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1240282

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many covid-19 cases have been as a result of transmission at sporting pilot events approved by his Department.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	99134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information about covid-19 transmission rates at sports pilot events. However, the sport pilots demonstrated that many risks related to Covid-19 transmission within these events can be mitigated with Covid secure guidance.</p><p>We fully understand that fans want to be back watching live sports and other events, and we are continuing to work with the sector on solutions and innovations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 08/10/2020 10:29:19 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1239747

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Long Covid: Contact Tracing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to require NHS Test and Trace to contact individuals who test positive for covid-19 on a periodic basis to assess whether they are suffering from long covid symptoms.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	98291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>National Health Service Test and Trace brings together testing, contact tracing and outbreak management into an end-to-end service to help prevent the spread of the virus, protect local communities and save lives. The more rapidly we can identify people who may have been at risk of infection and, if necessary, tell them to self-isolate, the more effectively we can reduce the spread of the virus and maintain transmission at low levels.</p><p>Long term COVID-19 refers to symptoms beyond this period of infectivity and the Government, as well as our expert scientific groups, continues to monitor and assess data from a wide variety of sources to better understand the disease course of COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 04/11/2020 14:27:27 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1239199

registered interest
date	30/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Boats: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if HM Revenue and Customs will publish guidance on whether recreational boaters will be liable to pay (a) VAT and (b) import duty in the event that their boat is outside the UK on 31 December 2020 and subsequently brought back to the UK.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	97731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2020 answer text HMRC will publish updated guidance before the end of transition period on customs and VAT provisions pertaining to recreational boaters. The guidance will include conditions under which customs and VAT relief can be applied for boats outside the UK on 31 December 2020 and subsequently brought back to the UK. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/10/2020 08:59:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1236221

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of 15 September 2020 of the Exchequer Secretary, Official Report, column 180, if he will publish the evidential basis demonstrating that the vast majority of brewers will benefit from proposed changes to small breweries tax relief.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	92906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2020 answer text <p>Further information about the review of Small Brewers Relief so far, including evidence collected, will be published alongside the technical consultation later this Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 28/09/2020 16:49:31 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1234168

registered interest
date	14/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HMRC has made of the number of brewers producing between 2,100 hectolitres and 5,000 hectolitres a year.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	89862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2020 answer text <p>HMRC publishes annual statistics on Small Brewers Relief, this includes the number of people claiming the relief. Information on the number of brewers claiming the relief by production volume is not readily available. The Government will be bringing forward more details on the reform of SBR as part of the technical consultation later in the Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 17/09/2020 11:17:16 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1234169

registered interest
date	14/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Small Breweries' Relief has cost the public purse; and how many brewers have received it in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	89863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>HMRC publishes annual statistics on Small Brewers Relief, this includes the number of people claiming the relief and the historic cost of the relief. Information on the historic number of brewers claiming the relief is not readily available. The latest publication of annual tax relief data for Small Brewers Relief can be found at <strong><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fmain-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cwendy.saunders1%40hmrc.gov.uk%7C678722afad8e47a150d808d85ed9af06%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C637363637191061099&amp;sdata=gaOHm%2BKKTEGT8k3bwOe1H94P9U154cpCQ1ky%2B%2Fg0v7g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 22/09/2020 09:48:13 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1232272

registered interest
date	08/09/2020
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	Sewage: 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 there is a threshold of the annual number of discharges by combined sewer outflows above which the Environment Agency is required to investigate.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	86769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2020 answer text <p>The Environment Agency puts forward storm overflows that spill greater than a given threshold for investigation by water companies through the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP).</p><p> </p><p>The spill thresholds currently applied are shown in the table below and depend on the number of years of Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) data available. As more data becomes available a tighter threshold of spills per year is adopted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the period 2020-2025, 727 storm overflows are currently being investigated. As the provision of storm overflow monitoring data increases more overflows are being identified as crossing the spill thresholds and will be put forward for the WINEP. If the investigation shows that it is cost-beneficial to reduce spills, a scheme would be secured through the WINEP.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency also investigates storm overflows based on evidence of environmental impact and/or non-compliance with permit conditions.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 16/09/2020 11:07:50 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1231845

registered interest
date	07/09/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Football: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to issue guidance for non-league football clubs in the National League and National Leagues North and South on allowing supporters into grounds to watch matches.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	86176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>On 18th August, the Government amended its guidance to provide extra clarification for organisers of sports events to help them manage and admit spectators safely, adhering to social distancing.</p><p>Non-league football clubs from level seven of the pyramid, below the National League North / South, can admit spectators in line with the FA’s definition of non-elite football.</p><p>We continue to work closely with all sports, including the interests of football from National League and above, to support the safe return of spectators to stadia more widely from October 1st. As announced by the Prime Minister, this remains subject to successful pilot events, which will now be capped at 1,000 people, and wider prevailing public health factors, both of which remain under active consideration.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 10/09/2020 13:51:32 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1231917

registered interest
date	07/09/2020
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	Sewage: 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, what proportion of the combined sewer overflows of each water company have monitoring equipment in place.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	86177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>The Environment Agency hold data for storm overflows, which includes combined sewer overflows, storm discharges at sewage treatment inlet works, storm tank overflows and storm overflows at pumping stations.</p><p> </p><p>As of 31 December 2019 the numbers of storm overflows and percentage monitored by each Water and Sewerage Company were:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Company</p></td><td><p>Total number of storm overflow discharges</p></td><td><p>Number Monitored in 2019 (regulatory and non-regulatory)</p></td><td><p>Percentage Monitored in 2019 (regulatory and non-regulatory)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anglian Water</p></td><td><p>1646</p></td><td><p>709</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water</p></td><td><p>2318</p></td><td><p>2110</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbrian Water</p></td><td><p>1518</p></td><td><p>1487</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Severn Trent</p></td><td><p>2954</p></td><td><p>2308</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hafren Dyfrdwy</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Water</p></td><td><p>1209</p></td><td><p>759</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southern Water</p></td><td><p>986</p></td><td><p>986</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Water</p></td><td><p>472</p></td><td><p>377</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>2273</p></td><td><p>1649</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex Water</p></td><td><p>1289</p></td><td><p>628</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire Water</p></td><td><p>2246</p></td><td><p>2185</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTALS</p></td><td><p>16970</p></td><td><p>13246</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The numbers monitored were supplied to the Environment Agency from the Water and Sewerage Companies in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Further monitoring is planned for the period 2020 to 2025 with more than a 1,000 monitoring installations.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 15/09/2020 15:09:50 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1231918

registered interest
date	07/09/2020
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	Sewage: 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, for how many hours and on how many occasions combined sewer outflows of each water company have discharged sewage in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	86178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>The Environment Agency holds data for storm overflows, which includes combined sewer overflows, storm discharges at sewage treatment inlet works, storm tank overflows and storm overflows at pumping stations.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2015 and 2020, water and sewage companies embarked on an initiative to monitor the vast majority of storm overflows in England. The data below is informed by this monitoring program and records the number of spills from storm overflows monitored.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to note that these data sets have grown from 2016. Initially, it took a year for monitors to be installed and to produce annual data. Therefore data is provided from 2016-2019. To contextualise the number of spills recorded, the numbers of storm overflows monitored that year should also be considered.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of storm overflows monitored</p></td><td><p>862</p></td><td><p>2,515</p></td><td><p>6,182</p></td><td><p>8,276</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of recorded spill events</p></td><td><p>12,637</p></td><td><p>33,159</p></td><td><p>146,930</p></td><td><p>292,864</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 15/09/2020 15:16:06 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild