Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, in how many media markets do (a) Russia Today, (b) Press TV and (c) BBC World broadcast for 24 hours.
Answered by Margot James
We do not hold this information. Ofcom, as the UK’s audiovisual regulator, currently licenses BBC World News and Russia Today for the purposes of AVMSD but it does not collect this type of information either. According to BBC’s own audience measurement data, World News is available in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide and around 454 million households.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress she has made in laying statutory instruments related to EU exit preparedness; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The Department for International Development (DFID) has not laid any statutory instruments relating to EU Exit preparedness and is not planning on laying any statutory instruments related to EU Exit preparedness. These are not required for our departmental preparations which remain on track.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he has made in laying statutory instruments related to EU exit preparedness; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Anne Milton
The government has made good progress in laying the up to 600 statutory instruments required by exit day to ensure a functioning statute book. As of 31 January, the department has laid 3 exit related statutory instruments. All exit related statutory instruments are published in the link below, and include ‘EU Exit’ in their title: https://legislation.gov.uk.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made in laying statutory instruments related to EU exit preparedness; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Government has made good progress in laying the up to 600 statutory instruments required by exit day to ensure a functioning statute book. As of 30 January, my department has laid 92 exit related statutory instruments. All exit related statutory instruments are published on legislation.gov.uk, and include ‘EU Exit’ in their title.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what progress he has made in laying statutory instruments related to EU exit preparedness; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
The Government has made good progress in laying the up to 600 statutory instruments required by exit day to ensure a functioning statute book. As of 30 January, the Government has laid over 60 per cent of the exit statutory instruments required, and my department has laid 7 of these. All exit related statutory instruments are published on legislation.gov.uk, and include ‘EU Exit’ in their title.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to support the Northumbrian lamb industry in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal and tariffs on its products are imposed.
Answered by George Eustice
It is in everyone’s interests to secure a good deal with the EU and that is exactly what we are committed to. Whilst preparing for all outcomes, as any responsible government would, we are also preparing for the possibility of no deal.
We are in close contact with the sheep sector across the UK working to understand and anticipate the effects on the sector of the UK leaving the EU without a trade deal. Significant work is already underway to ensure that UK exporters can maintain access to EU markets after March 2019.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether schools in Scotland receive funding from his Department for English children who attend those schools.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Schools in Scotland do not receive funding from the Department to educate English pupils attending there. Similarly, where Scottish pupils attend English schools, the Scottish Government does not pay for this.
Education is a devolved matter. The way funding is allocated to Scottish schools is a matter for the Scottish Government. In England, schools receive funding for the number of pupils attending the school, regardless of where the pupil resides.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hen harrier nests there were on (a) RSPB and (b) non-RSPB reserves in each of the last six years; how many of those nests failed to have any chicks fledge; and what the causes of each of those nest failures were.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has primary control over access to two known hen harrier breeding sites: the RSPB reserve at Geltsdale and United Utilities landholding in the Bowland Fells, a special protection area.
Table 1. Breeding data from sites primarily controlled by RSPB
Year | Area | Outcome | Likely reason for failure |
2014 | Bowland | 5 chicks fledged |
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2014 | Bowland | 4 chicks fledged |
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2015 | Bowland | Nest failed | Unknown - chicks dead in nest |
2015 | Bowland | 1 chick fledged |
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2015 | Bowland | Nest failed | Male missing |
2015 | Bowland | Nest failed | Male missing |
2015 | Bowland | Nest failed | Male missing |
2015 | Bowland | Nest failed | Predation |
2015 | Geltsdale | Nest failed | Male missing |
2016 | Geltsdale | 1 chick fledged |
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2018 | Bowland | 4 chicks fledged |
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2018 | Bowland | 4 chicks fledged |
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2018 | Bowland | 5 chicks fledged |
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Table 2. Breeding data from sites primarily controlled by other bodies
Year | Area | Outcome | Likely Reason for failure |
2013 | County Durham | Nest failed | Female disappeared/deserted |
2013 | Northumberland | Nest failed | Abnormal eggs |
2014 | Cumbria | 2 chicks fledged |
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2014 | Peak District | 4 chicks fledged |
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2015 | Cumbria | 2 chicks fledged |
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2015 | Cumbria | 3 chicks fledged |
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2015 | Cumbria | 3 chicks fledged |
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2015 | Northumberland | 4 chicks fledged |
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2015 | Northumberland | 5 chicks fledged |
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2016 | Northumberland | 2 chicks fledged |
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2016 | Northumberland | 5 chicks fledged |
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2017 | Northumberland | 4 chicks fledged |
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2017 | Northumberland | 3 chicks fledged |
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2017 | Northumberland | Nest failed | Suspected predation |
2017 | Northumberland | 3 chicks fledged |
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2017 | Northumberland | Nest failed | Likely bad weather - chicks dead in wet nest |
2017 | Yorkshire Dales | Nest failed | Suspected predation |
2017 | Yorkshire Dales | Nest failed | Suspected predation |
2018 | Yorkshire Dales | Nest failed | Desertion |
2018 | Yorkshire Dales | Nest failed | Desertion |
2018 | Northumberland | Nest failed | Predation |
2018 | Northumberland | Nest failed | Predation or deserted |
2018 | Northumberland | Nest failed | Predated |
2018 | Northumberland | 4 chicks fledged |
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2018 | Northumberland | 5 chicks fledged |
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2018 | Northumberland | 2 chicks fledged |
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2018 | Cumbria | 2 chicks fledged |
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2018 | Cumbria | 4 chicks fledged |
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2018 | Yorkshire | 4 chicks fledged |
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Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government plans to publish its Peat Strategy.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
The England Peat Strategy will be published in 2019.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Departments will be in receipt of the additional £2 billion he announced for EU exit planning; how much each such Department will receive.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
The Treasury is discussing EU Exit preparations for 2019/20 with departments and allocations will be announced in due course.