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North Korea Nuclear Test

Lead member

Lord Hague of Richmond

Answering member

Baroness Beckett

Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Urgent questions

Date

10 October 2006

Reference

450 c163

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many gardens and nurseries have been visited by her Department's staff during 2003 in order to take samples to test for phytopthera ramorum; what the timescale is for the testing programme; how many staff are employed on...

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 October 2003

Reference

130854; 410 c1188W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the United Kingdom has not submitted to the European Commission its programme for TSE tests; and when she intends to submit it. (Holding answer 31 October 2002).

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 November 2002

Reference

78363; 392 c348W;392 c367W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the Government's response to the recommendations of the Food Standards Agency's report on BSE and Sheep, May 2002 concerning the development of a rapid diagnostic test for BSE in sheep.

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 September 2002

Reference

390 c242W; 64116

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average time taken is (a) in the territory of each of her Department's regional offices, and (b) in England, between an animal reacting positive to a test for Bovine TB and that animal being taken for...

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

26 June 2002

For answer on

12 July 2002

Answered on

12 July 2002

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average time taken is (a) in the territory of each of her Department's regional offices, and (b) in England, between an animal reacting positive to a test for Bovine TB and that animal being taken for slaughter. [65472] Margaret Beckett: The information requested is given in the table below. The average length of time taken to remove TB-infected reactors from farms in each State Veterinary Service region with a breakdown between 21 June 2001 and 20 June 2002 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. SVS Region Number of observations Average no. days between date of reading the tuberculin test and date of slaughter West 968 30.4 East 21 13.1 North 92 9.7 England total 1081 17.7 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: The TB-infected reactors reported are animals with a reaction to the tuberculin test that were compulsorily slaughtered and had samples submitted to VLA for microbiology. Provided that they (a) had lesions of TB visible at the slaughterhouse, and/or (b) VLA found the TB organism in the sample. The time reported represents the number of days between reading the skin test and removing and animal from the farm. Figures for West region include cases where animals became reactors in the month before the disruption of normal TB control procedures caused by Foot and Mouth Disease.

Date

12 July 2002

Reference

388 c1235-6W;388 c1237-8W; 65472

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what average number of hours per week is spent on veterinary surgeons in her Department in herd testing programme for Bovine TB; and if she will make a statement. - Including figures. (Holding answer 1 July 2002).

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 July 2002

Reference

388 c841W;388 c845W; 65469

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many veterinary surgeons in each regional office of her Department work on the herd testing programme for Bovine TB. - (Holding answer 1 July 2002).

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 July 2002

Reference

388 c841W;388 c845W; 65470

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the pilot areas for the use of the gamma interferon test for bovine TB; when the use of the gamma interferon blood test for bovine TB commenced in pilot areas. - (Holding answers 19...

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 July 2002

Reference

388 c841W;388 c845W; 61606;61607

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) total TB tests on herds, (b) herds under movement restriction, (c) tests on unrestricted herds, (d) new herd incidents and (e) new confirmed herd incidents there were in each county betwen 1st January and 30th...

