Environment Food and Rural Affairs

written question – answered on 8 February 2006.

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  • British Beef Exports

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she expects the EU to vote to lift the ban on the export of British beef; and for what reasons the ban has not been...

  • Carbon Emissions

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of the displacement of carbon emissions has been achieved through the introduction of energy efficiency...

  • Cattle Movements

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many animals have been involved in incidents of non-compliance with cattle movement orders since 2001; where these...

  • Civil Servants (Overseas Visits)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what costs were incurred by her Department as a result of sending civil servants on overseas visits in each of the last 10 years.

  • Conservation Areas

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) when she expects to conclude bilateral biogeographic discussions with the European Commission on the designation of...

  • Cormorants

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many licences for the culling of cormorants were issued in England in 2005–06; how many cormorants were killed...

  • Departmental Expenditure

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the annual expenditure on vehicles of (a) her Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body, (ii) executive...

  • Departmental Transport

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 19 December 2005, Official Report, column 2376W, on departmental transport, if she will place in...

  • Departmental Transport

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 19 December 2005, Official Report, column 2376W, on departmental transport, what further steps she...

  • EU Habitats Directive

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government plans to take to meet its obligations under the EU Habitats Directive.

  • Forestry

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding has been allocated by the Forestry Commission for woodland creation schemes in each of the last three years; and...

  • Forestry

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of the woodland grant scheme is allocated to (a) woodland creation and (b) woodland management in 2005–06.

  • Forestry

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of woodland in England is managed in accordance with the UK Forestry Standard.

  • Forestry

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what guidance is being prepared in relation to the Habitats Regulations following the recent European Court decision.

  • Packaging

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps her Department is taking to reduce the amount of packaging being used for commercial products by companies in England.

  • Poultry Slaughterhouses

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many poultry inspection assistants are employed by poultry slaughterhouses; and which slaughterhouses employ such assistants.

  • Recycling

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will set national standards for recycling which apply to all local authorities.

  • Recycling

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of corporate waste was recycled in each year between 2000 and 2005.

  • Recycling

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans her Department has for increasing (a) recycling and (b) composting.

  • Regulatory Reform Orders

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many Regulatory Reform Orders her Department has laid before Parliament in each of the last five calendar years.

  • Snares

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions she has had with the National Farmers' Union on the use of snares.

  • Snares

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research she has commissioned into the use of snares over the last three years.

  • Special Protection Area Status

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under which EU directive or regulations special protection area status was introduced; and whether the Government published a...

  • Stewardship Schemes

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many farmers have applied, and been accepted, for (a) Entry Level Stewardship and (b) Higher Level Stewardship.

  • Tyres

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what estimate she has made of the number of tyres which became redundant in the last year for which an estimate is...