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  • Baroness Byford – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Baroness Byford – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Byford on 2015-02-10.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for Pensions, Steve Webb MP, on 21 May 2012 (HC Deb, col 506W), how many of the targeted 700,000 Post Office card accounts have been migrated to mainstream bank accounts and how many Post Office account users have refused to give up their Post Office account.

    Lord Freud

    For reasons of financial inclusion the Post Office Ltd (POL) were financially incentivised to migrate 700,000 users of Post Office card accounts to mainstream bank accounts over the life of the current contract. As part of this contract Government is not responsible to pay for the upkeep of these 700,000 accounts. Through the life of the contract to date, customer volumes have reduced by approximately 1.1m, achieving a saving for the Government on these accounts. The extent to which POL has achieved this reduction through attrition or migration is a matter for POL.

  • Baroness Byford – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Baroness Byford – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Byford on 2015-02-10.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the earliest date on which farmers in England will be able to submit their applications for the basic payment scheme for 2015.

    Lord De Mauley

    For 2015 there will not be an application window in the traditional sense. Customers will start to build their Basic Payment Scheme application from the moment they register on the Rural Payment Service. As of 22 February, 49,642 businesses have registered.

    Since January, customers have been able to register, check and confirm personal, business and land details, and give permission for others to act on their behalf. Customers also update and amend their land information such as adding features and land cover. Customers will be able to confirm entitlements and eligibility from March 2015, and can complete and submit their claims from April until 15 May 2015.

  • Baroness Byford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Baroness Byford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Byford on 2014-04-03.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what area was set aside for the growth of beet for biogas production in the United Kingdom, in each of the last three years.

    Lord De Mauley

    Official statistics on the area of sugar beet used to produce biogas, or energy produced from UK sugar beet are not currently available. The data below shows the production of bioethanol from sugar beet and the land used.

    Year

    Bioethanol (million litres)1

    Land used (thousand hectares)2

    15 April 2010 – 14 April 2011

    68.5

    13.4

    15 April 2011 – 14 April 2012

    21.8

    3

    15 April 2012 -14 April 2013

    (provisional) 3

    59.9

    10.4

    1 All sugar beet volumes above were grown on previously cropped land

    2 Source: Defra June Survey of Agriculture. UK area at year n-1.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/structure-of-the-agricultural-industry

    3 (e) Figures for 2012-13 (Year 5) are as of 15 September 2013 and are not final.

    The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OfGEM) records have identified two operational anaerobic digestion plants which only use sugar beet to produce biogas for electricity generation.

    Defra published an experimental statistics release on the use of crops for bioenergy in December 2013.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/289168/nonfood-statsnotice2012-12mar14.pdf

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  • Baroness Byford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Baroness Byford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Byford on 2014-04-03.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much energy was produced from beet grown in each of the last three years in the United Kingdom.

    Lord De Mauley

    Official statistics on the area of sugar beet used to produce biogas, or energy produced from UK sugar beet are not currently available. The data below shows the production of bioethanol from sugar beet and the land used.

    Year

    Bioethanol (million litres)1

    Land used (thousand hectares)2

    15 April 2010 – 14 April 2011

    68.5

    13.4

    15 April 2011 – 14 April 2012

    21.8

    3

    15 April 2012 -14 April 2013

    (provisional) 3

    59.9

    10.4

    1 All sugar beet volumes above were grown on previously cropped land

    2 Source: Defra June Survey of Agriculture. UK area at year n-1.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/structure-of-the-agricultural-industry

    3 (e) Figures for 2012-13 (Year 5) are as of 15 September 2013 and are not final.

    The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OfGEM) records have identified two operational anaerobic digestion plants which only use sugar beet to produce biogas for electricity generation.

    Defra published an experimental statistics release on the use of crops for bioenergy in December 2013.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/289168/nonfood-statsnotice2012-12mar14.pdf

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  • Baroness Byford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Baroness Byford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Byford on 2014-04-03.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the 67 successful prosecutions brought by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority since the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 are related to on-farm” activities; and how many were brought against the food supply industry.”

    Lord Taylor of Holbeach

    As at 8 April 2014, 69 prosecutions have been undertaken against 44 individuals

    and companies that operated without a licence, one company that obstructed the

    Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) officers, and 24 individuals and

    companies that used the services of unlicensed gangmasters.