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

26 June 2002

For answer on

8 July 2002

Answered on

8 July 2002

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) total TB tests on herds, (b) herds under movement restriction, (c) tests on unrestricted herds, (d) new herd incidents and (e) new confirmed herd incidents there were in each county between 1 January and 30 March, and what percentage of tests on unrestricted herds in each county resulted in a confirmed herd incident. [65474] Margaret Beckett: [holding answer 1 July 2002]: The information is not available in the format requested. A statistical summary for Great Britain as a whole for the period 1 January to 30 March is given in table 1. A more detailed breakdown of the information requested in sub-points (a), (b), (d) and (e) is given in table 2. This is broken down by State Veterinary Service region for the period 1 January to 31 May. Statistics for unrestricted herds (sub-point (c)) are not available in the same format. All the statistics given are available on the DEFRA website at: http://defraweb/animalh/tb/default.htm. Table 1--Tb incidents in Great Britain in 2002--herds _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Date Total TB tests Herds under Tests on Of which: New Of which: New Tests on on herds{ 1} movement unrestricted herd incidents{ confirmed herd unrestricted restriction{ 2} herds{ 3} 4} incidents{ 5} herds resulting in a confirmed new herd incident{ 6} (percentage) January 2002 3,280 1,107 2,952 196 115 3.9 February 2002 4,747 1,381 4,423 366 {7}222-238 {7}5.0-5.4 March 2002 5,012 1,617 4,670 316 {7}4.0-4.4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Figures are provisional and subject to revision. {1} Herds for which tuberculin skin testing is carried out on at least one animal during the period shown. {2} Herds restricted at any time during the period shown due to a TB incident. {3} Any tests carried out during the period shown on a herd which was not already under restriction due to a TB incident. Also any cases found, during the period shown, by routine inspection at the slaughterhouse of animals from a herd not already under restriction. {4} Herds which were previously TB free but either had cattle that reacted to a tuberculin test or had a tuberculous animal disclosed by routine inspection at slaughter, during the period shown. {5} New herd incidents (column 4) for which at least one animal was subsequently confirmed to have TB. {6} Column 5 as a percentage of column 3. {7} Estimates for February and March 2002 are given as a range as a number of the test results are still awaited. It is expected that the final figure, when available, will fall within this range. Source: DEFRA's Animal Health Database Table 2--Detailed Tb raw data: 1 January--31 May 2002 Great Britain _________________________________________________________________________________________________. West North East Total for Total for Total for Total for GB England Wales Scotland (a) Total number of herd 8,140 4,271 1,576 13,987 3,903 2,309 20,199 tests (b) Herds under TB2 1,454 171 32 1,657 421 57 2,135 restrictions because of a TB incident at some time during the reporting period (d) Total new herd TB 820 129 17 966 226 32 1,224 incidents (e) of which are considered 472 69 5 546 116 9 671 confirmed new TB incidents (i.e. CNIs) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: In using and interpreting table 2 the following points should be noted: A proportion of TB incidents remain unclassified, awaiting the results of culture tests which can take several months. Therefore the number of confirmed incidents, for 2002 in particular, will currently be under-recorded. For instance, 9 per cent. of new TB incidents in January to May 2002 were unclassified when the data were extracted. The number of TB incidents depends on the number of tests carried out and on the nature of the testing regime at the time (as well as on the underlying prevalence of the disease). In 2002, testing resources are being concentrated on herds which are overdue their tests (because of the backlog following the foot and mouth disease outbreak) and which have therefore had a longer period than usual in which to contract the disease. Those currently being tested also contain a higher than usual proportion of high risk herds. During the FMD outbreak, TB testing was significantly reduced and necessarily targeted to higher risk herds e.g. those tested following routine inspection of animals at slaughterhouses. At any time, the more herds are tested, the more likely you are to find TB. It is therefore very difficult to assess the underlying trends at this time. Any reactors, inconclusive reactors and direct contacts still awaiting removal and slaughter on the date of the data download were not included in the tables. These only show the number of reactors, inconclusive reactors and direct contacts that had been slaughtered as at 11 June.

Date

8 July 2002

Reference

65474; 388 c692-4W;388 c696W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her target date is for eliminating the backlog of herd tests for Bovine TB. - Inc figure. (Holding answer 1 July 2002).

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 July 2002

Reference

65473; 388 c694-5W;388 c697W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what practical difficulties have been encountered by her Department's officials in administering boluses to Shetland sheep during testing for scrapie; and if she will make a statement. - (Holding answer 13 May 2002).

Asked by

Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 May 2002

Reference

56040; 386 c2W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for additional testing of sheep in relation to possible BSE infection; and what representations she has received from the Food Standards Agency regarding the adequacy of present research. - (Holding answer 18 October 2001).

