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Written Question
Domestic Visits
Tuesday 9th September 2014

Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2014, Official Report, columns 626-7W, on official visits, what domestic visits she and her predecessor have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.

Answered by Dan Rogerson

Information on Ministers’ meetings with external organisations is published quarterly on the Gov.uk site. This reflects the Government’s commitment to transparency. However, we cannot identify without incurring disproportionate cost every visit over the period for all Ministers.

Relevant transparency reports can be found as follows:

1 January to 31 March 2013: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/212312/defra-min-transparency-1213-q4.pdf

There has been a delay in publishing transparency data for 1 January to 31 March 2014. We expect it to be available shortly.

1 April to 30 June 2013:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/246396/Ministerial_expenses_-_1_April_to_30_June_2013.pdf

1 July to 30 September 2013:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/265462/Ministers_Quarterly_return_July_to_September_2013.pdf

1 October to 31 December 2013:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/320333/Ministerial_Quarterly_Transparency_information_-_October_to_December_2013.pdf

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Jul 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"17. The new Secretary of State is not answering this question personally, but perhaps she might do so later. The science clearly criticises the Government’s culling policy and this House has voted twice to end it. When will the Government change their mind? Do we not now have an opportunity, …..."
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Written Question
Official Visits
Wednesday 18th June 2014

Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what visits each of the Ministers in his Department have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.

Answered by Dan Rogerson

To identify every visit made by all of our Ministers over the period would incur a disproportionate cost as the information is not collated centrally.

However, information on Ministers' meetings with external organisations and their overseas travel is published quarterly on the Gov.uk site. This reflects the Civil Service's commitment to transparency.

Please find links to the relevant reports from 1 January 2013 until 31 December 2013:

1 January to 31 March 2013:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/212312/defra-min-transparency-1213-q4.pdf

1 April to 30 June 2013:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/246396/Ministerial_expenses_-_1_April_to_30_June_2013.pdf

1 July to 30 September 2013:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/265462/Ministers_Quarterly_return_July_to_September_2013.pdf

1 October to 31 December 2013:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/320333/Ministerial_Quarterly_Transparency_information_-_October_to_December_2013.pdf

Transparency data for 1 January to 31 March 2014 is expected to be available on the webpage later this month. The data for 1 April to 30 June 2014 is due to be published in September.

Written Question
Homelessness: Older People
Monday 7th April 2014

Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.

Answered by Dan Rogerson

The 20 highest and 20 lowest value contracts awarded by Defra for the respective financial years are set out in the table attached.

We are unable to provide data for 2009/10 as we did not have a central contracts management system in place prior to April 2010.

The lowest value for contracts shown here is £10,000. Any purchasing below that level is made under standard purchase order terms and conditions rather than through a specific contract. These are not recorded on our central system.

The data does not included contracts for research and development which are not held centrally and could only be included at disproportionate cost.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Nov 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"Over several months—indeed, nearly two years now—I have frequently raised the issue of the health effects on certain individuals of low-energy lighting. Has the Department made any progress in its negotiations with Europe on this issue?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 May 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"In answer to previous questions from me about how we can protect people from the adverse effects of low-energy lighting, Ministers indicated that they would need to get support from other European partners. What steps have they been taking in the past six months to do that?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Dec 2012
Oral Answers to Questions

"9. What progress he has made in negotiations with the EU on a derogation from the ban on the import or manufacture of incandescent bulbs for those who suffer ill health as a result of exposure to low-energy lighting ahead of the review of legislation in 2014; and if he …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Dec 2012
Oral Answers to Questions

"My constituents are pleased that the draft regulations for directional lighting acknowledge that there is a problem with health. The other regulations are due for review in 2014. Will the Minister confirm that he, along with other parts of the EU, will seek to achieve a change in 2014, so …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Nov 2012
Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [Lords]

"Given the clear balance in the speeches that have been made today across the House, would not it be good if Ministers, rather than just waiting for the Bill to go to Committee, said now that they would table the kinds of amendments that everyone seems to be asking for—for …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Oct 2012
Bovine TB and Badger Control

"The Secretary of State’s Department seems to have a bit of a track record of backing off when the pressure gets high. We previously had the experience of the circus animals debate, which was going to be whipped, but suddenly his Department backed off. Many of my constituents will be …..."
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