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777801

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of he availability of the BCG vaccine for badgers.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	109644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>Although the timing of resumption of supplies of the licensed Badger BCG product remains uncertain, we are confident that supplies of an alternative, unlicensed BCG vaccine in 2018 will be sufficient to allow us to resume the Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/11/2017 12:48:34 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

909010

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to advance the efficacy of the phage vaccine for bovine TB.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	146079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>Defra is not aware of any research on the use of bacteriophages (viruses of bacteria) as vaccines for bovine TB. The current leading vaccine candidate is BCG which is an attenuated strain of the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis and not a bacteriophage.</p><p> </p><p>However, there is a company developing a Phage test to detect TB. I have met with the developers of this test to discuss their work and officials are engaging with them on the regulatory process they need to go through.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 29/05/2018 11:23:29 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

347410

	registered interest
	date	29/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on commencing field trials for a cattle vaccine for bovine TB.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Before a decision can be made to make an investment in field trials, we need to be confident that we have an effective DIVA test (a TB test to differentiate infected from vaccinated animals). The work we have already done shows that the blood test DIVA is unlikely to be good enough, in that it will yield too many false positive results leading to slaughter of too many uninfected cattle. So we are now investing in the development of a more promising skin test DIVA.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/06/2015 15:08:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

347411

	registered interest
	date	29/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has held with other EU member states in which bovine TB occurs on establishing joint research on a TB vaccine for cattle.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>To date, no other EU member States have expressed interest in developing a TB vaccine for cattle. But we are working with officials and businesses in both New Zealand and the USA in our quest to identify, through research, an effective DIVA test (a TB test to differentiate infected from vaccinated animals), which is a critical element of any programme which would involve BCG vaccination of cattle.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/06/2015 11:04:12 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

347412

	registered interest
	date	29/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the most recent update of the tentative timeline for possible use of a vaccine against bovine TB in the EU as set out by the EU Commissioners in January 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>In the comprehensive TB Strategy we commit to pursuing options to license a cattle vaccine by 2023, or sooner if possible, but the hurdles remain very high. The 10 years indicative timeline set out by the Commission was an indication of the timescale for allowing free movement of vaccinated cattle in the EU. It may be possible for vaccination to be used in the UK before then but we are still some way from that, given the need to develop an effective DIVA test (a TB test to differentiate infected from vaccinated animals) and, if we are successful in that, what would then inevitably be lengthy, wide-scale and expensive field trials.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/06/2015 16:31:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

601056

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent to date of the £1.25 million committed to the Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	48504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>Defra Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme projects in England were funded on the basis of actual work done by the grant beneficiaries with no specific total amount committed to the Scheme. Defra spent just over £92,000 on these projects in the 2015/16 financial year, with additional in-kind support in the form of free loans of equipment, supply of the Badger BGC vaccine and advice from field experts.</p><p> </p><p>Although no vaccination of badgers under the Scheme is possible in 2016, we have awarded grant funding to three of the former beneficiaries for other vaccination-related work. The amounts payable to each will depend on the work that they do in the current financial year</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 19/10/2016 15:48:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

601057

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to extend badger vaccination schemes in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	48505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>There have been a number of private badger vaccination initiatives in England over the last three years, some of which have received Defra grant funding. Resumption in Defra-supported vaccination in 2017 will depend on the availability of the vaccine, current supplies of which are being prioritised by the Government for public health use.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/10/2016 15:34:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

601061

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has had discussions with suppliers other than Statens Serum Institut to procure the BCG vaccine.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	48557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>My officials have had initial discussions with other potential suppliers of BCG vaccine about the possibility of future supply</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 19/10/2016 11:51:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

601069

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she estimates that the BCG vaccine will be available to resume the Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme; and what plans her Department has in place to procure BCG for this purpose.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	48577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>We have no firm date for resumption of supply of the authorised product from the manufacturer, with whom my officials and Public Health England (PHE) are in contact. PHE and Defra officials visited the production facility in September.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/10/2016 15:39:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

693742

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to develop an oral M. Bovis vaccine for badgers; and what funding from the public purse has been made available for its development.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	65348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>Since 2009 Defra has spent £15 million on oral badger vaccine development, using BCG (the attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis used worldwide to vaccinate people against TB). The Animal and Plant Health Agency has identified palatable bait and practical field deployment strategies. The immunity conferred by oral vaccination of badgers with BCG tends to be more variable than that resulting from the injectable formulation of the vaccine. Therefore, current studies are focusing on producing a safe, effective and affordable vaccine which provides consistent protection when eaten by badgers.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 28/02/2017 09:40:50 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn