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Written questions

Daniel Zeichner

1,768 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of direct payments made to farmers were (a) less than £30,000, (b) £30,001 to £50,000, (c) £50,001 to £150,000 and (d) more than £150,000 in the most recen

16 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on badger TB vaccination programmes in each of the last five years.

16 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish details of his Department's expenditure on TB eradication in England in each year since 2013.

15 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animals and Plants: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many border checks were conducted on (a) live animals and (b) high-risk plants in each of the last six months; and how many and what proportion of the (i) live animals and (ii) hig

15 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animals: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the UK's loss of membership to the European Commission's Animal Disease Information System on the ability to protect

15 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Products and Food: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the loss of membership to the European Commission's trade control and expert system on the UK's ability to uphold bio

13 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Capital Gains Tax: Self-assessment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how long HMRC's website has been unavailable for people reporting and paying Capital Gains Tax as of 13 June 2022; how many paper forms have been dispatched to customers during that period; and on what date he e

7 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason his Department has limited the number of labour providers who can participate in the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme to four.

6 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horticulture: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department's plans to publish new official statistics for seasonal labour in horticulture for England.

6 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: New Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the pilot incubator projects.

1 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sustainable Farming Incentive: Organic Farming

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the Sustainable Farming Incentive's Organic Farming Standard has been delayed until 2025.

1 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Oxford-Cambridge Arc

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of May 17 2022 to Question 3611, on Oxford-Cambridge Arc, when the findings of the 12-week public consultation are planned to be published.

1 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time is to process right to work applications for non-UK workers; and what steps are being taken to address the application backlog.

1 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people on the seasonal worker visa scheme are not subject to labour exploitation.

1 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was the cost to the public purse of badger culling in England in each year since 2013.

26 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses expected to receive over (a) £100,000 (b) £200,000 (c) £250,000 and (d) £500,000 in Basic Payments in (i) 2022, (ii) 2023, (iii) 2

26 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Feed: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government taking to tackle animal feed inflation.

26 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of increases in the cost of (a) animal feed, (b) fertilisers and (c) fuel on (i) the agricultural sector and (ii) food p

26 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will provide details of his Department's expenditure on all agricultural support schemes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

26 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, where the funds removed from the basic payment scheme in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022 were reallocated.

26 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of whether the 30,000 visas available under the Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme will meet the labour needs of the agricultural sector.

24 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Insolvency Service: Cambridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the local Chambers of Commerce or Federation of Small Businesses were consulted on the decision to close the Insolvency Service office in Cambridge.

24 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Insolvency Service: Cambridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the planned closure of the Insolvency Service office in Cambridge, where interviews previously conducted by that office will be relocated to once that site close

24 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Insolvency Service: Cambridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what equality impact assessment the Government has carried out for the closure of the Insolvency Service office in Cambridge; and whether a copy of its findings can be placed in t

24 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Foot and Mouth Disease: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the recent outbreak of foot and mouth in Southeast Asia does not spread to the UK.

23 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Regional Planning and Development: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Rural Proofing report 2021 will be published.

19 May 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Swimming: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the availability of swimming teachers; and what steps she is taking to help increase national swimming teacher provision.

19 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Meat: Romania

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the level of Romanian meat being imported into the UK.

19 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2022 to Question 276, what specific activities have been undertaken in each category within that Answer; and if she will provide a breakdown of how the

17 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Tree Planting: Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) survival rates and (b) total costs of trees planted during the upgrade to the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon.

Source: official written-questions record.