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Written question asked by Chris Huhne (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 30 April 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 2 May 2007. It was answered by Ben Bradshaw (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 May 2007 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

State Veterinary Service

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the (a) mass and (b) value of existing letterheaded stationery from the (i) State Veterinary Service, (ii) Dairy Hygiene and Egg Marketing Inspectorates and (iii) Wildlife Licensing and Registration Service; and whether the existing stationery will continue to be used after the merger of those agencies into Animal Health.
Answer

The Hampton Review recommended the consolidation of DEFRA inspection and enforcement functions into seven thematic regulators, with one of those regulators being a new Executive Agency for Animal Health and Welfare, with the State Veterinary Service (SVS) at its core. DEFRA Ministers subsequently determined to merge the Dairy Hygiene Inspectorate, the Egg Marketing Inspectorate, and the Wildlife Licensing and Registration Service with SVS to create such a body. The Dairy Hygiene Inspectorate joined SVS in October 2006, and the Egg Marketing Inspectorate and WLRS joined on 1 April 2007. The new enlarged agency was then re-named to Animal Health.The mass and value of extant letterheaded stationery from State Veterinary Service is:

Amount (£)
27,0375 blanks for SVS letterheads 451.31
2,385 blanks for SVS business cards 186.03
5,450 blanks for SVS compliment slips 136.25

These are minimum quantities kept in stock under an SLA agreement between DEFRA and the printing provider to ensure a five-day turnaround for stationery orders.EMI, DHI and WLRS have never operated with their own personalised stationery, but used standard DEFRA stocks. As a result, any stocks of pre-printed DEFRA stationery can be used up by DEFRA and therefore not wasted.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
135502; 460 c50W;460 c51W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
State Veterinary Service
Link
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