    A standard GLA licence allows a gangmaster to undertake activity in both

    agriculture and food supply. As a result, the GLA do not retain data on

    whether individual prosecutions related to agriculture or food supply.

  • Baroness Byford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    Baroness Byford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Byford on 2014-04-02.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Nick Boles MP, Under Secretary of State for Planning, on 10 February (HC Deb, 418W–419W), whether the reference to the requirement to demonstrate that a proposed development will not increase the flood risk elsewhere refers to the risk in both urban and rural areas.

    Baroness Stowell of Beeston

    Yes, the strict tests on flood risk set out in national planning policy apply to rural and urban areas. These tests include ensuring new development does not increase flood risk elsewhere. In the new planning guidance we launched on 6 March we have made it crystal clear that councils need to consider these tests and where they are not met new development should not be allowed.

  • Baroness Byford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Baroness Byford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Byford on 2014-04-02.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the three crop rule included in the new Common Agricultural Policy relates to single parcels of land owned or rented by one person or company, or whether the entire holding can be treated as one parcel of land.

    Lord De Mauley

    The requirements of the crop diversification measure of greening, also known as the “three crop rule”, apply to the total arable area of a holding.

    Farmers with between 10ha and 30ha of eligible arable land will usually need to grow at least two crops. Farmers with over 30ha of eligible arable land will usually need to grow at least three crops. Compliance with the measure will be assessed at the holding level, not the parcel level.

  • Baroness Byford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Baroness Byford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Byford on 2014-04-02.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Michael Fallon MP, Minister of State for Energy, on 5 February (HC Deb, 263W), whether the £100,000 will go to the parish or parishes in which the wellhead and associated workings are placed; and if not, to where it will go.

    Baroness Verma

    The UK Onshore Operators Group (UKOOG) has stated that £100,000 will go to the local community in respect of each hydraulically fracked well site at exploration stage. UKOOG has further stated that the exact boundaries of the local community, for this purpose, will be defined on a site-by-site basis in conjunction with local people.

  • Baroness Byford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Baroness Byford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Byford on 2014-05-07.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the provision in the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 on stop, search and seizure of vehicles suspected of involvement in fly-tipping has been commenced; and, if so, how many vehicles have been seized under that provision.

    Lord De Mauley

    In 2014/15 we plan to commence the revised powers under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005in respect of the stop, search and seizure of vehicles. Local authorities and the Environment Agency have similar powers under the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989. Local authorities have reported to Flycapture, the national flytipping database, that 1149 vehicles have been seized since April 2008.

  • Baroness Byford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Baroness Byford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Byford on 2014-05-07.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, Dr Daniel Poulter MP, on 18 March (HC Deb, 574W), how many of the 145 serious data breaches reported for acute trusts were the result of theft; how many individuals were involved; how many trusts were implicated; and how many trusts were involved in more than one such breach.

    Earl Howe

    In the period from 1 June 2013 to 14 March 2014 where details of serious incidents have been reported through the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) Incident Reporting tool there have been 21 breaches reported by acute trusts under the categories of either ‘lost or stolen’ hardware or paperwork. Seven of these are verified as theft and 14 are possible thefts but this has not been proven. 19 trusts each reported a single incident and one reported two.

    The numbers of individuals affected are indicated in the volume column of following table.

    ID

    (IG Incident log look up number)

    Lost or Stolen?

    Volume (estimate in some cases)

    IGI/1581

    Lost/Stolen

    29

    IGI/1558

    Stolen

    15

    IGI/1564

    Lost/Stolen

    132

    IGI/1746

    Lost/Stolen

    20

    IGI/1497

    Lost/Stolen

    38

    IGI/1421

    Stolen

    46

    IGI/1599

    Lost/stolen

    7

    IGI/1316

    Stolen

    416

    IGI/1255

    Lost/Stolen

    23

    IGI/1256

    Stolen

    2

    IGI/1251

    Stolen

    15

    IGI/1206

    Lost/stolen

    13

    IGI/1015

    Lost/stolen

    27

    IGI/1160

    Lost/stolen

    1

    IGI/947

    Lost/Stolen

    7

    IGI/879

    Lost/Stolen

    15

    IGI/730

    Lost/Stolen

    17

    IGI/1385

    Lost/Stolen

    4

    IGI/663

    Stolen

    100

    IGI/493

    Stolen

    115

    IGI/533

    Lost/Stolen

    5,000