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1718004

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
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	Animal and Plant Health Agency: Inspections
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 the projected spend by (a) central and (b) local government is on Animal and Plant Health Agency inspectors in 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	26128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) undertakes a very broad range of statutory inspections across Great Britain to protect animal, bee and plant health. These can relate to animal welfare, TB, biosecurity of (including pests, disease outbreaks and invasive species), trade or scientific research.</p><p> </p><p>These inspections can be proactive (for example a bovine TB visit) or reactive (due to an outbreak). Direct staff and employers on costs for these inspection services are £44.7m. These costs are funded by Defra and the Devolved Administrations. APHA does not have inspectors funded by local government.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 17/05/2024 12:54:51 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1716073

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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	Incontinence: Waste Disposal
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 he is taking steps to raise public awareness (a) on the need for male continence bins and (b) to reduce the stigma associated with those who use them.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	25005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>I fully recognise the importance of ensuring that all men have access to the facilities they need so that they can dispose of their sanitary waste in a safe and dignified way.</p><p> </p><p>Officials from relevant departments have met with representatives of the Dispose with Dignity campaign to discuss the provision of sanitary bins in public and workplace toilets and we are doing all we can to enable this to happen.</p><p> </p><p>The campaign has been successful in emphasising the critical issue of ensuring that all men have access to the facilities they need, so that all men can dispose of their sanitary waste in a safe and dignified way.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 20/05/2024 13:25:07 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1715537

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
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 Products: Labelling
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 make an assessment of the potential impact of Not for EU labelling requirements in the dairy sector on levels of (a) food and (b) packaging waste.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	24731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>A public consultation on not for EU labelling requirements was held earlier this year. The evidence is now being analysed and we expect to publish a response in due course. Excessive wastage of food or packaging were not raised as a significant concern in these responses or in any wider industry forums.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 14/05/2024 16:56:44 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1702423

registered interest
date	19/04/2024
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	UK Trade with EU: Imports
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 with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the time taken to implement health and safety checks on EU imports on (a) inventory levels for, (b) costs incurred by and (c) business continuity planning by the retail sector in Slough constituency in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	22807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>There is no assessment specific to the retail sector in Slough. Overall, the new Border Target Operating model will not reduce choice for domestic consumers and will lead to an approximate increase in consumer food price inflation of less than 0.2 percentage points over a 3-year period. The proposed regime aims to balance the impact on traders with the need to maintain UK biosecurity, which is essential to ensuring a supply of safe food to consumers. We are working closely with traders and the border industry to implement the new regime and minimise impact.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 29/04/2024 13:41:07 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1701718

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
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	Recycling: Urban Areas
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 take steps with local authorities to increase access to mobile household recycling centres in cities.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Tahir Ali
uin	22392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) play an important role in helping people manage the waste they produce in a convenient and sustainable way. Local authorities are responsible for managing HWRCs and determining how best to support their residents to manage waste responsibly. We encourage any innovative approaches that local authorities take to improve access and availability of their waste services.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 23/04/2024 17:47:23 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4747 label Biography information for Tahir Ali

1700436

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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	Plastics: 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, what progress her Department has made on achieving its target to eliminate avoidable plastic waste by the end of 2042.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	21323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>We are making progress to address this concerning issue. In December 2018, the UK Government published its Resources and Waste Strategy. This sets out how we will achieve a circular economy for plastic and achieve our ambition to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste by 2042. Our goal is to maximise resource efficiency and minimise waste (including plastic) - by following the principles of the waste hierarchy: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – to keep plastic in circulation for longer. We will do this by making producers more responsible for the plastic they make with our incoming Collection and Packaging Reforms.</p><p> </p><p>Single-use plastics are a particularly problematic type of plastic that makes up much of our waste. To get us closer to our ambition to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste by 2042, we have introduced bans on the supply of many unnecessary single-use plastic items. We implemented one of the world’s toughest bans on microbeads in rinse-off personal care products and brought in measures to restrict the supply of plastic straws, plastic drink stirrers, and plastic-stemmed cotton buds in October 2020. The use of single-use carrier bags has been reduced in the main supermarkets by over 98% with our five pence charge. In May 2021 we increased the charge to 10 pence and extended it to all retailers to build on its success to date and create a level playing field for all businesses. In October 2023 we introduced a ban on the supply of single-use plastic plates, bowls, and trays to the end-user and ban the supply of single-use plastic cutlery and single-use plastic balloon sticks and expanded and extruded polystyrene food and drinks containers, including cups. We will continue to review the latest evidence on problematic products and/ or materials to take a systematic approach to reducing the use of unnecessary single-use plastic products.</p><p> </p><p>We are preparing for the fourth round of negotiations in April, to develop a new legally binding UN treaty to end plastic pollution. As a founding member of the High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution, the UK is pushing for an ambitious and effective UN Treaty to address the problem of plastic waste globally.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 23/04/2024 12:42:56 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1690939

