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To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the impact of the current civil service industrial action on the competitiveness of Northern Ireland's haulage industry.

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 July 2004

Reference

180801; 423 c677W

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations he has made to (a) the European Commission and (b) the governments of other member states for special consideration to be given to hauliers and other business drivers from Northern Ireland who have been unable (i) to obtain an...

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 June 2004

Reference

423 c318W; 180800

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the latest average waiting time for drivers to receive a date for an MoT test is.

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 June 2004

Reference

180802; 423 c261W

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many vehicle MOT tests were carried out in each month from January to June in each year since 2001. - Inc table.

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 June 2004

For answer on

29 June 2004

Answered on

29 June 2004

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many vehicle MOT tests were carried out in each month from January to June in each year since 2001. [180816] Angela Smith: The numbers of full tests and retests carried out by the Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency in each month from January to June for each year since 2001 are as set out as follows. The figures include all vehicle categories for which roadworthiness certificates are required. The figures for June 2004 are not yet available. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2001 2002 2003 2004 Full test Retest Full test Retest Full test Retest Full test Retest January 37,867 6,754 37,828 6,534 39,813 8,361 42,912 10,110 February 37,601 7,080 37,684 7,086 40,629 9,008 42,936 9,446 March 45,698 8,611 41,937 8,031 41,914 10,106 46,079 10,153 April 39,627 7,723 40,733 7,468 37,755 8,682 40,759 8,096 May 41,102 7,961 43,101 8,628 41,284 8,981 28,963 6,310 June 41,939 8,016 39,555 7,316 43,808 9,893 -- -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Retest figures may include multiple retests on a single vehicle and may not include vehicles that fail the full test but are not subsequently presented for retest.

Date

29 June 2004

Reference

180816; 423 c268W

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many booked (a) MoT tests and (b) driving tests have been cancelled as result of the current industrial action by civil servants; how many MOT tests have been cancelled in Northern Ireland because of industrial action in the Civil Service....

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 June 2004

Reference

423 c261-2W; 180808;180825

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 of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the Food Standards Agency's policy on testing sheep for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies using the test developed by Professor Prusiner of the University of California.

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 May 2003

Reference

109850; 404 c517W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the arrangements under which a farmer may have cattle aged over 30 months slaughtered for personal consumption.

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 December 2002

Reference

80459; 396 c577W;396 c593W

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

Lord Chancellors Dept

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what proportion of the testing programme for the 1901 census website has been completed; whether a million users per hour test has been run on the 1901 census website; and if he will make a statement; when he expects the testing programme...

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 July 2002

Reference

389 c801W; 70854;70857;70858

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 estimate she has made of the total costs under Phase One of the National Scrapie Plan of (a) the identification and registration of rams, (b) the registration of farms, (c) the collection of blood samples and their...

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 June 2002

For answer on

20 June 2002

Answered on

20 June 2002

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the total costs under phase one of the national scrapie plan of (a) the identification and registration of rams, (b) the registration of farms, (c) the collection of blood samples and their dispatch to the laboratory, (d) the laboratory testing of blood samples to establish genotypes, and (e) certification. [61534] Mr. Morley: Information is not available in the format requested. A major part of the costs under (a), (c) and (e) relates to the administrative costs of the state veterinary service, and a breakdown of the service's costs by those categories is not available. As regards (b), the national scrapie plan does not maintain a specific and separate register of farms. Expenditure on the genotyping schemes for both the registered and non-registered sectors which have already been launched under the national scrapie plan will depend on levels of uptake under what are voluntary schemes. Estimated annual expenditure is given in the table for different levels of assumed uptake. The figures exclude the administrative costs of the state veterinary service and IT costs. £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Assuming 40 per cent. uptake Assuming 60 per cent. uptake Assuming 80 per cent. uptake Ram genotyping registered 4 6 8 Ram genotyping non-registered 7 10 13 Total 11 16 21 Of which: Laboratory genotyping costs 4.4 6.6 8.8 Animal identification costs 1.5 2.2 2.9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

20 June 2002

Reference

61534; 387 c481W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets he has set for mandatory drug testing at each young offender institution. - Inc table.

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 November 2001

For answer on

20 November 2001

Answered on

20 November 2001

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what targets he has set for mandatory drug testing at each young offender institution. [16343] Beverley Hughes: The random mandatory drug testing targets for each male young offender institution and juvenile establishment are listed in the table. Percentage _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Establishment Mandatory drug testing target Ashfield -- Aylesbury 12 Brinsford 19 Castington 13 Deerbolt 7.5 Dover 12.1 Feltham 22 Glen Parva 15 Hatfield 10.5 Hindley 14 Huntercombe 14 Lancaster Farms 6 Northallerton 12 Onley 5 Portland 8.5 Reading 18.5 Stoke Heath 8 Swinfen Hall 7.5 Thorn Cross 15 Werrington 10 Wetherby 8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Ashfield young offender institution is a private sector establishment. Financial penalties are incurred for each guilty adjudication following a positive random mandatory drug test.

Date

20 November 2001

Reference

375 c233-4W;375 c237-8W; 16343

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drug treatment and testing orders have been (a) made, (b) breached and (c) revoked by the courts since the national roll-out of the order in October 2000. - Table given.

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 April 2001

Reference

158946; 367 c382-3W

House

House of Commons

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