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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Government spent on annual testing of cattle in the high risk, edge and low risk areas in each of the last three years.

Asked by

James Gray (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 December 2016

Reference

54844

House

House of Commons

Livestock: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the annual expenditure by farmers on pre-movement testing and other short interval tests.

Asked by

James Gray (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 December 2016

Reference

54927

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the (a) information and (b) support provided to the families of deaf children identified through newborn hearing screening.

Asked by

James Gray (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 December 2004

Reference

201673; 428 c760-1W

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 to abolish the over 30 month scheme.

Asked by

James Gray (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 October 2004

Reference

424 c1938W;424 c1936W; 188500

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 BSE tests she has been conducting at High Mowbray in Yorkshire. - (Holding answer 19 April 2004).

Asked by

James Gray (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 April 2004

Reference

420 c1192W; 166441

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 specify the locations at which the deer in the vicinity of the Baronsdown deer sanctuary tested positive for TB; how many of the carcases were sent to the Veterinary Investigation Laboratories, and when; and how...

Asked by

James Gray (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 April 2004

Reference

420 c1193-4W; 165176

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had on the efficacy of skin tests for bovine TB; and what assessment she has made of the benefits of blood tests for bovine TB.

Asked by

James Gray (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 July 2003

For answer on

1 September 2003

Answered on

1 September 2003

Mr. Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions she has had on the efficacy of skin tests for bovine TB; and what assessment she has made of the benefits of blood tests for bovine TB. [126336] Mr. Bradshaw: The single intradermal comparative cervical test (SICCT) is the only skin test currently used in Great Britain for the detection of TB in cattle. This test and the less specific single intradermal test (SIT) were, until recently, the only TB tests officially recognised by the European Union for use in cattle. The skin tests, along with the application of disease control principles, have achieved TB eradication in many countries. Last October, we begun a field evaluation of the gamma-interferon test, an in-vitro assay that measures the immune response to M. bovis of T-cells in cattle blood. This laboratory-based blood test was officially recognised by the EU in July 2002, but only for use as a supplement to the SICCT in TB affected herds. The test is considered more sensitive than the SICCT, but less specific, meaning that it results in a higher probability of false positives. For this reason, the gamma interferon test cannot be used as a screening test for TB for the time being. Diagnostic tests are never 100 per cent. accurate and there is often a trade-off between sensitivity and specificity. Although the gamma interferon test is not sufficiently specific to replace the SICCT, the use of the two tests in parallel has the potential to significantly increase the detection of infected cattle in herds where TB has been confirmed. I discussed the issue of TB diagnosis, particularly in relation to the progress of the gamma interferon trial, at a recent meeting with Professor Bourne, Chairman of the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB.

Date

1 September 2003

Reference

126336; 409 c823W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice her Department gives to farmers who find TB-infected badgers on their land; how farmers should dispose of the carcase of a badger which has died of TB; and if she will make a statement. (Holding answer...

Asked by

James Gray (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

25 March 2003

For answer on

28 March 2003

Answered on

28 March 2003

Mr. Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what advice her Department gives to farmers who find TB-infected badgers on their land; how farmers should dispose of the carcase of a badger which has died of TB; and if she will make a statement. [105246] Mr. Morley: [holding answer 27 March 2003]: It is unlikely that farmers would be able to tell whether badgers found on their land, either alive or dead, were suffering from, or had died of, bovine tuberculosis. At present there is no reliable live test to check for the disease in badgers. The presence of the bovine TB causative organism (M. bovis) is established by post- mortem examination and the bacteriological culture of samples. Government are carrying out a badger culling trial in areas of the South and West of England to establish the role of badgers in transmission of bovine TB to cattle and to find out whether badger culling is an effective or sustainable control mechanism. There is insufficient evidence to sanction badger culling outside of the trial areas and this has been made clear to farmers. Defra has encouraged livestock producers to apply basic biosecurity measures to minimise contact between cattle and wildlife, for instance by raising feed and water troughs off the ground and securing farm buildings, particularly feed stores and cattle housing, against entry by wildlife. In relation to carcase disposal, wild animals are currently exempt from the scope of the 1999 Animal By-Products Order. However, from 1 May 2003 the EU Animal By-Products Regulation, will require wild animals suspected of being infected with diseases communicable to humans, such as bovine TB, to be disposed of at an approved plant using one of the following methods: 1. incineration; 2. rendering followed by incineration; or 3. pressure rendering followed by landfill. A limited survey is being carried out on the carcases of badgers killed in road traffic accidents (RTAs) in Cornwall, Devon, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire and Dorset. The objective of the survey is to determine whether RTA data can provide an accurate indication of the prevalence of M. bovis in badgers by comparing it with data from the badger culling trial. If farmers in the counties listed find a badger carcase on their land which has been killed in a road accident they can contact the survey co-ordinators, Central Science Laboratory (CSL), using a freephone number, to arrange collection. Precise details of the location of the carcase will need to be provided.

