Shailesh Vara
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many public consultations his Department has conducted in the last 12 months; how long each consultation was open for; how many responses were received in each case; and what the cost of conducting each consultation was.
Huw Irranca-Davies
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Marine and Natural Environment)
DEFRA has conducted 81 consultations over the last 12 months. Details are set out in the following table. Details of the costs of the consultations are not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
| Consultation title | Duration of consultation (Weeks) | Number of responses received to each consultation |
| Consultation on proposal of 2 per cent. milk quotas | 5-6 | 16 |
| Consultation on national listing and plant breeders' right fees | 12 | 11 |
| Consultation on Surface Water Management | 12 | 148 |
| Consultation on guidance to Ofwat | 12 | 43 |
| Consultation on phosphates in detergents-laundry | 12 | 24 |
| Consultation on sustainable products (published on Market Transformation programme website) | 12 | 19 |
| Consultation on charging for CITES licences | 12 | 58 |
| Consultation on the future of the Aggregates Levy Sustainability fund April 2008 to March 2011 | 12 | 78 |
| Consultation on river basin planning (volume) | 12 | 46 |
| Consultation on the transposition of Council Directive 2006/117/Euratom | 12 | 9 |
| Consultation on Implementation of Fruit and Vegetable Reforms | 12 | 12 |
| Consultation on Environmental Liability Directive: 2nd consultation | 12 | 67 |
| Consultation on European Fisheries Fund: UK Operational programme (1st phase) | 4 | 36 |
| Consultation on Fal and Helford | 6 | 19 |
| Consultation on Statutory Notification requirements for potatoes introduced into England and Wales from other EU member states | 12 | 3 |
| Consultation on joint Waste Authorities | 12 | 84 |
| Consultation on Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007; Directive 2004/12/EC (amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste) | 8 | 499 |
| Consultation on the remaking of the Drinking Milk regulations | 5 | 1 |
| Consultation on Soil Strategy for England | 12 | 64 |
| Consultation on TSE Regulations 2007 | 12 | 10 |
| Consultation draft Marine Bill | 12 | 3,899 |
| Consultation on the strategy of health of honey bees | 12 | 86 |
| Consultation on European Fisheries Fund: UK Operational programme (2nd phase) | 8 | 72 |
| Consultation on the EU Commission's proposals to amend the EU ETS from 2013 | 12 | 94 |
| Consultation on the remaking of Eggs and Chicks (England) Regulations 2008 | 2 | 0 |
| Consultation on draft AQEG report: Ozone in the United Kingdom | 12 | 8 |
| Consultation on EPAQS report: guidelines for metals and metalloids in ambient air for the protection of human health | 12 | 3 |
| Consultation on EPAQS report: Addendum to Guidelines for halogen and hydrogen halides in ambient air for protecting human health against acute irritancy effects | 12 | 3 |
| Consultation on groundwater regulations | 12 | 31 |
| Consultation on the European Commission's proposed Directive on Industrial Emissions (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) (Recast)—Intensive livestock | 8 | 20 |
| Consultation on the European Commission's proposed Directive on Industrial Emissions (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) (Recast) | 8 | 50 |
| Consultation on the European Commission's proposed Directive on Industrial Emissions (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control)(Recast)—Combustion Plants | 8 | 36 |
| Consultation on REACH Enforcement | 12 | 23 |
| Consultation on Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976—reform order | 12 | 44 |
| Consultation on the European Commission's proposed Directive on Industrial Emissions (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control)(Recast)—emissions | 12 | 23 |
| Consultation on CAP health checks | 12 | 180 |
| Consultation on Wine SI 2008 | 4 | 3 |
| Consultation on Sector Guidance Note SG8: Rendering | 8 | 4 |
| A second consultation on the controls on the handling, transfer and transport of waste | 12 | 122 |
| Consultation on White Paper—Radioactive Waste—published on homepages | 12 | 181 |
| Consultation on revised UK Strategy for Radioactive Waste and Consultation on Discharge Limits 2006-30 | 12 | UK Strategy 9 |
| Discharge limits 21 | ||
| Consultation on Revised Membership Arrangements for Northumberland National Park Authority | 12 | 13 |
| Consultation on Wildlife Management strategy | 12 | 46 |
| Consultation on Our Seas—a shared resource | 12 | 84 |
| Consultation on The Beef and Veal Labelling Regulations 2008 (England) | 12 | 5 |
| Consultation on air quality guidance | 12 | 28 |
| Consultation on f gases and ozone | 12 | 99 |
| Consultation on Phytopthora Ramorem and Phytophthora kernoviae | 12 | 41 |
| Consultation on DEFRA's Contingency Plan 2008 | 12 | 29 |
| Consultation on Gangmasters Licensing (Exclusions) regulations | 12 | 39 |
| Consultation on changes to the Local Government Act 1972 to allow local authorities in England to work together on animal health | 12 | 10 |
| Consultation on a Code of Practice for the sustainable use of soils on construction sites | 12 | 23 |
| Consultation on Direct Elections to National Park Authorities | 12 | 496 |
| Consultation on flood resilience | 12 | 57 |
| Consultation on flooding, coastal erosion management | 12 | 47 |
| Consultation on review of waste exemptions | 12 | 285 |
| Consultation on plans to meet EU air quality limit values | 12 | 2 |
| Consultation on the English inshore fleet—looking to the future | 12 | 286 |
| Consultation on private water supplies | 12 | 105 |
| Consultation on aviation action plans | 12 | 86 |
| Consultation on VMD | 12 | 58 |
| Consultation on common land councils | 12 | 49 |
| Consultation on Recycling Service guidance | 12 | 26 |
| Consultation on NCP Broiler flocks regulations | 12 | 15 |
| Consultation on LA Environmental Regulation of Industrial plant 2009-10 fees and charges | 12 | 26 |
| Consultation on the Conservation Varieties | 12 | 14 |
| Consultation on direction to the EA on classification of water bodies | 12 | 17 |
| Consultation on carbon accounting regulations | 12 | 43 |
| Consultation on proposed changes to BSE testing | 4 | 28 |
| Consultation on code of practice on cat, dog and equidae | 12 | Cat 79 |
| Dog 136 | ||
| Equidae 36 | ||
| Consultation on revision of our swine vesicular disease legislation | 12 | 11 |
| Consultation on the code of practice for animal feeds | 12 | 14 |
| Consultation on the equine ID | 12 | 72 |
| Consultation on animal by-products regulations | 12 | 59 |
| Consultation on hazardous waste regulations | 12 | 69 |
| Consultation on the Better Regulation review and 6-year review | 12 | Better regulation 41 |
| 6-year review 27 | ||
| Consultation on School Milk | 12 | 17 |
| Consultation on Marine Works (amendment to regulations) | 12 | 29 |
| Consultation on the Rules of court for the water and sewerage special administration regime (consultation ends 20 March 2009) | 12 | (1)0 |
| Consultation on National Flood Emergency framework (consultation ends 27 March 2009) | 12 | (1)2 |
| Consultation on Water Protection Zones (consultation ends 31 March 2009) | 12 | (1)0 |
| DEFRA/BERR joint Consultation on Batteries Directive—draft regulations—published on BERR website to date to date | 12 | 128 |
| (1) To date. | ||
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