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Elephants: Conservation

Mr. Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much money his Department has spent on the conservation of African elephants in each country in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [307635]

Huw Irranca-Davies: This Department has contributed the following funds towards African elephant conservation over the past five years:

Financial year	Initiative	Amount (£)
2005-06	Elephant Trade Information System (ETIS)⁽¹⁾	32,000
	International Union for Conservation of Nature/Special Survival Commission's African Elephant Specialist Group (IUCN/SSC)⁽²⁾	30,000
	Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE)⁽¹⁾	50,035
	Environmental Investigation Agency's ivory enforcement training workshops in Malawi and Zambia	20,035

2006-07	IUCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group	75,000
	MIKE	30,000
	ETIS	42,200
	Darwin Initiative project: capacity building to alleviate human-elephant conflict in Kenya	68,355

2007-08	7th Dialogue Meeting of African Elephant Range States	10,000
	ETIS	30,000
	IUCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group	30,000
	Darwin Initiative project: capacity building to alleviate human-elephant conflict in Kenya	73,700

2008-09	MIKE/ETIS	45,000
	Darwin Initiative project: capacity building to alleviate human-elephant conflict in Kenya	79,603

2009-10	MIKE/ETIS	45,000
	Darwin Initiative project: capacity building to alleviate human-elephant conflict in North Kenya	39,251
	Darwin Initiative project: Enhancing ETIS to guide Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)policy	32,071
	Total	732,250
⁽¹⁾ MIKE and ETIS are monitoring tools used by Parties to CITES to track illegal activities involving elephants. ⁽²⁾ The IUCN/SSC's African Elephant Specialist Group is a group of experts whose aim is to promote the long-term conservation of Africa's elephants and, where possible, the recovery of their populations to viable levels.

Except where detailed above, DEFRA'S funding has not been country-specific.

In addition to these amounts, DEFRA has spent over half a million pounds on projects during the past five years which may indirectly benefit the African elephant.

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Farms: Inspections

Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the answer of 15 October 2009, Official Report, column 1004W, on farm inspections, against which regulations compliance is monitored by each inspection body. [307663]

Huw Irranca-Davies: The information is as follow:

Rural Payments Agency

(Basic Conditions) Regulations 1997 (SI 1997/189):

Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979

Animal Health Act 1981

Cattle Identification Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/529)

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 509/1999

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2772/95

Commission regulation (EC) No. 911/2004

Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (SI 1994 2716)

Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (SI 1994/2716)

Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986 (SI 1986/1510):

Council Directive 2000/75/EC

Council Directive 2003/85/EC

Council Directive 79/409/EEC

Council Directive 80/68/EEC

Council Directive 86/278/EEC

Council Directive 91/414/EEC

Council Directive 91/629/EEC

Council Directive 91/630/EEC

Council Directive 91/676/EEC

Council Directive 92/102/EEC

Council Directive 92/119/EEC

Council Directive 92/43/EEC

Council Directive 96/22/ EC

Council Directive 98/58/EC of 20 July 1998

Council Regulation (EC) No. 1257/1999

Council Regulation,(EC) No. 1698/2005

Council Regulation (EC) No. 1968/2005 (OJ No. L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1)

Council Regulation (EC) No. 2078/92

Council Regulation (EC) No. 21/2004

Council Regulation (EC) No. 473/2009 (OJ No. L 144, 9.6.2009, p. 8)

Countryside Act 1968

Crop Residues (Burning) Regulations 1993([1])

Energy Crops Regulations 2000

Entry Level Agri-Environment Scheme (Pilot) (England) Regulations 2003

Environmental Impact Assessment (England)(No. 2) Regulations 2006

Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999

Environmental Protection Act 1990

Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/3280)

Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/14)

Forestry Act 1967

Game Act 1831

General Food Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/3279)

Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2007([2])

Hedgerows Regulations 1997

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Highways Act 1980

Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (England) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/1100)

National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949

Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006

Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2008 (SI 2349/2008)

Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 2007 (SI 2007/642):

Plant Protection Products Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/1435):

Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000

Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002

Regulation (EC) No. 183/2005

Regulation (EC) No. 396/05

Regulation (EC) No. 852/2004

Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004

Regulation (EEC) No. 2377/90

Regulation 178/2002

Regulation 83/2005

Regulation 852/2004

Regulation 999/2001

SI 2000/3042

SI 2003/838

SI 2005/3459

SI 2007/2003

SI 2007/3154

SI 2007/3304

SI 2008/962-the Bluetongue Regulations 2008

SI 853/2004

The African Swine Fever (England) Order 2003 (SI 2003/2913):

The Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regulations 1997 (SI 1997/1729:

The Bluetongue (No. 2) Order 2007 (SI 2007/3304)

The Cattle Plague Order 1928 (1928 No. 206)

The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/3538)

The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (waste management licences)

The Foot and Mouth Disease (England) Order 2006 (2006/182):

The Groundwater Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/2746)

The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (England) Order 2007 (SI 2007/3493) supplements the EC Regulation, and the provisions relating to animal identification and on-farm records apply for cross compliance purposes

The Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989 (SI 1989/1263)

The Specified Diseases (Notification) Order 1996 (SI 1996/2628):

The Swine Vesicular Disease Order 1972 (SI 1972/1980):

The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1881):

The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/2539):

The Water Resources Act 1991

The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/2078)

Town and Country Planning Act 1990

Weeds Act 1959

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Council Regulation (EC) No. 73/2009

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 796/2004

Veterinary Medicine Directorate

The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2009 (these regulations were first made in 2005 and are revoked and remade annually)

The Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regulations 1997

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Animal Health

Animal Health Act 1981

Animal Health Act 2002

Animal Welfare Act 2006

Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984

Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006

Tuberculosis (England) Order 2007

Tuberculosis (Scotland) Order 2007

Tuberculosis (Wales) Order 2006

Tuberculosis (Testing and Powers of Entry) (Wales) Order 2008

Tuberculosis (Deer) Order 1989

Tuberculosis (Deer) Notice of Intended Slaughter and Compensation Order 1989

Welfare of Animals (Slaughter and Killing) Regulations 1995

Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Scotland) Order 2006

Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007

Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2000

Welfare of Farmed Animals (Wales) Regulations 2007

Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2009

The Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regulations 1997 as amended

Environment Agency

The Environment Agency monitors regulatory compliance on farms using integrated visits. During farm visits EA officers assess Land Managers compliance against relevant regulations under the following regime.

Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Nitrates Directive)

Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR) (Waste and Integrated Pollution Prevention Directives)

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