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801W Written Answers 1 DECEMBER 2010 Written Answers 802W (2) what the average sum payable as a grant of widow’s or widower’s bereavement allowance under the Agricultural Wages Order was in each of the last five financial years. [27418] Mr Paice: The Agricultural Wages Order provides agricultural workers with an entitlement to paid bereavement leave on the death of a close relative, including a spouse or civil partner. However, it does not include provision for the payment of a lump sum grant in addition to this. The Government do not keep records of the amount of bereavement leave taken by agricultural workers. Therefore, it is not possible to provide details of the average amount of bereavement leave pay received in each of the past five years. Mr Bain: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many grants of dog allowances were made under the Agricultural Wages Order in each of the last five financial years; [27419] (2) what the average sum payable as a grant of dog allowances under the Agricultural Wages Order was in each of the last five financial years. [27421] Mr Paice: The dog allowance is a weekly amount added to the minimum rate for a worker whose employer requires them to keep a dog or dogs. The allowance is paid in respect of each dog. The Government does not have information on the number of allowances paid to workers required to keep a dog or dogs for the better performance of their work. Nor is it possible to state what the average sum payable to such workers was in each of the last five financial years. The level of the weekly dog allowance payable to a worker required to keep a dog or dogs in each of the last five years was as follows: 2010 7.21 2009 7.01 2008 6.86 2007 6.58 2006 6.30 Note: All allowances are effective from 1 October of the relevant year. Biofuels Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much wood was imported for burning as biomass fuel in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009. [27552] Gregory Barker: I have been asked to reply. Information collated by HM Revenue and Customs as part of its statistics on overseas trade do not indicate the final use for imported wood. The 2010 edition of the Digest of UK Energy Statistics contains estimates of the total quantities of wood and waste wood that were used for energy purposes during 2007, 2008 and 2009. Copies of this publication are available in the House Library. The publication shows the following information: £ Wood for energy purposes Waste wood for energy purposes Thousand tonnes of oil equivalent 2007 2008 2009 332 359 375 101 162 165 Additionally, the publication contains the following estimates of straw, short rotation coppice, and other plant based biomass imported for energy purposes: Total imports of straw, short rotation coppice and other plant-based biomass for energy purposes British Waterways Thousand tonnes of oil equivalent 2007 2008 2009 378 416 415 Andrew Stephenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions she has had on the future of British Waterways. [25906] Richard Benyon: On 14 October, the Government announced that British Waterways will move from being a public corporation to a charitable body within civil society from April 2012. Government’s intention is to issue a full public consultation on the scope and model of the new waterways charity early in 2011. Key stakeholders will continue to be kept closely involved through ongoing discussions, workshops and meetings with myself and DEFRA officials. Carbon Emissions: Businesses Naomi Long: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether she plans to introduce mandatory reporting of carbon emissions by UK-listed companies. [27113] Zac Goldsmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her policy is on the introduction of mandatory carbon reporting for businesses under section 85 of the Climate Change Act 2008. [26349] Mr Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will assess the merits of introducing mandatory reporting of carbon dioxide emissions by listed UK companies; and if she will make a statement. [27200] Mr Paice: I refer the hon. Member and my hon. Friends to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Hartlepool (Mr Wright) on 27 October 2010, Official Report, column 319W. Common Agricultural Policy Amber Rudd: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment she has made of the effect on UK food security of the operation of the Common Agricultural Policy. [20736]
803W Written Answers 1 DECEMBER 2010 Written Answers 804W Mr Paice: The best guarantors of UK food security, as detailed in DEFRA’s UK food security assessment, are an open trading system with other countries, and farmers at home and overseas being able to respond to market price signals. We believe that there needs to be reform of the Common Agricultural Policy to facilitate this. Departmental Policy Mr Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what departmental policy reviews her Department has undertaken since 6 May 2010; on what date each such review (a) was announced and (b) is expected to publish its findings; what estimate she has made of the cost of each such review; who has been appointed to lead each such review; to what remuneration each review leader is entitled; how many (i) full-time equivalent civil servants and (ii) seconded staff are working on each such review; from which organisations such staff have been seconded; and how much on average such seconded staff will be paid for their work on the review. [21883] Richard Benyon: The information requested is set out in the following table. Ofwat review Waste review Animal Welfare Act Animal welfare inspections Task force on farm regulation Review of national park governance arrangements Announcement date 26 August 2010 15 June 2010 June 2010 (reconfirmed earlier decision taken by previous Administration) 1 May 2010 9 June 2010 A full public consultation was launched on 9 November 2010 Publication date Spring/summer 2011 May 2011 Command Paper to publish in December 2010. EFRA Parliamentary Select Committee to consider its findings. 1 May 2011 April 2011 A Ministerial announcement on the consultation outcome, proposals for changes to the governance arrangements andwaysof improving accountability will be made by the end of March 2011. Estimated cost £55,000 not including staff costs Undertaken by civil servants in the course of normal duties Undertaken by civil servants in the course of normal duties Undertaken by civil servants in the course of normal duties £35,000 (not including staff costs) Undertaken by civil servants in the course of normal duties Appointed reviewer and remuneration David Gray. £50,000 plus expenses. n/a n/a n/a Richard Macdonald. Daily rate £300 and entitled to reasonable expenses. Estimated input 80 days. n/a Number of civil servants working on the review 2.2 full-time employees 4 full-time employees 5 full-time employees 4.6 full-time employees 6 full-time employees 2 civil servants but with significant input from the national park authorities. Number of secondees workingonthe review None 1 part time (2 days per week) None None None None
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