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Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Microplastics: Pollution (25 Mar 2024)

Robbie Moore: Microplastics can enter the environment from several sources such as vehicle tyre wear, machine-washing clothes and from textiles themselves. Defra funded a rapid evidence assessment in 2022 to better understand the costs, benefits, and efficiencies of installing filters in washing machines to trap textile microfibres during the laundry cycle and before discharge to wastewater treatment...

Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Flood Control: Lowestoft (25 Mar 2024)

Robbie Moore: In March 2020, the government doubled its investment in flood defences to a record £5.2 billion between 2021 and 2027 to better protect communities across England from flooding and coastal erosion. Since April 2021, over £1.5 billion has been invested in over 200 flood protection schemes, better protecting over 71,000 properties. Defra has allocated over £80 million to the Lowestoft Flood...

Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Environmental Protection (25 Mar 2024)

Robbie Moore: An Environment Agency local team can choose to give feedback or request further information regarding an incident if needed, but the Environment Agency Information Communications Service (ICS) who receive reports of environmental incidents from the public, will not provide feedback.

Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Sewage: Pollution (25 Mar 2024)

Robbie Moore: We have increased the number of storm overflows monitored across the network in England from approximately 7% in 2010, to 100% coverage before the end of 2023. These event duration monitors will provide a complete picture of when, and for how long, each storm overflow operates. Under our landmark Environment Act, we made it a legal requirement for companies to provide discharge data to the...

Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Sewage: Pollution (25 Mar 2024)

Robbie Moore: The Secretary of State has regular engagement with water companies to discuss a range of issues including preventative measures to reduce sewage discharges, and improvements to water company infrastructure. For example, in December 2023, he wrote to all water company Chief Executives, requesting that they improve sewer maintenance programmes over the next twelve months to help prevent storm...

Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Water Supply (25 Mar 2024)

Robbie Moore: The Environment Agency will be publishing its updated National Framework for Water Resources in 2025. This will reflect the expectation that regional water resources plans explore opportunities to deliver cross sector mutual benefits, as set out in a joint letter from Government and water regulators to regional water resources groups in January 2023. This will include the need to work with...

Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Flood Control (25 Mar 2024)

Robbie Moore: In March 2020, the Government doubled its investment in flood defences to a record £5.2 billion between 2021 and 2027 to better protect communities across England from flooding and coastal erosion. Since April 2021, over £1.5 billion has been invested in over 200 flood protection schemes, better protecting over 71,000 properties. The capital investment programme is annually reviewed and...

Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Food: Waste (22 Mar 2024)

Robbie Moore: The 2022 public consultation on improved food waste reporting by large food businesses in England included an Impact Assessment which assessed the economic and environmental impacts of the of the voluntary and mandatory approaches to reporting. These assessments were made at the national level. No regional or local assessments have been made.

Food Security (21 Mar 2024)

Robbie Moore: I thank all right hon. and hon. Members for their contributions to today’s debate, and also thank the Chairs of the three Select Committees for the valuable work they have done in pulling together the reports. Having been a member of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee before taking up my ministerial role, I know just how hard all Select Committees work, so I thank them for...

Food Security (21 Mar 2024)

Robbie Moore: I thank all right hon. and hon. Members for their contributions to today’s debate, and also thank the Chairs of the three Select Committees for the valuable work they have done in pulling together the reports. Having been a member of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee before taking up my ministerial role, I know just how hard all Select Committees work, so I thank them for...

Food Security (21 Mar 2024)

Robbie Moore: I thank all right hon. and hon. Members for their contributions to today’s debate, and also thank the Chairs of the three Select Committees for the valuable work they have done in pulling together the reports. Having been a member of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee before taking up my ministerial role, I know just how hard all Select Committees work, so I thank them for...

Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Flood Control: Finance (21 Mar 2024)

Robbie Moore: We are in the third year of the current six-year £5.2 billion Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) investment programme. This investment programme will better protect hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses from flooding and coastal erosion. At the end of March 2023, approximately £1.5 billion of this funding has been invested with 60,000 properties better protected from...

Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Disposable Wipes: Plastics (21 Mar 2024)

Robbie Moore: We have been working closely with the Devolved Administrations to publish a UK-wide Government Response and agree a joined-up approach to the proposed ban across the UK. Our shared goal is to deliver a ban that is effective and proportionate. The UK-wide Government Response will be published this Spring.

Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Disposable Wipes: Plastics (21 Mar 2024)

Robbie Moore: Following the public consultation on the proposed ban of wet wipes containing plastic, Defra has been working with the Welsh Government, Scottish Government and NI Executive to prepare a UK-wide Government response. This will be published this Spring.

Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Methane: Pollution Control (21 Mar 2024)

Robbie Moore: Tackling methane emissions is one of the quickest and most cost-effective tools to limit global temperate rising to 1.5 degrees. The Government welcomes that this was a priority at COP28 and was pleased to see more countries joining the Global Methane Pledge, to collectively reduce global methane emissions by 30% by 2030 compared to 2020 levels, including across the waste, energy, and...

Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Sewers: Infrastructure (21 Mar 2024)

Robbie Moore: The Government recognises the importance of having a robust capacity and performance for England’s sewage and drainage infrastructure, both now and into future. As part of the Environment Act 2021, a new duty has been created for water companies in England, including Yorkshire Water, to produce Drainage and Wastewater Management Plans (DWMPs). DWMPs set out how a water company intends to...

Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Village Halls: Finance (21 Mar 2024)

Robbie Moore: We are aiming to open the Platinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund to new applications before the summer 2024. Further detail and guidance will be made available shortly on the delivery organisation’s website (Action with Communities in Rural England).

Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Sewers: Infrastructure (21 Mar 2024)

Robbie Moore: The Government’s Plan for Water (2023) recognises Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) as a measure that reduces the risk of surface water flooding and has committed to rolling out SuDS in all new developments. Government is now looking at how best to implement, considering scope, threshold and process. This reduces the pressure on our traditional infrastructure by reducing the overall...

Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Flood Control: South Holland and the Deepings (21 Mar 2024)

Robbie Moore: In the South Holland and the Deepings Constituency, £3.2m of Government Investment (GiA) was invested in Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) schemes between 2019-20 and 2022-23 inclusive. Risk Management Authorities including the Environment Agency, Local Authorities and Internal Drainage Boards work in partnership to deliver the FCERM programme. In this period, 62 properties...

Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Flood Control: Finance (21 Mar 2024)

Robbie Moore: Each year the Environment Agency produces a summary of flood and coastal erosion risk management work carried out by risk management authorities in England. This is required under Section 18 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. When the current FCERM investment programme ends, after March 2027, the Environment Agency will publish a report with a breakdown of spending, similar to the...


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