Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much each of the top 50 recipients of funding from the Common Agricultural Policy received in 2015.
Answered by George Eustice
CAP payment data held for the 2015 European Commission financial year (16 October 2014 – 15 October 2015) is published on the UK CAP payments website.
The link is http://cap-payments.defra.gov.uk/Search.aspx.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many former waste recycling sites require site clearance; how many such sites are in Bassetlaw constituency; what the estimated cost of such clearance is (a) nationally and (b) in Bassetlaw constituency; and what the estimated timescale is for clearance of each such site.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
The Environment Agency currently does not hold a national list of abandoned waste sites, the quantities of waste on those sites or the estimated cost of disposal.
The responsibility for removing waste from abandoned sites lies with the landowner. In recent years the Environment Agency has successfully worked with a number of landlords to clear sites of abandoned waste.
When all options for remediating a site have been exhausted, the Environment Agency may consider exercising its discretionary powers. It will only do this in extremely limited circumstances where there is an ongoing or immediate, significant and sustained risk to the local community.
The Environment Agency is aware of two abandoned sites in the Bassetlaw constituency which it monitors on a regular basis and is actively working with the local authority, fire service and landowners of the sites to resolve the current issues.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many waste recycling sites have had major fires in 2016.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
The Environment Agency has a categorisation system for waste fires based on their impact.
So far in 2016 the Environment Agency have recorded 7 fires on permitted waste facilities that it would categorise as ‘major’.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many waste recycling sites have been vacated by their owner in 2016.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
The Environment Agency currently does not hold a national list of abandoned waste sites, the quantities of waste on those sites or the estimated cost of disposal.
The responsibility for removing waste from abandoned sites lies with the landowner. In recent years the Environment Agency has successfully worked with a number of landlords to clear sites of abandoned waste.
When all options for remediating a site have been exhausted, the Environment Agency may consider exercising its discretionary powers. It will only do this in extremely limited circumstances where there is an ongoing or immediate, significant and sustained risk to the local community.
The Environment Agency is aware of two abandoned sites in the Bassetlaw constituency which it monitors on a regular basis and is actively working with the local authority, fire service and landowners of the sites to resolve the current issues.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with governments in African countries with a lowland gorilla population on the survival of that animal in the wild.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
Defra has had no specific discussions with African governments with a population of chimpanzee, gorilla or lowland gorilla on the survival of these animals in the wild. However, the UK is a member of the Great Ape Survival Partnership (GRASP). This is a United Nations initiative committed to ensuring the long term survival of great apes and their habitats in Africa and Asia, which includes chimpanzees and gorillas. Additionally we have funded projects through the Darwin Initiative that have benefitted chimpanzees and gorillas.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with governments in African countries with a gorilla population on the survival of that animal in the wild.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
Defra has had no specific discussions with African governments with a population of chimpanzee, gorilla or lowland gorilla on the survival of these animals in the wild. However, the UK is a member of the Great Ape Survival Partnership (GRASP). This is a United Nations initiative committed to ensuring the long term survival of great apes and their habitats in Africa and Asia, which includes chimpanzees and gorillas. Additionally we have funded projects through the Darwin Initiative that have benefitted chimpanzees and gorillas.