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1715358

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
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	Incinerators
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 merits of extending the short-term pause in the determination of applications for environmental permits for certain types of waste incineration facilities in England beyond 24 May 2024.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	24588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>We have put in place a temporary, short-term pause in the determination of certain environmental permits for new waste incineration facilities. During the pause period, Defra officials are leading a scoping exercise to consider the need for a review of the role of further waste incineration facilities giving regard to Defra’s resources and waste objectives and wider government environmental and decarbonisation objectives and obligations. The work being led by Defra officials is ongoing and it would be wrong to pre-judge the outcome of this scoping exercise. Next steps will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 20/05/2024 14:46:30 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1714653

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
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	Incinerators
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 estimate of the waste incineration plant capacity that is (a) operational, (b) consented but not yet operational and (c) not consented but where a permit application was submitted to the Environment Agency on or before 4 April 2024.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	24149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>In line with the commitment in the Resources and Waste Strategy to monitor residual waste capacity, Defra officials are currently assessing planned residual waste infrastructure capacity, including Energy from Waste, against expected future residual waste arisings so we can understand what future capacity may be required following implementation of key commitments in the Resources and Waste Strategy. This further assessment of residual waste treatment capacity needs will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 24150 24151 question first answered 20/05/2024 14:43:23 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1714654

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
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	Incinerators
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 waste incineration plant capacity required to meet the target to reduce residual waste set out in the Environmental Targets (Residual Waste) (England) Regulations 2023.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	24150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>In line with the commitment in the Resources and Waste Strategy to monitor residual waste capacity, Defra officials are currently assessing planned residual waste infrastructure capacity, including Energy from Waste, against expected future residual waste arisings so we can understand what future capacity may be required following implementation of key commitments in the Resources and Waste Strategy. This further assessment of residual waste treatment capacity needs will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 24149 24151 question first answered 20/05/2024 14:43:23 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1244974

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
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	Incinerators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the former Parliamentary-Under Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of 9 May 2019, Official Report, column 643, whether it remains his Department’s assessment that additional residual waste energy capacity above that already planned to 2020 should not be needed.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	106315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2020 answer text <p>In developing our Resources and Waste Strategy (RWS), my department considered the amount of residual waste treatment capacity that will be required for England to avoid any negative impact on future recycling ambitions and the major waste reforms we are implementing. The assessment concluded that significant additional residual waste energy recovery capacity such as incineration or advanced conversion technologies – above that already operating or planned to 2020 – would not necessarily be needed to meet an ambition of no more than 10% municipal waste to landfill by 2035, if a 65% municipal recycling rate is achieved by that same year. This assumed refuse derived fuel exports remain at 2018 levels. However, if energy recovery continues to provide a better environmental alternative to landfill, more investment to reduce tonnages of municipal waste to landfill further would deliver environmental benefits.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with the commitment given in the RWS we continue to monitor residual waste infrastructure and will publish an updated assessment in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 28/10/2020 14:57:13 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1135959

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
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	Incinerators
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 comparative data and analysis his Department holds on (a) operational practice and (b) waste content in municipal waste incineration sites in (i) England and (ii) Italy (iii) Scandinavia and (iv) other Member States of the EU.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	271342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>None; however data and analysis on these systems is held on the European Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Bureau’s (EIPPCB) Best Available Techniques Information System.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the operational practice of waste incineration plants across Europe is also contained within the current draft of the Best Available Techniques (BAT) Reference Document published by the EIPPCB, available here <a href="http://eippcb.jrc.ec.europa.eu/reference/BREF/WI/WI_BREF_FD_Black_Watermark.pdf" target="_blank">http://eippcb.jrc.ec.europa.eu/reference/BREF/WI/WI_BREF_FD_Black_Watermark.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 11/07/2019 10:35:49 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1050415

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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	Incinerators
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 effectiveness of filter bags in waste incinerators in safely capturing pollutants (a) PM 0.1 and (b) PM1.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	213915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>Bag filters are recognised by the European Best Available Techniques (BAT) reference notes (BREF notes) to be one of the best techniques for abating dust emissions from incinerators, where dust means particulate matter of all sizes, including PM<sub>1.0 </sub>and PM<sub>0.1</sub>. This is reflected in both the current BREF note for Waste Incineration, and the final draft of the new BREF note which is due to be published later this year.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to a requirement to use BAT to abate their dust emissions, operators of all incinerators are required to carry out air quality modelling as part of their application for an environmental permit, which is then checked and assessed by the Environment Agency to ensure that the plant will not have an unacceptable impact on the environment or human health. This includes modelling to determine the highest concentration of ground-level PM<sub>10</sub> and PM<sub>2.5 </sub>concentrations. PM<sub>10</sub> means all particulate matter with a diameter of 10 micrometres (μm) or less, and PM<sub>2.5 </sub>means 2.5 μm or less. Therefore both PM<sub>10</sub> and PM<sub>2.5 </sub>include PM<sub>1</sub> and PM<sub>0.1</sub>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/02/2019 17:26:19 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

