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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency became aware of the failure regarding the SAM IT system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency became aware of the failure regarding the SAM IT system.
I was made aware of the nature of the problems and the implications for our monthly publication of bovine TB statistics on 14 January 2014,
when the impact on the published bovine TB national statistics became clear. AHVLA first became aware in mid-December 2013 that there were possible discrepancies with the records of herds designated as not officially TB Free—well after the badger cull pilots had concluded. Subsequent investigations by AHVLA led to notification of DEFRA officials on 18 December 2013. The extent of the problems and full impact on the published statistics were not fully understood until mid-January 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many healthy herds have been miscategorised as infected with bovine TB due to the AHVLA SAM IT failure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many healthy herds have been miscategorised as infected with bovine TB due to the AHVLA SAM IT failure.
The data classification problems identified by AHLVA only affected the reporting of bovine TB statistics, in particular the number of herds coming out of restriction. A full explanation was included in the monthly publication of National Statistics on the Incidence of Tuberculosis (TB) in Cattle to end November 2013 for Great Britain, released in 12 February. No restrictions have been placed on any herd as a result of the data classification problems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the contract for the AHVLA SAM IT programme was put out for public tender; how many organisations competed for this contract; who was awarded the contract; and for how long it was granted.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the contract for the AHVLA SAM IT programme was put out for public tender; how many organisations competed for this contract; who was awarded the contract; and for how long it was granted.
The SAM IT system was delivered under an overarching IT contract with IBM, held by DEFRA. This contract was awarded after a competitive OJEU tender process in 2005.
The SAM application was selected after a competitive tender process; there were three suppliers shortlisted at the time, all of whom offered packages to meet AHVLA requirements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) when he was made aware of the AHVLA SAM IT failure;
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) when he was made aware of the AHVLA SAM IT failure;
I was made aware of the nature of the problems and the implications for our monthly publication of bovine TB statistics on 14 January 2014, when the impact on the published bovine TB national statistics became clear. AHVLA first became aware in mid-December 2013 that there were possible discrepancies with the records of herds designated as not officially TB Free-well after the badger cull pilots had concluded. Subsequent investigations by AHVLA led to notification of DEFRA officials on 18 December 2013. The extent of the problems and full impact on the published statistics were not fully understood until mid-January 2014.
(2) when his Department became aware of the AHVLA SAM IT failure;
Huw Irranca-Davies:
(2) when his Department became aware of the AHVLA SAM IT failure;
Huw Irranca-Davies:
I was made aware of the nature of the problems and the implications for our monthly publication of bovine TB statistics on 14 January 2014, when the impact on the published bovine TB national statistics became clear. AHVLA first became aware in mid-December 2013 that there were possible discrepancies with the records of herds designated as not officially TB Free-well after the badger cull pilots had concluded. Subsequent investigations by AHVLA led to notification of DEFRA officials on 18 December 2013. The extent of the problems and full impact on the published statistics were not fully understood until mid-January 2014.
(3) whether (a) the AHVLA and (b) his Department was aware of failings with the SAM IT system (i) before the commencement of the Government's pilot badger culls and (ii) before these pilots were subsequently extended.
Huw Irranca-Davies:
(3) whether (a) the AHVLA and (b) his Department was aware of failings with the SAM IT system (i) before the commencement of the Government's pilot badger culls and (ii) before these pilots were subsequently extended.
Huw Irranca-Davies:
I was made aware of the nature of the problems and the implications for our monthly publication of bovine TB statistics on 14 January 2014, when the impact on the published bovine TB national statistics became clear. AHVLA first became aware in mid-December 2013 that there were possible discrepancies with the records of herds designated as not officially TB Free-well after the badger cull pilots had concluded. Subsequent investigations by AHVLA led to notification of DEFRA officials on 18 December 2013. The extent of the problems and full impact on the published statistics were not fully understood until mid-January 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the implications of the AHVLA SAM IT failure on the Bovine TB eradication strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the implications of the AHVLA SAM IT failure on the Bovine TB eradication strategy.
The problem identified only affects the reporting of TB statistics. There has been no impact on operational activities. This issue also does not affect the number of cattle slaughtered, which continues to be at an unacceptably high level.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the cause of the AHVLA SAM IT failure was.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the cause of the AHVLA SAM IT failure was.
The AHVLA is still investigating the issue and a number of root causes are being investigated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what timeframe was allocated to Operational and User Acceptance Testing for the AHVLA SAM IT system; and whether this timeframe was adhered to.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what timeframe was allocated to Operational and User Acceptance Testing for the AHVLA SAM IT system; and whether this timeframe was adhered to.
