Asked by: Graeme Morrice (Labour - Livingston)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what level of funding his Department provides to tackle the effects of climate change; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Dan Rogerson
Defra spent £8.3 million in 2013-14 under its core adapting to climate change programme. This included £4.1 million to the Met Office Hadley Centre for the provision of world-leading climate science, and £1.6 million to the Environment Agency's Climate Ready support service to help organisations across England adapt to a changing climate. Adaptation is mainstreamed across Government. Other departments and other Defra programmes also fund activities that build resilience to climate change.
Asked by: Graeme Morrice (Labour - Livingston)
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 has any plans to end the employee trade union membership dues check-off system.
Answered by Dan Rogerson
I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Leicester South on Thursday, 03 April 2014: Official Report column 765w.
Jonathan Ashworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision. [194039]
Dan Rogerson: DEFRA is currently reviewing the provision of check-off for trade union subscriptions.