892359

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Incinerators
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 his Answer of 19 April 2018 to Question 135379 on incinerators, for what reason the revised permit issued to Veolia Ltd included the condition that company submit a proposal to the Agency to (a) carry out tests and (b) produce reports on the size distribution of the particulate matter in the exhaust gas emissions to air from emission point A1 identifying the fractions within the PM10, PM2.5 and PM1.0 ranges if there is no commercially available equipment for the continuous monitoring of PM 10 and PM 2.5.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	138362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>Tests to determine the size distribution of the particulate matter in exhaust gas are done by discontinuous (one-off) monitoring using equipment brought to the site especially for the test, rather than using the permanently installed continuous monitors which measure total particulate matter (TPM).</p><p> </p><p>Reports of testing to determine the size distribution of particulates in exhaust gases are placed on the public register for all incinerators, which is available online here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/index" target="_blank">https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/index</a></p><p> </p><p>Despite the requirement for this one-off monitoring there is currently no accurate method by which the exact amount of PM2.5, PM1 or PM0.1 emitted from incinerators can be determined. This is because TPM emissions (which include all particle sizes including PM2.5, PM1 or PM0.1) from modern incinerators are so low that quantifying the amount of the smaller particles with any level of accuracy is not possible using currently available technology. For this reason the Environment Agency (EA) is considering removing the requirement for new incinerators to determine particulate size distribution in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The EA is satisfied that the TPM emission limit included in all incinerator permits is adequate to ensure that no significant impacts on the environment or human health will be caused by their particulate emissions.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 138363 question first answered 04/05/2018 13:00:52 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

892363

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Incinerators
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 publish the results of the monitoring of (a) PM10, (b) PM2.5 and (c) PM1 undertaken by Veolia Ltd in its revised permit dated November 2007.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	138363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>Tests to determine the size distribution of the particulate matter in exhaust gas are done by discontinuous (one-off) monitoring using equipment brought to the site especially for the test, rather than using the permanently installed continuous monitors which measure total particulate matter (TPM).</p><p> </p><p>Reports of testing to determine the size distribution of particulates in exhaust gases are placed on the public register for all incinerators, which is available online here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/index" target="_blank">https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/index</a></p><p> </p><p>Despite the requirement for this one-off monitoring there is currently no accurate method by which the exact amount of PM2.5, PM1 or PM0.1 emitted from incinerators can be determined. This is because TPM emissions (which include all particle sizes including PM2.5, PM1 or PM0.1) from modern incinerators are so low that quantifying the amount of the smaller particles with any level of accuracy is not possible using currently available technology. For this reason the Environment Agency (EA) is considering removing the requirement for new incinerators to determine particulate size distribution in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The EA is satisfied that the TPM emission limit included in all incinerator permits is adequate to ensure that no significant impacts on the environment or human health will be caused by their particulate emissions.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 138362 question first answered 04/05/2018 13:00:53 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

892369

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Incinerators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which incinerator operators hold (a) permits and (b) revised permits that require them to monitor emissions of (a) PM10, (b) PM2.5, (c) PM1 and (d) PM0.1 and if he will publish the results of that monitoring.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	138364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>No incinerators are required to monitor these emissions. As per the answer of 19 April 2018 to Question 135379, all new waste incinerators are required to carry out a one-off monitoring exercise after the plant is commissioned to determine the size distribution of particulates in the exhaust gases (currently only for PM10 and PM2.5). The results of this monitoring are published on the public register which is available online at:</p><p><a href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/index" target="_blank">https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/index</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/05/2018 13:09:22 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

860621

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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	Incinerators
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 require operators of waste incineration sites to monitor emissions of particulate matters of less than 2.5.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	131978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>Waste incineration sites are required to continuously monitor emissions of total particulate matter (TPM) in line with the requirements of the European Industrial Emissions Directive. TPM includes PMs of less than 2.5 (PM<sub>2.5</sub>) as well as other sizes. Therefore there is no need to monitor specifically for PM<sub>2.5</sub>. Furthermore there is no commercially available equipment for the continuous monitoring of PM<sub>2.5</sub>.</p><p> </p><p>This approach is further supported by the fact that applicants for new incinerators are required to model PM<sub>2.5</sub> emissions to air by assuming a worst-case scenario that all of the TPM emitted is PM<sub>2.5</sub>. This is a very precautionary approach as in practice TPM will be a mixture of sizes, and so the true impact will be less.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency will only issue a permit for an incinerator if it is satisfied that emissions of particulate matter will not have a significant impact on the environment under the worst-case scenario.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 19/04/2018 10:59:07 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew