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Question· Written questionUIN 31289open

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps has she taken to consider the impact of the amount of budget assigned to SF126 on [i] levels of demand and [ii] the ability for farmers to business plan for long term enviro

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps has she taken to consider the impact of the amount of budget assigned to SF126 on [i] levels of demand and [ii] the ability for farmers to business plan for long term enviro

Question· Written questionUIN 31292answered

River Thames: Flood Control

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the River Thames Scheme in terms of a) reduced flooding risk and b) economic growth.

Question· Written questionUIN 31340open

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much their Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) staff and (b) Ministers broken down by (i) UK stays and (ii) overseas stays in the 2024-25 financial year.

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much their Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) staff and (b) Ministers broken down by (i) UK stays and (ii) overseas stays in the 2024-25 financial year.

Question· Written questionUIN 31364answered

Sewers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the adequacy of building control arrangements in preventing foul-to-sur

Question· Written questionUIN 31374answered

Incinerators

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of existing and planned energy-from-waste incineration capacity on waste reduction, recycling rates and the transition t

Question· Written questionUIN 31380answered

Fisheries: Quotas

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to question UIN 91562, what percentage of England's fishing catch quota for 2026 has been distributed through (a) Fixed Quota Allocation Units, (b) the Quota Application Mecha

Question· Written questionUIN 31408open

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2026 to Question 28893 on River Great Ouse: Flood Control, when she expects the Environment Agency to complete the full business case approval pr

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2026 to Question 28893 on River Great Ouse: Flood Control, when she expects the Environment Agency to complete the full business case approval pr

Question· Written questionUIN 31446answered

Pets: Animal Welfare

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve data collection of attacks on domestic animals with a) air weapons, b) catapults and c) other weapons.

Question· Written questionUIN 31451answered

Poultry: Animal Welfare

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 20 July 2026 to Question UIN HL1988, what the results were of the commercial in-ovo sexing trial which took place last year in a UK hatchery.

Question· Written questionUIN 31454open

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department will publish advance notice of opening dates and times for future Sustainable Farming Incentive application windows; and what assessment she has made of the impa

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department will publish advance notice of opening dates and times for future Sustainable Farming Incentive application windows; and what assessment she has made of the impa

Question· Written questionUIN 31458answered

Food: Standards

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a set of core national production standards for domestically produced and imported food.

Question· Written questionUIN 31471answered

Wessex Water: Mutual Societies

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits to customers of Wessex Water of converting the company to a mutually owned model.

Question· Written questionUIN 31472answered

Wessex Water: Mutual Societies

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has assessed whether Wessex Water could obtain a lower cost of debt if it were mutually owned.

Question· Written questionUIN 31495answered

Refrigeration: Waste Disposal

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to help ensure producer compliance schemes for fridges and freezers are able to operate effectively, given the reduction in the number of processing

Question· Written questionUIN 31496answered

Refrigeration: Waste Disposal

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what enforcement steps her Department has taken against producer compliance schemes who have failed to fulfil their responsibility to take and dispose of fridges and freezers in the pa

Question· Written questionUIN 31538answered

Paper: Recycling

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce contamination in paper recycling collections.

Question· Written questionUIN 31540answered

Food Poverty

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking in response to the recommendations of the UK Parliamentary Right to Food Commission.

Question· Written questionUIN 31556open

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average percentage attendance rate was of assigned Natural England staff at Arndale House Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available, as a perc

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average percentage attendance rate was of assigned Natural England staff at Arndale House Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available, as a perc

Question· Written questionUIN 31564answered

Non-native Species

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the next update to the Great Britain list of Species of Special Concern will be published.

Question· Written questionUIN 31577answered

Sustainable Farming Incentive

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of technical problems relating to the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 Window 2, including relating to (a) land parcel

Question· Written questionUIN 31585open

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will ensure that the budget for Sustainable Farming Incentive 2027 is sufficient to cover expiring agreements and meet demand from farmers seeking to deliver environmental outco

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will ensure that the budget for Sustainable Farming Incentive 2027 is sufficient to cover expiring agreements and meet demand from farmers seeking to deliver environmental outco

Question· Written questionUIN 31592answered

Flood Control: Herefordshire

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to prioritise increased flood resilience in South Herefordshire.