Asked by

Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 May 2002

Reference

8294; 385 c47W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the flock of sheep in Kirkby Stephen in which one animal was found to be foot and mouth antibody positive was tested for the presence of antibodies prior to its arrival on the farm. - (Holding answer...

Asked by

Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 March 2002

Reference

38825; 381 c782W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether confirmed cases of foot and mouth are determined according to clinical signs of the disease, the presence of disease antibodies, the presence of a live virus, or by other means; and if she will make a statement...

Asked by

Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 March 2002

Reference

38831; 381 c782W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the frequency and mothodology of sampling for dioxin emissions at the SELCHP incinerator. - (Holding answer 28 February 2002).

Asked by

Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 March 2002

Reference

38829; 381 c359W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many samples tested for foot and mouth disease of (a) cattle, (b) sheep, (c) pigs and (d) other species proved (i) positive and (ii) negative. - Includes figures. (Holding answer 19 December 2001).

Asked by

Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 January 2002

Reference

378 c120W;378 c118W; 24089

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in how many confirmed cases of foot and mouth disease samples were subjected to laboratory testing. - Including figure. (Holding answer 19 December 2001).

Asked by

Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 January 2002

Reference

24090; 377 c909W;377 c912W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many premises were tested for evidence of foot and mouth disease as a result of the outbreaks at (a) Beirhope Farm, Jedburgh and (b) Rennieston, Jedburgh in April; and what the result of the tests was. -...

Asked by

Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 January 2002

Reference

377 c755-6W;377 c761W; 23258

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tests have been carried out by the Environment Agency on dioxin emissions at the Ribblesdale plant of Castle Cement in the past 12 months; and if she will publish the findings. - Inc table. (Holding answer...

Asked by

Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 November 2001

For answer on

12 December 2001

Answered on

12 December 2001

Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many tests have been carried out by the Environment Agency on dioxin emissions at the Ribblesdale plant of Castle Cement in the past 12 months; and if she will publish the findings. [18543] Margaret Beckett: [holding answer 27 November 2001]: Since November 2000 the Environment Agency has conducted three sets of dioxin tests on the kilns at Castle Cement's Ribblesdale plant. The individual sample results are shown in the table. The dioxin limit in the site's Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) permit is 0.8 ng/m{3}. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Sample point Date sample taken Results ng/m{3} dioxin Stack from kilns 5 and 6 14-15 February 2001 2.887 and 1.628 Kiln 7 1-2 May 2001 0.001 and 0.001 Stack from kilns 5 and 6 16-17 August 2001 0.212 and 0.295 Kiln 5a 16 August 2001 0.053 Kiln 5b 16 August 2001 0.216 Kiln 6 17 August 2001 0.200 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Full details of these results are available on the agency's public registers, at the local Environment Agency office (Richard Fairclough House, 50 Knutsford Road, Warrington, WA4 1HG) and at the Ribble Valley borough council's offices. The agency, in accordance with its enforcement policy, has investigated the breach of the emissions limit that occurred at the stack from kilns 5 and 6 on 14-15 February 2001 and a warning letter has been issued to Castle Cement. Over the period to August 2001, I understand that the company undertook its own exploration of emissions from the stack, including sampling.Following the February breach, the agency commissioned work modelling the likely fate of dioxins in the environment and the human food chain. This concluded that even under the worst conditions, individuals in the community exposed to the levels found during the breach of the limit would be most unlikely to exceed the World Health Organisation guideline intake. However, the agency will not accept any re-occurrence of the elevated levels found in February 2001.

Date

12 December 2001

Reference

376 c918W; 18543

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she first learnt of Professor Bostock's concerns about the possible contamination of samples of sheeps' brains on which tests were being conducted for evidence of BSE; how many checks were made, and on what date, into whether...

Asked by

Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 December 2001

Reference

376 c489-90W; 10595;10596

House

House of Commons

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