehensive list of all applications where we’ve lodged objections on flood risk grounds. This can be seen at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-agency-objections-to-planning-on-the-basis-of-flood-risk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-agency-objections-to-planning-on-the-basis-of-flood-risk</a>. Many of the issues will have been resolved before a final decision was made.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/03/2020 13:31:09 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1180406

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
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	Greyhounds: Animal Welfare
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 the Government plans to undertake a review the Welfare of Racing Greyhounds Regulations 2010.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	20410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>Defra undertook a Post Implementation Review of the Welfare of Racing Greyhounds Regulations 2010 which was published on 15 September 2016. The review found that, judged against their original objectives, the regulations have been broadly effective. The review also identified areas where the industry themselves should be taking further action and Defra have been working closely with the main industry regulatory body, the Greyhound Board of Great Britain, to ensure these actions are taken.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 03/03/2020 15:55:31 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1180420

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
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	Nature Conservation: Crime
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 much funding his Department has allocated to tackle wildlife crime in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	20567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>Under our four year funding agreement with the National Wildlife Crime Unit, Defra has contributed £165,000 a year between 2016-2020 to the Unit’s activities. We have committed to maintaining the Defra contribution in 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, we provide up to £6.3 million per year to support international action to counter poaching and the illegal wildlife trade.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 04/03/2020 12:21:13 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1180423

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
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	Wildlife: Cybercrime
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 trends in cyber-enabled wildlife crime since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	20516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government part-funds the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU). The NWCU publishes annual tactical assessments, which outline their analysis of current, emerging and future wildlife crime threats, including cyber-enabled wildlife crime.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/03/2020 17:45:38 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1180428

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
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	Convention on Biological Diversity
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 the Government is taking to encourage other countries to improve their ambitions at the forthcoming Conventional on Biological Diversity COP.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	20513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>At the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP15, to be held in Kunming, China in October 2020, the 196 Parties to the CBD are set to adopt a post-2020 global biodiversity framework.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is seeking an ambitious post-2020 global biodiversity framework to spur global action, recognising the transformative change needed to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. The Government wants to see new targets agreed that are ambitious, implementable and measurable.</p><p> </p><p>We are proactively engaging in the CBD process in the lead up to CBD COP15. UK officials are currently attending the second CBD Open Ended Working Group in Rome where negotiations on the proposed post-2020 framework are beginning. The UK is holding an extensive program of meetings with member countries to form ongoing working partnerships, to secure agreement for an ambitious post-2020 framework.</p><p> </p><p>Outside of the formal CBD process ministers, officials and our diplomatic network will continue to press to raise ambition and secure ambitious outcomes and delivery, notably with China as the host of CBD COP15.</p><p> </p><p>We are focusing, among other topics, on the contribution of nature-based solutions to climate change mitigation and on effective and supportive communications to spur global ambition in the time leading to CBD COP15. The UK is also leading the Global Ocean Alliance in support of a new global target of protecting at least 30% of the global ocean within Marine Protected Areas by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The UK-led Global Ocean Alliance is currently made up of 12 countries (Belgium, Belize, Costa Rica, Finland, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Palau, Portugal, Seychelles, Sweden, Vanuatu) and we are proactively lobbying many more countries to join.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 04/03/2020 12:19:40 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1180440

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
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	Floods: Insurance
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 protect people on universal credit who live in flood risk areas and who may be unable to afford flood insurance premiums.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	20421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>Flood Re, launched in 2016, is a joint initiative between Government and industry designed to improve the availability and affordability of flood insurance for households at high risk of flooding.</p><p> </p><p>Flood Re allows insurance companies to pass on the flood risk element of household insurance policies to them for a below market rate set premium. Premiums charged by Flood Re to insurers are based on the Council Tax band of the property. This means that people on universal credit who live in flood risk areas will benefit from Flood Re. From May 2019, 99% of households with prior flood claims can now receive quotes from 5 or more insurers due to Flood Re. Four out of five householders with a prior flood claim saw price reductions of over 50%.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 04/03/2020 12:39:32 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1180441

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
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	Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
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 has been made since August 2019 on the (a) scope, (b) model and (c) implementation of a deposit return scheme in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	20490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>Since the publication of the Summary of responses to the Consultation on introducing a Deposit Return Scheme in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Defra officials have been developing proposals for a deposit return scheme for drinks containers using further evidence and ongoing engagement with stakeholders. We are seeking powers in the Environment Bill to introduce deposit return schemes, which can be set up to sustain, promote or secure an increase in recycling or reuse of materials, or to reduce the incidence of littering or fly-tipping. The Government is minded to introduce such a scheme for drinks containers from 2023, subject to further evidence and analysis. The proposed scope, model and implementation of a deposit return scheme for drinks containers will be presented in a second consultation in 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 03/03/2020 15:30:49 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1180444

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
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	Floods: Insurance
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 protect people living in rented accommodation in flood-risk areas who cannot afford flood insurance premiums.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	20422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>Flood Re, launched in 2016, is a joint initiative between Government and industry designed to improve the availability and affordability of flood insurance for households at high risk of flooding. Flood Re allows insurance companies to pass on the flood risk element of household insurance policies to them for a below market-rate set premium.</p><p> </p><p>For renters, insurers can ask Flood Re to cover the flood risk part of a contents insurance policy, as long as the property meets certain criteria, including: being used for private; residential purposes; having a domestic Council Tax band A to H; being a single residential unit or building comprising two or three units; being insured on an individual basis; and being built before 01/01/2009.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 04/03/2020 12:38:24 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1180458

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
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	Coal: North West
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 her Department has made of the number of people who are reliant on coal for fuel in (a) Wallasey, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	20390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The impact assessment published alongside the Government response to the consultation on cleaner domestic burning of solid fuels and wood included an assessment of the number of people who use coal as a primary heat source across England. The impact assessment can be viewed at the following site: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/867428/burning-wood-consult-ia.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/867428/burning-wood-consult-ia.pdf</a>. The proposals included in the Government response outline our intention to rollout the policy in a phased approach, this is to ensure that those reliant on coal as a primary heat source have the time and support they need to transition to the cleanest alternative fuel type, whilst minimising any associated costs.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/03/2020 13:25:16 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1180465

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
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	Flood Control: York
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 allocate additional funding to compensate City of York Council for the emergency expenditure it is incurring on prolonged flood readiness measures.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	20477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>In cases of localised flooding, we expect local authorities to have well established contingency measures in place and both the existing budgets and resources to respond and support their local communities.</p><p> </p><p>The emergency Bellwin scheme was activated after Storm Ciara on 10 February and Storm Dennis on 17 February 2020. The scheme was activated for qualifying areas in West Yorkshire, Cumbria and Lancashire which have seen significant impacts following Storm Ciara. It has also been activated for qualifying areas in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, Worcestershire and Herefordshire which have seen significant impacts following Storm Dennis. Under the scheme, local authorities dealing with the flooding can apply to have 100% of their eligible costs, above a threshold, reimbursed by the government. This could be for items including rest centres, temporary accommodation and staff overtime.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 20478 question first answered 04/03/2020 12:36:25 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy