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Written questions

Daniel Zeichner

1,768 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

NHS Foundation Trusts: Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what amount of expired Apprenticeship Levy funding has been reclaimed from each NHS foundation trust in the East of England.

19 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

National Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2020 to Question 86679, on National Insurance, what progress her Department has made on implementing a digital solution to speed up the National Insurance Number (

19 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sugar Beet

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the results of forecasting to predict aphid pest pressures for 2021 for sugar beet.

19 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sustainable Farming Incentive

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on ensuring that organic farming standards are recognised and included in the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme.

19 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Neonicotinoids

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent cold weather on the need for neonicotinoid treatment of sugar beet.

19 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sugar Beet

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has undertaken forecasting to predict aphid pest pressures for sugar beet in 2021.

8 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people who move into a higher covid-19 vaccination priority group get swift access to an appointment.

5 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much additional funding for costs arising from the covid-19 outbreak has been made available to schools in Cambridgeshire during the 2020-21 academic year.

5 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bees: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) steps his Department is taking and (b) discussions he has had with devolved Administrations on addressing new restrictions for importers of bees after 1 January 2021.

5 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bees: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the level of restrictions facing British importers of bees (a) prior to and (b) after 1 January 2021.

5 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Honey: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of imports of cheap honey on British beekeepers.

5 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Honey: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of measures to ensure that honey sold in the UK is not adulterated and bulked out with cheap sugar syrups.

4 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the maximum number of years is that badger culling could continue in England under the consultation proposals on eradicating bovine TB announced on 27 January 2020; and what the m

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what restrictions are in place on the use of pesticides close to schools; and whether he plans to update those restrictions.

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the final Revised National Action Plan on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides will include provisions for involving the Department of Health (a) in decisions related to the appro

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the final Revised National Action Plan on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides will be updated to include a commitment to develop a human biomonitoring programme designed to monit

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the final Revised National Action Plan on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides will be expanded to increase the transparency on pesticides by including (a) mandatory spray notific

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pollinators

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the final Revised National Action Plan on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides will be expanded to include stronger measures designed to protect pollinators.

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the final Revised National Action Plan on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides will include stronger measures for improving the uptake of Integrated Pest Management by farmers by

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of relying on voluntary codes, industry self-regulation and industry bodies such as the Voluntary Initiative and Amenity Forum a

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the final Revised National Action Plan on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides will ensure that farmers are able to access agronomic advice which is delinked from the agrochemical

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the final Revised National Action Plan on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides will be expanded to include a commitment to focus innovation and research and development on nature-

2 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Neonicotinoids

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what choice of seed sugar beet farmers will have in 2021; and whether non-neonicotinoid treated seeds will be available.

28 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Cheese: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of cheesemakers based in Great Britain that have stopped selling their products to the EU since 1 January 2021.

28 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Cheese: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on the ability of cheesemakers based in Great Britain to sell their products to the EU.

27 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 9 of the the National Food Strategy: Part One Report, published in July 2020, what plans the Government has to implement the recommendation of extending the work

27 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there is a centralised taskforce working in (a) his Department or (b) across Government departments focussed on food insecurity and vulnerability during the covid-19 outbreak.

27 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Food and Other Essential Supplies to the Vulnerable Ministerial Task Force has been disbanded.

27 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold a roundtable with representatives from the British pig industry to discuss the current challenges facing the sector.

26 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

FareShare: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the £16 million allocated to FareShare on 8 November 2020 has been allocated to frontline food aid providers (a) within and (b) beyond the FareShare network to date.

Source: official written-questions record.