Full Acceptance Testing took place. This involved System Acceptance Testing, Regression Testing (manual and automated) and User Acceptance Testing. Additionally, Performance and Operability Testing was undertaken. As the development was iterative the testing took place over an extended period totalling 11 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the OAT and UAT phases for the AHVLA SAM IT system were replaced in favour of live testing methods.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the OAT and UAT phases for the AHVLA SAM IT system were replaced in favour of live testing methods.
Full testing was undertaken in advance of go-live. This involved System Acceptance Testing, Regression Testing (manual and automated) and User Acceptance Testing. Additionally, Performance and Operability Testing was undertaken.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether all the bovine TB figures transferred since the data migration from the Veterinary e-Business System (VeBus) to the AHVLA SAM IT system on 3 October 2011 will be reviewed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether all the bovine TB figures transferred since the data migration from the Veterinary e-Business System (VeBus) to the AHVLA SAM IT system on 3 October 2011 will be reviewed.
Data was migrated from the Vetnet system (not VeBus) to the Sam IT System during September 2011. All migrated data was fully reconciled after migration. Since September 2011, there has been no further full system reconciliation, although some specific aspects of the TB data have been reviewed. We are undertaking a more comprehensive review as part of the current investigation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether there was a system integration problem between the VeBus and AHVLA SAM IT systems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether there was a system integration problem between the VeBus and AHVLA SAM IT systems.
VeBus and SAM were not integrated. There was a comprehensive data reconciliation between legacy systems and SAM following the migration of data from Vetnet.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many of the bTB new herd infection miscalculations have been caused by (a) human error due to manually inputting data into the system and (b) data duplicates due to the bTB cases being input manually into SAM...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many of the bTB new herd infection miscalculations have been caused by (a) human error due to manually inputting data into the system and (b) data duplicates due to the bTB cases being input manually into SAM...
The Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency is still investigating the issue. There was no dual running of the systems, so data duplication did not occur.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps (a) his Department and (b) the contractor are taking to rectify the error with the AHVLA SAM IT system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps (a) his Department and (b) the contractor are taking to rectify the error with the AHVLA SAM IT system.
The Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency and our IT supplier have put considerable efforts into resolving the identified problem. Verification of the data and ensuring all reporting is correct has been a priority for all concerned.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the previous data-collection system will still be closed on 1 April 2014 and transferred to the SAM system as scheduled.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the previous data-collection system will still be closed on 1 April 2014 and transferred to the SAM system as scheduled.
The decommissioning of Vetnet will commence after the final module of the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency's change programme has been delivered, which is expected to happen later this year. The decommissioning process will take account of the need to ensure we have access to legacy data that needs to be retained in line with retention periods.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many horses died and were subsequently reported to the National Equine Database (NED) for each of the last three years the NED was operational.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many horses died and were subsequently reported to the National Equine Database (NED) for each of the last three years the NED was operational.
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As of 2 July 2012, 114,961 horses whose passports had been issued by UK Passport Issuing Organisations had been reported as having died. It is not possible to break this total down by year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent representations he has received from organisations which provide micro-chipping for dogs and maintain databases of such information.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent representations he has received from organisations which provide micro-chipping for dogs and maintain databases of such information.
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We received responses from companies that maintain databases of microchipped dogs during our recent consultation on our package of proposals to tackle irresponsible dog ownership. We have also received representations from such companies offering assistance with the associated technical issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the interoperability of dog micro-chipping technology and databases in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the interoperability of dog micro-chipping technology and databases in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
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DEFRA officials have met with various interested parties to discuss the technical issues associated with the microchipping of dogs and the keeping of records on different databases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what meetings he has had with representatives of (a) Petlog, (b) Anibase, (c) Avid and (d) Pet Protect on the creation of a central database to store the details of micro-chipped dogs.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what meetings he has had with representatives of (a) Petlog, (b) Anibase, (c) Avid and (d) Pet Protect on the creation of a central database to store the details of micro-chipped dogs.
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I have had no specific meetings with representatives of these organisations but my officials have met microchip database providers to discuss technical issues associated with the microchipping of dogs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will consider introducing a data collection system with pharmacies for the purposes of providing accurate data to measure the scale and effect of the time taken to supply branded medicines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will consider introducing a data collection system with pharmacies for the purposes of providing accurate data to measure the scale and effect of the time taken to supply branded medicines.