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	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	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	Litter
	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 littering in communities across the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	187351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>We published the Litter Strategy for England in April 2017, setting out our aim to clean up the country and deliver a substantial reduction in litter and littering within a generation.</p><p>We have launched the Litter Innovation Fund to support councils and communities in the development and evaluation of innovative approaches to tackling litter. From April 2018, we have also increased the maximum fixed penalty for littering and given councils in England new powers to tackle littering from vehicles.</p><p>The first annual report on our progress delivering the actions set out in the Litter Strategy was published in July this year, and we will continue to report annually on our progress for the rest of this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 08/11/2018 17:39:16 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

751768

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	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	Marine Environment: Developing Countries
	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 voluntary initiatives his Department has implemented under the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 14.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2017 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has made four voluntary commitments under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14 on the following topics:</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>Marine science</strong>. The UK has pledged to work actively with international partners in a range of major issues such as strengthening global ocean observations, world ocean assessments and data sharing.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><strong>Marine Litter. </strong>The UK has committed to several actions in order to combat marine litter. These include reducing the volume of single use plastic bags, the introduction of national litter strategies and banning microbeads in cosmetics and personal care products. The UK has also signed up to the UN Clean Seas Initiative.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><strong>Commonwealth Marine Economies (CME) Programme. </strong> The UK has committed to delivering a package of measures that will help to provide Commonwealth Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean, Pacific and Indian Ocean regions with accurate hydrographic and scientific date relating to their marine environment. The UK will also provide training and capacity building for national bodies involved in the research and management of marine resources, to enable them to use the data to promote economic growth and development.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><strong>Marine Protected Areas in the UK and our Overseas Territories</strong>. The UK has committed to ensuring that UK waters are managed and used in a sustainable way, including by working internationally with our Overseas Territories in order to protect the globally significant biodiversity found in their waters<p><p></li></ul><p> </p><p>A more detailed summary of the commitments of the United Kingdom and other States and organisations is at <a href="https://oceanconference.un.org/commitments/" target="_blank">https://oceanconference.un.org/commitments/</a></p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/09/2017 16:39:15 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

751771

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	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	Seas and Oceans: Acidification
	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 tackle ocean acidification.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>From 2010-2016, the Department partnered with the Natural Environment Research Council and the Department for Energy and Climate Change (now Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) to invest £12.4 million in the UK Ocean Acidification research programme (UKOA).</p><p> </p><p>The programme provided baseline data for UK seas and supported development of long-term monitoring strategies. This fed into the Oslo Paris Commission (OSPAR) Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme (JAMP). UKOA scientists helped establish the international Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON) initiative, which now involves around 30 other countries.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2017, a detailed update on progress made by UKOA was made to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry on ocean acidification, which is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees</a><strong>.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>At the recent UN Ocean Conference in June 2017, the Department chaired an event in partnership with the <a href="http://www.goa-on.org/" target="_blank">Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network</a> and others. The Intergovernmental Call for Action agreed at the Conference identified the threat posed by ocean acidification and the need to develop effective adaptation measures to protect ocean biodiversity. The Department will continue to support regional co-ordination in monitoring ocean acidification through OSPAR.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/07/2017 15:31:35 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

751773

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	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	Marine Environment: Developing Countries
	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 potential benefits of the Sustainable Development Goal 44 for Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Call For Action, agreed at the recent UN Ocean Conference on Sustainable Development Goal 14, outlines a number of potential benefits for Small Island Development States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) <a href="https://oceanconference.un.org/callforaction" target="_blank">https://oceanconference.un.org/callforaction</a>. In addition, a register of voluntary commitments on the conference website lists 541 commitments that relate specifically to SDG14 target A, which is of particular relevance to SIDS and LDCs. This includes the UK’s Commonwealth Marine Economies Programme which in 2017 will deliver: Maritime Economy reports for each SIDS, a Climate Change report for the Caribbean, hydrographic charting, data collection and seabed habitat mapping around Grenada and St Vincent &amp; the Grenadines, and the provision of novel technology.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://oceanconference.un.org/commitments/?id=19609" target="_blank">https://oceanconference.un.org/commitments/?id=19609</a></p><p> </p><p>Further details on the benefits to SIDS and LDCs in relation to this specific funding programme will be available as the programme continues.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/07/2017 16:47:17 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

755764

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Plastic Bags: Fees and Charges
	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 his Department has made of the effect of the introduction of the 5 pence carrier bag charge on the number of carrier bags issued by retailers.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Since the introduction of the five pence carrier bag charge in October 2015, retailer reporting shows a very large drop in the consumption of single use plastic carrier bags; the seven major retailers distributed around nine billion fewer single-use plastic bags (a reduction of around 83%) compared to pre-charge levels.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/09/2017 13:20:29 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

755765

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Plastic Bags: Fees and Charges
	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 environmental projects have benefited from the introduction of the 5 pence carrier bag charge.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Since the introduction of the five pence carrier bags charge in October 2015, more than £95 million has been donated to good causes, including charities and community groups in the areas of the environment, education, health, arts, heritage and sports as well as local causes chosen by customers or staff.</p><p>The Government does not hold information on which environmental projects have benefitted from the charge. Retailers are required to report on the use of any net proceeds of the charge, but there is no legal obligation for retailers to report on which projects in particular have benefitted.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/09/2017 13:19:24 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

755766

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Public Footpaths: Road Signs and Markings
	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 ensure that national trails are properly signposted.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Natural England’s national quality standards for national trails include the principle that there should be a high quality of path infrastructure, with the long distance route easy to follow as a result of consistent, accurate and unobtrusive waymarking and destination signage.</p><p> </p><p>This kind of infrastructure is put in place when national trails are first created and is then maintained with the help of annual Natural England grant aid to national trail partnerships. Natural England estimates that there are some 7,500 fingerposts and signposts serving the 13 English national trails.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/09/2017 13:17:17 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

755767

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Public Footpaths: Publicity
	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 promote the use of national trails.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Until 2012, Natural England managed a national trails website for this purpose. From January 2013, Walk Unlimited (a social enterprise) assumed the day to day lead for national trails promotion in England and Wales, and have established the new interactive website <a href="http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.nationaltrail.co.uk</a>. They work with and alongside the individual Trail Partnerships who remain responsible for providing information on their trail to the national site, and for local promotion. Natural England also encourage individual Trail Partnerships – and the emerging England Coast Path partners – to consider promotion of both the individual trails (and stretches) and the promotion of the family of National Trails.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 13/09/2017 11:15:41 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

755768

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	National Parks
	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 was allocated to the National Parks in each year since 2010; and how much is projected to be spent in each year up to 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The total allocated to each national park authority from financial years 2010/11 to 2017/18 is shown in the following tables with projections for 2018/19 and 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/09/2017 13:16:00 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey attachment 1 file name PQ 7248.docx title Table of projections
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

757630

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	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: British Overseas Territories
	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 support his Department is providing to assist Overseas Territories for recycling.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	8545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>UK Overseas Territory (OT) Governments are constitutionally responsible for the protection and conservation of their natural environments.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is currently providing over £99,000 through Darwin Plus for the development and implementation of a sustainable waste management strategy for Ascension Island, supported by the Waste and Resources Action Programme. We have also committed over £190,000 to increasing paper and cardboard recycling in St Helena.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 13/09/2017 09:07:05 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord