Aphra Brandreth MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Agriculture and Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 14667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of civil service personnel work on farming matters and on environmental matters.
Answer: Staff across Defra and its arm's-length bodies work directly or indirectly to support a range of policy areas, including farming, food production, environmental protection, nature recovery, water, air quality and rural communities. As a result, it is not ...
Answered 9 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Services: ReformDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the response to the consultation on the reform of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 will be published.
Answer: Defra’s consultation on reform of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 ran from 28 January to 25 March 2026 and received over 6,000 responses. Additionally, on 24 March 2026, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its final report on its market...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Pig AssociationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on which dates ministers have met the National Pig Association for a bilateral meeting since September 2025.
Answer: While Ministers have not met the National Pig Association directly for a bilateral meeting since September 2025, Ministers have met the National Pig Association as part of wider engagement with the farming industry.
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordFertilisers: UK Carbon Border Adjustment MechanismDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on fertiliser costs for farmers from 1 January 2027 and what plans she has to delay or repeal it
Answer: The Government remains committed to implementing the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) from 1 January 2027. CBAM will apply to imported goods from the fertiliser sector, and the rate charged will reflect the final carbon price paid by domestic ...
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of adding blister packs to the list of waste that must be collected by waste collectors; and what consideration she has made of the
Answer: Following support at public consultation, the Environment Act 2021 introduced new requirements for all local authorities in England to make arrangements for a core set of materials to be collected for recycling from all households: paper and card; plastic...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of households protected by the 151 flood defence schemes delivered in the Government’s first year were protected by schemes that commenced before July 2024.
Answer: During 24/25 and 25/26, this Government has invested a record £2.65 billion in new flood defences with at least 52,000 properties set to be better protected by March 2026. Between July 2024 and July 2025, this investment funded work to complete 151 flood ...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a full list of the 151 flood defence schemes cited as delivered in the Government’s first year, including scheme name, location, start date, completion date and cap
Answer: During 24/25 and 25/26, this Government has invested a record £2.65 billion in new flood defences with at least 52,000 properties set to be better protected by March 2026. Between July 2024 and July 2025, this investment funded work to complete 151 flood ...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a regional breakdown of the 151 flood defence schemes, including start date, completion date and total project cost for each scheme.
Answer: During 24/25 and 25/26, this Government has invested a record £2.65 billion in new flood defences with at least 52,000 properties set to be better protected by March 2026. Between July 2024 and July 2025, this investment funded work to complete 151 flood ...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Environment Agency has made of the proportion of the 151 flood defence schemes that were already in construction or procurement prior to July 2024.
Answer: During 24/25 and 25/26, this Government has invested a record £2.65 billion in new flood defences with at least 52,000 properties set to be better protected by March 2026. Between July 2024 and July 2025, this investment funded work to complete 151 flood ...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what were the ten largest flood defence schemes by capital value included within the 151 schemes delivered in the Government’s first year, and when each of those schemes commenced.
Answer: During 24/25 and 25/26, this Government has invested a record £2.65 billion in new flood defences with at least 52,000 properties set to be better protected by March 2026. Between July 2024 and July 2025, this investment funded work to complete 151 flood ...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding was allocated to (a) major capital flood defence schemes and (b) minor or maintenance-type schemes within the 151 flood defence schemes delivered in the Government’s f
Answer: During 24/25 and 25/26, this Government has invested a record £2.65 billion in new flood defences with at least 52,000 properties set to be better protected by March 2026. Between July 2024 and July 2025, this investment funded work to complete 151 flood ...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the total capital funding allocated to the 151 flood defence schemes was spent on schemes which commenced before July 2024.
