Written questions

1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her department is taking to protect future risk to human health from sewage pollution in (a) rivers, (b) lakes and (c) beaches.

3 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the risk to human health from sewage pollution in (a) rivers, (b) lakes and (c) beaches.

3 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farms: New Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April to Question 182041 on Farms: New Businesses, what his Department's planned timescale is for the start of the New Entrant Support Scheme.

20 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Disposal: South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s statistics entitled Local authority collected waste management - annual results 2021/22, published 24 March 2023, what percentage of rubbish sent to

20 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Disposal: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s statistics entitled Local authority collected waste management - annual results 2021/22, published 24 March 2023, what percentage of rubbish sent to

20 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Disposal: South East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s statistics entitled Local authority collected waste management - annual results 2021/22, published 24 March 2023, what percentage of rubbish sent to

20 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Disposal: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s statistics entitled Local authority collected waste management - annual results 2021/22, published 24 March 2023, what percentage of rubbish sent to

20 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Disposal: East Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s statistics entitled Local authority collected waste management - annual results 2021/22, published 24 March 2023, what percentage of rubbish sent to

20 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Disposal: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s statistics entitled Local authority collected waste management - annual results 2021/22, published 24 March 2023, what percentage of rubbish sent to

20 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Disposal: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s statistics entitled Local authority collected waste management - annual results 2021/22, published 24 March 2023, what percentage of rubbish sent to

20 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Disposal: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s statistics entitled Local authority collected waste management - annual results 2021/22, published 24 March 2023, what percentage of rubbish sent to

20 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Disposal: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s statistics entitled Local authority collected waste management - annual results 2021/22, published 24 March 2023, what percentage of rubbish sent to

20 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s statistics entitled Local authority collected waste management - annual results 2021/22, published 24 March 2023, what steps her Department is taking

20 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding opportunities are available for fishermen impacted by Crustacean Mortality in North East England; how much has been allocated to date; and where that information is publis

20 Apr 2023 · Cabinet Office

New Businesses

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) agriculture, (b) forestry and (c) fishing businesses were registered in (a) 2010, (b) 2015 and (c) 2020.

20 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farms: New Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many new farms have been recruited to the New Entrant Support Scheme since its introduction; and what other steps her Department is taking to support new farmers.

20 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Event Duration Monitors have been installed on storm overflows in each year since 2010; and how many of those monitors have been installed on storm overflows that stopped work

20 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a yearly breakdown of number of fishers working in the North East in each year since 2010.

20 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a yearly breakdown of the number of fishers operating in the North East in each year since 2010.

20 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the number of fishing business in the North East that have ceased trading since October 2021.

20 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Shellfish: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the economic impact of crustacean die-offs in the North East on (a) businesses and (b) the fishing industry in that region.

9 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Eggs: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help tackle the increase in the cost of eggs.

9 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Milk

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that there will be an adequate supply of milk to meet consumer demand in 2023.

9 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Avian Influenza: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the number of birds that have been culled as a result of avian flu by species since 2020.

9 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish storm overflow spill data obtained through event duration monitoring for 2022.

17 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many businesses have had properties damaged by flooding in each year since 2010.

17 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many houses were damaged by flooding in each year since 2010.

31 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Email

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her predecessors forwarded official documents from their government emails to their personal email addresses from 24 July 2019 to 25 October 2022.

31 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Email

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department provides to Ministers on the use of personal email accounts for the conduct of public business.

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

Farmers: Termination of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a breakdown of the number of farmers that have left the profession in (a) England and (b) Wales in each year since 2010.

Source: official written-questions record.