Question· Written questionUIN 31593answered

Flood Control: Cross Border Cooperation

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has considered the establishment of a cross-border agency to co-ordinate and consolidate the flood response for waterways running through Wales and England.

Question· Written questionUIN 31594answered

Flood Control: Herefordshire

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency has updated its flood risk modelling for the Dulas Brook catchment since 2020.

Question· Written questionUIN 31595answered

Flood Control: Herefordshire

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial support is available to households and businesses in Ewyas Harold to install property flood resilience measures.

Question· Written questionUIN 31605open

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps she is taking with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to convene the forthcoming National Wildfire Summit; and if she will provide an update on when the summit will take place.

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps she is taking with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to convene the forthcoming National Wildfire Summit; and if she will provide an update on when the summit will take place.

Question· Written questionUIN 31684answered

Sustainable Farming Incentive

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the DEFRA Farming Blog article dated 16 June 2025, what assessment has she made about how the budget for SFI26 schemes aligns with Government ambitions to increase fu

Question· Written questionUIN 31685answered

Fruit: Horticulture

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to WPQ 28048 answered on 8 September 2026 about 'Fruit, Horticulture,' with reference to the National Drought Group, [i] who are the members of the Group, [ii] when did the Gr

Question· Written questionUIN 31690answered

Water Supply: Data Centres

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 16 September 2026 to Question 28747, whether projected demand from data centres is included in water companies' water resource management plans; and wha

Question· Written questionUIN 31739answered

African Swine Fever

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent African Swine Fever from entering the country.

Question· Written questionUIN 31782answered

Sustainable Farming Incentive

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 (SFI26) were a) received in Window 2 by the Rural Payments Agency and b) left incomplete upon closure of the window aft

Question· Written questionUIN 31853answered

Sustainable Farming Incentive

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many SFI26 Window 2 applicants secured the maximum available sum.

Question· Written questionUIN 31857answered

Batteries: Hazardous Substances

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the substitution of hazardous materials used in battery manufacture with safer alternatives.

Question· Written questionUIN 31861answered

Water Companies: Capital Investment

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of whether water company shareholder distributions are consistent with the Government's objective of ensuring that water companies prioritise in

Question· Written questionUIN 31862answered

Water Companies: Mutual Societies

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of whether Ofwat's regulatory framework is sufficiently flexible to accommodate mutually owned water companies.

Question· Written questionUIN 31863answered

Wessex Water: Pollution Control

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that Wessex Water reduces its number of pollution incidents.

Question· Written questionUIN 31864answered

Wessex Water: Capital Investment

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of Wessex Water's profits that have been distributed to shareholders rather than retained for investment in the company's infras

Question· Written questionUIN 31887open

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (1) what estimate she has made of the proportion of charcoal imported into Great Britain since 2021 that was produced on land deforested after 31 December 2020, and (2) what data her D

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (1) what estimate she has made of the proportion of charcoal imported into Great Britain since 2021 that was produced on land deforested after 31 December 2020, and (2) what data her D

Question· Written questionUIN 31903open

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2026 to Question 24815, whether her Department's evaluation of how other countries prevent wildfires will include Scotland's use of winter burns t

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2026 to Question 24815, whether her Department's evaluation of how other countries prevent wildfires will include Scotland's use of winter burns t

Question· Written questionUIN 31914answered

School Milk: West Berkshire

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pupils in West Berkshire participated in the School Milk Subsidy Scheme in 2024/25.

Question· Written questionUIN 31922answered

Paper: Recycling

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has considered introducing the potential merits of introducing measures to improve the quality of paper placed in household recycling bins.

Question· Written questionUIN 31930answered

Food: Packaging

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging scheme provides incentives for manufacturers to reduce the amount and size of packaging used for food products.

Question· Written questionUIN 31947answered

Sustainable Farming Incentive

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of the SFI scheme on the planting of harvestable legumes as break crops.

Question· Written questionUIN 31948answered

Pulses and Seeds

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what study her Department has made of whether the Canadian Government’s investment in their pulses industry could be replicated in the UK.

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