Written question asked by Joan Walley (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 November 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 November 1999. It was answered by Chris Mullin (Labour) on Thursday, 11 November 1999 on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to include questions in the 2001 English House Condition Survey on rat infestations associated with dwellings; and who will be responsible for processing and analysing the data.

Answer: Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans he has to include questions in the 2001 English House Condition Survey on rat infestations associated with dwellings; and who will be responsible for processing and analysing the data. [98380] Mr. Mullin: As with the 1996 survey, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food have requested that a module of questions on rat and mice infestation is included in the 2001 EHCS. Assuming the module is included, this Department will manage the processing of the module as part of the data processing of the whole data set and MAFF will then be responsible for analysing the rodent data.

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