Answer: During 24/25 and 25/26, this Government has invested a record £2.65 billion in new flood defences with at least 52,000 properties set to be better protected by March 2026. Between July 2024 and July 2025, this investment funded work to complete 151 flood ...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the 151 flood defence schemes were classified by the Environment Agency as minor works, including repairs or upgrades to existing assets such as sluice gates, pumping stati
Answer: During 24/25 and 25/26, this Government has invested a record £2.65 billion in new flood defences with at least 52,000 properties set to be better protected by March 2026. Between July 2024 and July 2025, this investment funded work to complete 151 flood ...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a breakdown of the 151 flood defence schemes by project type, including major capital schemes, medium-scale works and minor works such as maintenance, refurbishment
Answer: During 24/25 and 25/26, this Government has invested a record £2.65 billion in new flood defences with at least 52,000 properties set to be better protected by March 2026. Between July 2024 and July 2025, this investment funded work to complete 151 flood ...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the 151 flood defence schemes completed in the Government’s first year, what criteria her Department uses to determine whether schemes have been delivered.
Answer: During 24/25 and 25/26, this Government has invested a record £2.65 billion in new flood defences with at least 52,000 properties set to be better protected by March 2026. Between July 2024 and July 2025, this investment funded work to complete 151 flood ...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the 151 flood defence schemes which her Department has stated were delivered in its first year (a) were started before July 2024 and (b) were started after July 2024.
Answer: During 24/25 and 25/26, this Government has invested a record £2.65 billion in new flood defences with at least 52,000 properties set to be better protected by March 2026. Between July 2024 and July 2025, this investment funded work to complete 151 flood ...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she will take to ensure that future regulatory changes to the PRN system support market operation.
Answer: The Government will be consulting on further changes to the PRN system shortly, as announced by the Chancellor in the 2025 Budget, and will continue to work closely with affected business to ensure that the measures taken forward support the effective ope...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPackaging: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the shortened PRN trading year in 2026 on levels of price volatility in that sector.
Answer: The Government is working closely with key trade associations and industry stakeholders to understand the potential impact of delays to the availability of the new PRN digital system, particularly on smaller reprocessors and exporters, and in the plastics...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPackaging: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how will PRN data be accuracy maintained, in the context of lengths of shipping times for exported material.
Answer: Recent regulatory changes seek to ensure that exporters provide and maintain accurate, verifiable data to help combat fraud within the system. This includes ensuring that packaging waste that leaves the UK for recycling reaches its intended destination be...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPackaging: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of requiring exporters to claim PRNs only once material has reached its final destination on those exporters.
Answer: Recent regulatory changes seek to ensure that exporters provide and maintain accurate, verifiable data to help combat fraud within the system. This includes ensuring that packaging waste that leaves the UK for recycling reaches its intended destination be...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPackaging: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has assessed the potential impact of recent levels of availability of the PRN system on levels of reprocessor closures.
Answer: The Government is working closely with key trade associations and industry stakeholders to understand the potential impact of delays to the availability of the new PRN digital system, particularly on smaller reprocessors and exporters, and in the plastics...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPackaging: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of PRN market disruption on the plastics and glass recycling sectors.
Answer: The Government is working closely with key trade associations and industry stakeholders to understand the potential impact of delays to the availability of the new PRN digital system, particularly on smaller reprocessors and exporters, and in the plastics...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether staffing levels at the Environment Agency are adequate to manage the transition to the new PRN system.
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) has increased staffing to ensure it can manage the transition to the new PRN system and deliver its regulatory duties under the new packaging regulations. Additional resource has been allocated to support both the new operation...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to decrease the time taken to provide Environment Agency accreditation approvals.
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) is committed to reducing the time taken to determine accreditation applications. While the Packaging Regulations set a 12‑week statutory determination period, the new regulations now require more detailed information from opera...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reprocessors and exporters are awaiting accreditation approval from the Environment Agency as of January 2026.
Answer: As of 28 January 2026, the Environment Agency has received 294 Accreditation applications, of these 237 have been assessed and determined. Of the remainder, 28 applications are still under assessment and 29 were incomplete and have not progressed to the a...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
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