Tim Farron MP: written questions
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Air PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which five pollutants in ambient air in England have seen the largest reduction in concentrations since Directive 2008/50/EC was introduced.
Answer: Trends on air pollutant concentrations can be found in Defra’s annual compliance reporting here.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAir PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (a) where and (b) how standards apply in statutory regulations to control concentrations of pollutants in ambient air in England.
Answer: The key legislation that details how and where air pollutant concentration standards apply in England are the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010 and the Environment Act Targets (Fine Particulate Matter) Targets (England) 2023. Requirements for local a...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAir PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what standards exist in statutory regulations for controlling concentrations of pollutants in ambient air in England.
Answer: The key legislation that details how and where air pollutant concentration standards apply in England are the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010 and the Environment Act Targets (Fine Particulate Matter) Targets (England) 2023. Requirements for local a...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAir Pollution: Greater LondonDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Mayor of London’s report entitled London-wide Ultra Low Emission Zone One Year Report, published on 7
Answer: Poor air quality continues to be the biggest environmental risk to human health. Whilst responsibility for air quality and transport is devolved in London, we welcome the progress made there to address air pollution and improve people’s health. Local and ...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAir Pollution: MediaDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) calls and (b) emails his Department received from the media on (i) 5 March 2025 prior to the publication of the report entitled Report: Air Quality Information System Revi
Answer: The Air Quality Information System (AQIS) review outputs were published on the 6 March 2025. This comprehensive expert-led review has recommended changes to how the risks of air pollution are communicated to the public and Government has already started w...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39816More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when each (a) city, (b)(b) zone and (c) agglomeration in England which exceeded the nitrogen dioxide annual mean limit value in 2023 will comply with that limit.
Answer: Defra uses a combination of national-scale modelling and on the ground monitoring to assess nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations in England each year. Evidence shows that NO2 concentrations have reduced substantially in recent years, however a reporting ...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) cities, (b) zones and (c) agglomerations in England exceeded the nitrogen dioxide annual mean limit value in 2023.
Answer: Defra uses a combination of national-scale modelling and on the ground monitoring to assess nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations in England each year. Evidence shows that NO2 concentrations have reduced substantially in recent years, however a reporting ...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects all areas of the UK to comply with the nitrogen dioxide annual mean limit.
Answer: Defra uses a combination of national-scale modelling and on the ground monitoring to assess nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations in England each year. Evidence shows that NO2 concentrations have reduced substantially in recent years, however a reporting ...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAir PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing the system for forecasting air pollution episodes.
Answer: As part of the Air Quality Information System review an evaluation of the Daily Air Quality Index (DAQI), including the provision of the forecast, was carried out. This evaluation found that the forecast was accurate and provided precise representation of...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAir Pollution: South EastDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether weather warnings were issued ahead of the high air pollution episode expected in the South East on 10 March 2025.
Answer: Pollution notifications were issued on Defra’s UK-Air website, via the Defra UK-Air X feed and through email alerts that individuals and organisations can subscribe to. The daily air quality forecast provided by the Met office also provided information on...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department decided to cap the Sustainable Farming Incentive at £1.05 billion for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 financial years.
Answer: As of 11 March, £1.05 billion had been paid to farmers or committed for payment through existing agreements or submitted applications for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) The SFI is an important offer, but it is part of a wider package which is why...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's blog post entitled Update on the farming budget, published on 12 March 2025, whether the £2.4 billion budget for the 2025-26 financial year will be u
Answer: We remain committed to investing £5 billion of funding in the farming budget this year and next (£2.6 billion for 24/25 and the £2.4 billion for 25/26, as previously announced), are on track to deliver that having responded to a number of demands in year....
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCountryside Stewardship SchemeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025Awaiting answerUIN 38026More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding has been (a) allocated and (b) spent under the Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund in each year since 2015.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordCountryside Stewardship SchemeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025Awaiting answerUIN 38025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) applicants and (b) successful applicants to the Countryside Stewardship fund there have been in each year since 2015.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: SubsidiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list the (a) application deadlines and (b) start dates for each funding scheme for (i) farmers, (ii) growers and (iii) land managers; and the hectarage covered in each schem
Answer: Defra operates a page on gov.uk, “Funding for farmers, growers and land managers”. This page advises about grants and other funding currently open or opening soon, and includes links to the relevant scheme or grant webpage. Information about application d...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCountryside Stewardship SchemeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) applicants and (b) successful applicants there were to the Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund for each of the four application rounds since 2015.
Answer: Since 2015 there were 351 applications for the Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund and 276 were offered an agreement. The Rural Payment Agency does not readily hold data for each of the four application rounds since 2015 and establishing this would ...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCountryside Stewardship SchemeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department has allocated to the Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund in each of the four application rounds since 2015.
Answer: Since 2015, there has been £20.55 million allocated to the Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund. The Rural Payment Agency does not readily hold data for each of the four application rounds since 2015 and establishing this would incur disproportionate...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: GrantsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the time taken between capital grants and investment on the cash flow of farmers.
Answer: The rules applied to capital grant schemes by Defra means that payments made on capital works are made only when the works are complete and paid for by the farmer. Farmers can make multiple claims for items of a high value over a period, so farmers do not...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: SubsidiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the alignment of the timing of funding schemes for farmers with the farming calendar.
Answer: Defra will be opening the Environmental Land Management (ELM) Capital Grant scheme and the new Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier offer in the Summer on a rolling application window basis. This will enable farmers to apply throughout the year, while enab...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCountryside Stewardship SchemeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of land eligible for the Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund 2024.
Answer: All farmers, foresters, and land managers in England, including tenants, were eligible to form or join a Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Group in order to submit an application during the application window. Facilitators, who applied for the funding,...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCountryside Stewardship SchemeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of land managers eligible for the Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund 2024.
Answer: All farmers, foresters, and land managers in England, including tenants, were eligible to form or join a Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Group in order to submit an application during the application window. Facilitators, who applied for the funding,...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCountryside Stewardship SchemeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how long on average successful applicants for the Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund 2024 have waited for agreements to be activated.
Answer: All farmers, foresters, and land managers in England, including tenants, were eligible to form or join a Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Group in order to submit an application during the application window. Facilitators, who applied for the funding,...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCountryside Stewardship SchemeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38016More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applicants there were for the Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund 2024; and how many were successful.
Answer: All farmers, foresters, and land managers in England, including tenants, were eligible to form or join a Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Group in order to submit an application during the application window. Facilitators, who applied for the funding,...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCountryside Stewardship SchemeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department allocated to the Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund 2024 in (a) total and (b) each year.
Answer: YearNumber of applications receivedNumber of successful applicationsFunding allocated [millions]Funding spent (to date) [millions]20153619£12.8 in total, funded under the Rural Development Programme for England£0.220165030£0.62017 (national round)4037 201...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTelevisionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential resilience value of the UK’s hybrid model of television distribution..
Answer: The Government understands how important it is that everyone can access information in times of national emergency and that television has a role to play in providing such access. The Government’s project looking into the future of TV distribution is cons...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
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