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Written Question
Food: Procurement
Thursday 12th May 2016

Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on British farming of the Plan for Public Procurement, published in July 2014.

Answered by George Eustice

Total spend on public sector food and catering services is around £2.4 billion. The Plan for Public Procurement launched a new approach to the way the Government and its catering providers buy food. It provides a transparent set of criteria that allow contracting parties to reach agreement about the quality and value of products and services. British farmers are well placed to meet these standards and to compete for a further £400 million of business that the Plan opens up.

Written Question
Travel
Monday 17th November 2014

Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what total amount her Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) the Government Car and Despatch Agency and (b) other car hire in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.

Answered by Dan Rogerson

(a) This information has already been published and can be found at:

(i) http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm

(ii) http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm

(iii) http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101028/wmstext/101028m0001.htm#10102827000372

(b) Due to the way payments are recorded on Core Defra’s finance system, it is not possible to distinguish the costs of Ministerial car hire from the costs of cars hired by civil servants. Such a breakdown could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

The table below therefore lists the value of all Departmental payments in respect of non-GCDA car hire in financial years 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10.

Spend on Other

Hire Cars (£)

2007-08

59,711

2008-09

35,530

2009-10

25,168

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Jan 2014
Rural Communities

"It is a great privilege to be able to speak in the debate. I represent Salisbury, which I always think of as a constituency of two halves: one half is a suburban area; the other is full of rural communities. The two work closely together. I echo the remarks of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Apr 2013
Agricultural Wages Board

"I have a great deal of respect for the right hon. Gentleman, but the National Farmers Union briefing states:

“The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) for 2010 showed that 90% of workers employed in agricultural trades received gross pay above £6.50 an hour”,

which I think was the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Mar 2013
Flood Insurance

"My constituent Sarah McKerlie told me just a few days ago that the sale of her property has fallen through three times because of the ambiguous risk. The current uncertainty is leading to irrational behaviour that does not necessarily relate to insurability. This uncertainty needs to end, so that people …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 27 Feb 2013
Environment Agency

"Does my hon. Friend agree that one of the significant challenges is the Environment Agency’s lack of authority? In my conversations in connection with the flooding in Britford, which is on the River Avon just south of Salisbury, there seemed to be a lot of confusion about exactly what powers …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Apr 2012
Oral Answers to Questions

"5. What assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the effectiveness of its recent campaign to increase voter registration...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Apr 2012
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank my hon. Friend for that reply, and I think the adverts were excellent. What role, however, does the Electoral Commission have in ensuring that electoral registration officers play their part in making sure that people who cannot easily be reached are able to register?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Dec 2011
Bovine TB

"The farmers of south Wiltshire and around Salisbury will warmly welcome today’s announcements. Will the Secretary of State confirm that these new provisions will be kept under review to ensure that they are successful in tackling this terrible disease? If they are seen to be successful, will moves be made …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 May 2011
Oral Answers to Questions

"7. What steps she is taking to increase the level of access to Ministers and engagement with departmental decision making for farming and rural communities...."
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