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In addition local authorities were able to bid for a part of the £5 million to help deal with known surface water problems. Bids closed on 30 November 2009.
Applications are currently being assessed and we are aiming to make an announcement to successful local authorities in January 2010. Funding will be made available after March 2010.
Additionally £300,000 was allocated in December 2008 for six areas (Warrington, Thatcham, Leeds, Kingston upon Hull, Richmond upon Thames and Gloucestershire) to carry out first edition surface water management plans with the aim to test DEFRA's Draft Surface Water Management Plan Guidance.
3. Building skills and capacity for local authorities
An additional £1 million will be available for building skills and capacity within local authorities. This will include the provision of training, guidance and support tools to all local authorities and a programme for this will be developed with local authorities and their representatives over the next few months.
Food
Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what volume of (a) wheat, (b) barley, (c) fresh vegetables, (d) potatoes, (e) fresh fruit, (f) beef and veal, (g) pork, (h) bacon and ham, (i) mutton and lamb, (j) poultry meat, (k) eggs and (l) liquid milk was produced in England in each year since 1997. [308079]
Huw Irranca-Davies: England figures are not available for all the products listed. However, the following tables show UK production figures for each product in each year since 1997. To reduce the burden on the industry some companies with sites in different parts of the UK provide information on their total UK production. Also, particularly for livestock and livestock products, where something is produced does not necessarily reflect its origin. For example sheep slaughtered in England may be raised in Wales.
| UK crop production | |||||
| Thousand tonnes | |||||
| Wheat | Barley | Potatoes | Vegetables | Fruit | |
| Source: Agriculture in the United Kingdom 2008, DEFRA | |||||
| UK meat production | |||||
| Thousand tonnes | |||||
| Beef and veal | Pork | Bacon and ham | Mutton and lamb | Poultry meat | |
| Source: Agriculture in the United Kingdom 2008, DEFRA UK Meat Supplies and Domestic use, DEFRA | |||||
| UK Egg and milk production | ||
| Eggs (million dozen) | Milk (million litres) | |
| Source: Agriculture in the United Kingdom 2008, DEFRA | ||
Forestry Commission: Conferences
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) away days and (b) conferences that took place outside the Forestry Commission's buildings attended by civil servants in the Forestry Commission there have been since 2005; and what the cost was of each. [307459]
Huw Irranca-Davies: The Forestry Commission in England does not hold the information centrally and it could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Forestry Commission: Hotels
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much the Forestry Commission has spent on hotel accommodation for its officials in each of the last five years. [306036]
Huw Irranca-Davies: The Forestry Commission does not hold the information in the format requested and it could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Ivory
Mr. Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has had discussions with the African Elephant Coalition on the level of elephant-poaching for ivory since the 2008 ivory stockpile sales; and if he will make a statement. [307495]
Huw Irranca-Davies: Neither I nor the Secretary of State have had discussions with the African Elephant Coalition.
Mr. Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has had discussions with African range states on the 2008 ivory stockpile sales; and if he will make a statement. [307496]
Huw Irranca-Davies: Neither I nor the Secretary of State have had discussions with the African range states on the 2008 ivory stockpile sales.
Mr. Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has received reports on the effects on the level of elephant poaching in African range states of stockpile sales of ivory held in October and November 2008; and if he will make a statement. [307497]
Huw Irranca-Davies: The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), Elephant Trade Information System (ETIS) and the Monitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) programmes have each provided reports to be considered at the next CITES Conference of Parties to be held in Qatar in March 2010. These consider the effects of the one-off legal sale of ivory in 2008. The reports can be found on the CITES website.
Mr. Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has had discussions with his EU counterparts on the proposals to extend the moratorium on ivory sales at the 15th Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species conference of the Parties; and if he will make a statement. [307498]
Huw Irranca-Davies: Officials are engaged in discussions with EU member states to reach agreed positions on all the proposals to be considered at the 15th( )Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species Conference of Parties. Final positions have yet to be agreed and discussions will continue up until the conference which will take place in March.
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