Asked by: Chris Williamson (Independent - Derby North)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the feasibility of negotiating an equitable and practical access arrangement for canoeing with all riparian owners and stakeholders along the 106km of the River Derwent in Derbyshire.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
There has been no assessment by the department into the feasibility of access agreements on the River Derwent.
Asked by: Chris Williamson (Independent - Derby North)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of uncontested access on water within National Parks for canoeing; and how many successful access arrangements there are within National Parks that facilitate access on water for recreation.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
There has been no departmental assessment of the adequacy of uncontested access on water within National Parks.
The department does not hold information on access agreements within National Parks.
Asked by: Chris Williamson (Independent - Derby North)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the risks to human and animals of trail hunts encroaching on roads and railway lines.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Newport West, Paul Flynn, on 26 February 2018, PQ UIN 128304.
Asked by: Chris Williamson (Independent - Derby North)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, many convictions have been secured under the 2004 Hunting Act in each year since 2010.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
The number of convictions under the Hunting Act 2004 in England and Wales, from 2010 to 2017, can be viewed in the table below. This information was provided by the Ministry of Justice.
The number of convictions under the Hunting Act 2004 in England and Wales from 2010 to 2017(1)(2)
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2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
36 | 56 | 48 | 56 | 35 | 45 | 31 | 22 |
Notes:
(1) The figures given in the table relate to defendants for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (2) Includes males, females, persons where sex "Not Stated" and other offenders, i.e. companies, public bodies, etc. | |||||||
Asked by: Chris Williamson (Independent - Derby North)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many herds in the Somerset central cull zone were (a) in the (i) cohort and (ii) herds in existence monitoring groups, (b) were under restriction and (c) were Officially Tuberculosis Free withdrawn on 24 October 2018; and what the prevalence in that zone was of (A) Herds Under Restriction and (B) herds that were Officially Tuberculosis Free withdrawn on that same date.
Answered by George Eustice
We do not yet hold this data for the time periods requested as the monitoring reporting of cattle TB incidence and prevalence in cull areas occurs at least one year in arrears to allow for a full year of monitoring after a cull starts. The corresponding data from 2013 to 2017 has been published on Gov.uk:
Asked by: Chris Williamson (Independent - Derby North)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on 24th October 2018, how many cattle herds there were in the Gloucestershire Central cull zone in the (a) cohort and (b) herds in existence monitoring groups; how many and what proportion of herds were under restriction; and how many and what proportion of herds were Officially TB Free Withdrawn.
Answered by George Eustice
We do not yet hold this data for the time periods requested as the monitoring reporting of cattle TB incidence and prevalence in cull areas occurs at least one year in arrears to allow for a full year of monitoring after a cull starts. The corresponding data from 2013 to 2017 has been published on Gov.uk:
Asked by: Chris Williamson (Independent - Derby North)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cattle herds there were in the Gloucestershire Central cull zone in the (a) cohort and (b) herds in existence monitoring groups; how many New Herd Incidents there were in each group; how many of those incidents were Officially TB Free Withdrawn; and what the (i) time at risk and (ii) calculated incidence rates were for each group between 3 September 2017 and 2 September 2018.
Answered by George Eustice
We do not yet hold this data for the time periods requested as the monitoring reporting of cattle TB incidence and prevalence in cull areas occurs at least one year in arrears to allow for a full year of monitoring after a cull starts. The corresponding data from 2013 to 2017 has been published on Gov.uk:
Asked by: Chris Williamson (Independent - Derby North)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cattle herds there were in the Dorset Central cull zone in the (a) cohort and (b) herds in existence monitoring groups; how many New Herd Incidents there were in each group; how many of those incidents were Officially TB Free Withdrawn; and what the (i) time at risk and (ii) calculated incidence rates were for each group between 31 August 2017 and 30 August 2018.
Answered by George Eustice
We do not yet hold this data for the time periods requested as the monitoring reporting of cattle TB incidence and prevalence in cull areas occurs at least one year in arrears to allow for a full year of monitoring after a cull starts. The corresponding data from 2013 to 2017 has been published on Gov.uk:
Asked by: Chris Williamson (Independent - Derby North)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cattle herds there were in the Somerset Central cull zone in the (a) cohort and (b) herds in existence monitoring groups; how many New Herd Incidents there were in each group; how many of those incidents were Officially TB Free Withdrawn; and what the (i) time at risk and (ii) calculated incidence rates were for each monitoring group between 26 August 2017 and 25 August 2018.
Answered by George Eustice
We do not yet hold this data for the time periods requested as the monitoring reporting of cattle TB incidence and prevalence in cull areas occurs at least one year in arrears to allow for a full year of monitoring after a cull starts. The corresponding data from 2013 to 2017 has been published on Gov.uk:
Asked by: Chris Williamson (Independent - Derby North)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to ban the export of livestock for fattening; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by George Eustice
The Government has always been clear that it would prefer animals to be slaughtered close to the point of production. Our manifesto made it clear that we would take early steps to control the export of live farm animals for slaughter, once we leave the European Union (EU).
We recently launched a call for evidence on the control of live animal exports for slaughter and on improving animal welfare during transport for all purposes including fattening after the UK leaves the EU. The call for evidence closed on the 22 May 2018 and we are currently analysing the responses. The Government has also asked the Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC) to look at what improvements could be made to the transport regulatory regime for all animals and for all purposes, we hope to receive the recommendations from the FAWC later in the year.