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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: Employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the number of (1) farmers, and (2) their direct employees, for the latest date for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL2658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>Farmers are defined here as full time and part time principal farmers, business partners, directors and spouses. All other agricultural workers are defined here as regular employees, salaried managers and casual workers who were working on the holding on 1 June 2023.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Agricultural workforce in England in 2023</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2023</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Farmers</p></td><td><p>178,696</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All other agricultural workers</p></td><td><p>113,705</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total agricultural workforce</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>292,401</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes</p><p>(a) Commercial holdings are those registered with the Rural Payments Agency for payments or livestock purposes and with significant levels of farming activity (as recorded in responses to the Defra June Survey of Agriculture or the Cattle Tracing System). Holdings are only included if they have more than five hectares of agricultural land, one hectare of orchards, 0.5 hectares of vegetables or 0.1 hectares of protected crops, or more than 10 cows, 50 pigs, 20 sheep, 20 goats or 1,000 poultry.</p><p> </p><p>Full data series for agricultural workforce are published <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/agricultural-workforce-in-england-at-1-june" target="_blank">here</a> for England. A copy is attached to this answer.</p><p> </p><p>Similar figures for the UK are available at gov.uk.</p> answering member printed Lord Douglas-Miller question first answered 06/03/2024 17:43:55 answering member 5006 label Biography information for Lord Douglas-Miller attachment 1 file name PQ HL2658 attachment Agricultural Workforce in England.xlsx title Agricultural Workforce, England
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1690357

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
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	Timber in Construction Innovation 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, how many applications have been received for the Timber in Construction Innovation Fund; and what assessment he has made of the impact of that fund on the volume of carbon stored in the built environment.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	14825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The Timber in Construction Innovation Fund received 26 applications over two application rounds. In total, 15 projects have been awarded funding. 14 of these projects are still ongoing, with the majority scheduled to complete by March 2025. A summary of funded projects is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/woods-into-management-forestry-innovation-funds-successful-projects-2022/woods-into-management-forestry-innovation-funds-successful-projects-2022" target="_blank">Woods into Management Forestry Innovation Funds: successful projects 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/woods-into-management-forestry-innovation-fund-successful-projects-2023/woods-into-management-forestry-innovation-funds-successful-projects-2023" target="_blank">Woods into Management Forestry Innovation Funds: successful projects 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. Impacts of the fund will be realised in the medium to long term as projects complete and outputs are realised/ brought to market.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 23/02/2024 10:57:28 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1689285

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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: Ethnic Groups
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 reduce the impact of (a) incinerators and (b) air pollution on (i) Black and (ii) Asian communities.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	14206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises there is more to do to protect all people in our society and the environment from the effects of air pollution. This is why we are taking the significant and wide-ranging action to drive improvements to air quality as set out in our Environmental Improvement Plan 2023. <br> <br> This action is supported by the Environment Act 2021, which makes sure that local authorities have the necessary powers to tackle emissions collaboratively in their local area to improve air quality. Through the Act we also introduced two new targets for fine particulate matter, the pollutant most damaging to human health, setting a maximum annual mean concentration target and a population exposure reduction target. This dual-target approach will improve public health for all by tackling the highest concentrations whilst ensuring all areas benefit from continuous improvement. <br> <br> We continue to support local authorities in England to take action in their communities through the Local Air Quality Grant, which has awarded around £53 million to almost 500 projects since 2010</p><p><br> With regards to incinerators, in England all large waste incinerators cannot operate unless issued with an environmental permit by the Environment Agency (EA). The EA will only grant a permit if they are satisfied that the proposal would not give rise to any significant pollution of the environment or harm to human health, irrespective of the location of the plant. The EA also consults the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on every permit application they receive. The UKHSA’s position relating to incineration is that modern, well-run and regulated municipal waste incinerators are not a significant risk to public health</p><p><br> Under their permit, the operator must comply with the Best Available Techniques (BAT) conclusions for waste incineration. These BAT conclusions were reviewed and updated in 2019, introducing new standards which deliver an improved level of environmental protection. This includes even lower Emission Limit Values (ELVs) for oxides of nitrogen, particulates, sulphur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, dioxins and a number of other pollutants. All environmental permits for existing waste incinerators were reviewed and updated by the compliance deadline of 3rd December 2023 to reflect these new standards.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 28/02/2024 11:29:30 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1689461

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Water: Meters
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 make it his policy to allow water customers to have a meter removed from their property.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	14360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government has committed to a 20% reduction in water demand by 2038 and halving leakage by 2050. Metering is central to identifying and reducing leakage and enabling better value for money for the consumer. The Government set out that water companies in areas of ‘water stress’ can compulsorily meter, following evidence it provides value for money and has customer support in their resource planning. Where this is the case, a customer may not be able to switch back to unmeasured charges. Other water companies do offer the opportunity for customers to switch back to an unmeasured charge following meter installation. All water companies offer social tariffs as part of affordability packages for consumers who may be struggling to pay their water bills.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 25/04/2024 09:29:18 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols