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Commercial Orchards
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many commercial orchards there were in Lancashire in each of the last five years, broken down by type; and what quantity of fruit they produced in each year. [180427]
Alun Michael: Data on the area of commercial orchards grown are collected in the annual June Census of Agricultural and Horticulture, which is available in the House of Commons Library. The provisional results for the England 2004 June Census will be published on 16 September 2004. As a small number of holdings in Lancashire have commercial orchards, we cannot publish figures for Lancashire as it would lead to disclosure of information about specific holdings.
Correspondence
Mr. Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she will reply to the letters from the hon. Member for North Wiltshire of 29 March and 4 May on behalf of Chew Valley Hide and Skin Company. [180312]
Alun Michael: The Department has no record of receiving any letters from the hon. Member dated 29 March. A reply to the letter of 4 May will be sent to the hon. Member shortly.
Environment Agency
Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many applications for judicial review against the Environment Agency were given leave to appeal to the House of Lords in each year between 1997 and 2003 by (a) individuals, (b) non-governmental organisations and (c) corporate entities. [181422]
Mr. Morley:
None.
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Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many applications for judicial review against the Environment Agency were given leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal in each year between 1997 and 2003 by (a) individuals, (b) non-governmental organisations and (c) corporate entities. [181423]
Mr. Morley: No such applications were given leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal between 1997 and 2000 or in 2003.
In 2001 the application of only one individual was given leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal. No other such applications were given leave to appeal.
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In 2002 the application of only one corporate entity was given leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal. No other such applications were given leave to appeal.
Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many applications for judicial review against the Environment Agency were granted permission to proceed in the High Court in each year between 1997 and 2003 by (a) individuals, (b) non-governmental organisations and (c) corporate entities. [181424]
Mr. Morley: The following table lists the number of such applications that were granted permission to proceed to the High Court, in the categories requested:
| Applications made by | 1997 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individuals | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Non-governmental organisations | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Corporate entities | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
No such applications were made to the High Court in 1998 or 1999.
Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many applications for judicial review made against the Environment Agency in the High Court in each year between 1997 and 2003 (a) were successful and (b) resulted in an order for costs being made against the Environment Agency; and what costs were awarded in each case. [181425]
Mr. Morley: The following table lists the number of such applications that were made between 1997 and 2003 that were successful, and gives details of any costs awarded in each case:
| Applications | 1997 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of successful cases | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Costs awarded | (1)— | £50,000 | — | £25,000 | £21,000 |
(1) No costs order made
No such applications were made to the High Court in 1998 or 1999.
Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many judicial reviews brought against the Environment Agency between 1997 and 2003 in the High Court (a) were unsuccessful and (b) resulted in an order for costs being made against the applicant; and what costs were awarded in each case. [181426]
Mr. Morley: The following table lists the number of such cases brought between 1997 and 2003 that were unsuccessful, and details any resulting order for costs that were made against the applicant in each case.
| Applications | 1997 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of unsuccessful cases | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Costs awarded (£) | Costs unknown | (i) No costs | (i) No costs | (i) No costs | 10,000 |
| (ii) No costs | (ii) No costs | (ii) 58,000 | |||
| (iii) 43,000 | (iii) 32,000 | ||||
| (iv) 25,723 | (iv) 115,000 | ||||
| (v) 48,000 |
No such applications were made to the High Court in 1998 or 1999.
Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many applications for judicial review made against the Environment Agency in the House of Lords in each year between 1997 and 2003 (a) were successful and (b) resulted in an order for costs being made against the Environment Agency; and what costs were awarded in each case. [181427]
Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many applications for judicial review made against the Environment Agency in the Court of Appeal in each year between 1997 and 2003 (a) were successful and (b) resulted in an order for costs being made against the Environment Agency; and what costs were awarded in each case. [181428]
Mr. Morley: There was one such application that was successful in 2002. £25,000 costs were awarded in this case.
There were no other such applications that were successful between 1997 and 2003.
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Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many judicial reviews brought against the Environment Agency between 1997 and 2003 in the House of Lords (a) were unsuccessful and (b) resulted in an order for costs being made against the applicant; and what costs were awarded in each case. [181430]
Mr. Morley:
None.
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Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many applications for judicial review were made against the Environment Agency in the High Court in each year between 1997 and 2003 by (a) individuals, (b) non-governmental organisations and (c) corporate entities. [181431]
Mr. Morley: The following table lists the number of such applications that were made between 1997 and 2003, in the categories requested.
| Applications made by | 1997 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individuals | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Non-governmental organisations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Corporate entities | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
No such applications were made to the High Court in 1998 or 1999.
Chicken Farms
Mr. Whittingdale: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what additional requirements will be imposed on chicken farms by integrated pollution prevention and control requirements which are not covered by (a) an assured chicken production scheme and (b) best available techniques. [180374]
Mr. Morley: The Environment Agency does not anticipate that there will be many chicken farms that will be required to go beyond the Assured Chicken Production scheme (ACP) and Best Available Techniques (BAT). Many of the BAT for the sector has been adopted by the ACP, but the latter does not embrace all of the former. Only where a significantly higher level of environmental protection is required would techniques which go beyond BAT be necessary. Furthermore, it would first have to be demonstrated that those techniques could achieve the required level of protection. Greater environmental protection might be necessary in the case of a farm which is located close to a Special Protected Area of a Special Area of Conservation.
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