Date

28 March 2003

Reference

105246; 402 c462-3W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library the list of sites considered for the second phase of the newborn hearing screening programme; pursuant to his Answer of 17th June 2002 at 387 c164W, on newborn hearing screening, how many sites will provide...

Asked by

James Gray (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 October 2002

Reference

390 c522W; 72602;72489

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 cattle were slaughtered after a positive TB test in each year since 1997. - Including table.

Asked by

James Gray (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

1 July 2002

For answer on

10 July 2002

Answered on

10 July 2002

Mr. Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many cattle were slaughtered after a positive TB test in each year since 1997. [66805] Mr. Morley: The number of animals compulsorily slaughtered as TB reactors or as direct contacts is given in the table. Number of cattle compulsorily slaughtered as TB reactors or contacts in Great Britain _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of animals slaughtered TB reactors{ 1} Contacts{ 2} Total{ 3} 1997 3,213 456 3,669 1998 4,958 926 5,884 1999{4} 5,910 862 6,772 2000{4} 7,031 1,322 8,353 2001{4} 5,347 904 6,251 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Animals which gave a positive result (i.e. reacted) to the tuberculin test and were compulsorily slaughtered. {2} Animals which, under the terms of Directive 64/432 as amended, were considered to have been direct contacts exposed to TB and therefore compulsorily slaughtered. {3} Animals compulsorily slaughtered because they reacted to the tuberculin test of because they were considered to be direct contacts. Not all the animals will necessarily be confirmed as being infected with Mycobacterium bovis. {4} Provisional: data for 1999 onwards will remain provisional until all culture results are available and final data validation carried out. Source: DEFRA's Animal Health Database

Date

10 July 2002

Reference

66805; 388 c949W;388 c951W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Meriden of 20th July 2001, 372 c738, on neonatal screening, when his Department will make an announcement setting out a timetable for the national implementation of universal newborn hearing screening. - (Holding answer...

Asked by

James Gray (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 June 2002

Reference

60107; 387 c164W

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 interval was between tests for TB in dairy cattle over the last 12 months; what the longest time recorded was; and what the optimum is. (Holding answer 2 May 2002).

Asked by

James Gray (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 May 2002

Reference

53909; 385 c51-2W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NICE and Scottish NICE are allowed to liaise with each other about similarities and parallel inquiries into a particular drug.- (Holding answer 18 April 2002).

Asked by

James Gray (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 May 2002

Reference

50823; 384 c991W;384 c992W

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 was informed (a) of the suspected outbreak of Foot and Mouth on St Agnes Farm at Hounby and (b) that veterinary tests proved negative; and what the average time was between testing and negative result during...

Asked by

James Gray (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 March 2002

Reference

40308; 381 c482-3W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to sponsor trials of the F35 in connection with developing UK requirements; what trials of the aircraft will take place in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

James Gray (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 November 2001

Reference

375 c379W;375 c381W; 16558

House

House of Commons

	Edge	High Risk	Low Risk
April 2016 to 20 Oct 2016	£745,617	£1,261,432	£15,928
May 2015 to March 2016	£1,169,118	£2,001,883	£35,589

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