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1037847

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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 many badgers were vaccinated for TB in the last year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	206346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Provisional figures for 2017 show 327 badgers were vaccinated under licence from Natural England. The number of BCG doses made available for badger vaccination was limited in 2017 due to a global shortage and the need to prioritise supplies for human vaccination. Global BCG vaccine supply is now improving and although complete figures for the number of badgers vaccinated in 2018 are not yet available, provisional data returned to date indicate that the number will be higher than in 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/01/2019 17:16:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1037993

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted sex offenders who did not receive a custodial sentence for their first sex offence were subsequently convicted of further sexual offences in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Table 1: Number of offenders<sup>1</sup> convicted of a sexual offence who already have at least one previous conviction for a sexual offence and did not receive an immediate custodial sentence for their first sexual offence conviction, England and Wales<sup>2</sup>, annually from year ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year Ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>394</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>389</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Number of offenders1 convicted of a sexual offence who already have at least one previous conviction for a sexual offence, England and Wales2, annually from year ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>852</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>811</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>801</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office are responsible for management of the sex offender register, the Ministry of Justice does not hold details of offenders on the sex offender register and so can not identify details of any further convictions of these offenders.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 206332 206333 question first answered 16/01/2019 17:09:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037995

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people on the sex offenders register have been subsequently convicted of further sexual offences by category of offence in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Table 1: Number of offenders<sup>1</sup> convicted of a sexual offence who already have at least one previous conviction for a sexual offence and did not receive an immediate custodial sentence for their first sexual offence conviction, England and Wales<sup>2</sup>, annually from year ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year Ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>394</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>389</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Number of offenders1 convicted of a sexual offence who already have at least one previous conviction for a sexual offence, England and Wales2, annually from year ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>852</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>811</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>801</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office are responsible for management of the sex offender register, the Ministry of Justice does not hold details of offenders on the sex offender register and so can not identify details of any further convictions of these offenders.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 206331 206333 question first answered 16/01/2019 17:09:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1038001

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted sex offenders were found guilty of further sexual offences in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Table 1: Number of offenders<sup>1</sup> convicted of a sexual offence who already have at least one previous conviction for a sexual offence and did not receive an immediate custodial sentence for their first sexual offence conviction, England and Wales<sup>2</sup>, annually from year ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year Ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>394</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>389</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Number of offenders1 convicted of a sexual offence who already have at least one previous conviction for a sexual offence, England and Wales2, annually from year ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>852</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>811</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>801</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office are responsible for management of the sex offender register, the Ministry of Justice does not hold details of offenders on the sex offender register and so can not identify details of any further convictions of these offenders.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 206331 206332 question first answered 16/01/2019 17:09:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037968

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Planning Permission: Judicial Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many planning decisions made by (a) himself and (b) the planning inspectorate have been subject to judicial review proceedings in each of the last five years; and if he will list (a) those cases and (b) their outcomes.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>In the past 5 years there have been 60 planning decisions made by the Secretary of State, which have been subject to judicial review proceedings. Over the same period, the Planning Inspectorate have had 42.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 16/01/2019 16:31:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037970

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Plans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local plans have been (a) submitted, (b) examined and (c) found to be legally compliant and sound in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Examination (b) spans the time from submission of the plan to issue of the Inspector’s report. As this may take more than 12 months, it is not possible to give that information in the form requested.</p><p>Information on (a) and (c) is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Local Plans submitted for examination (a)</p></td><td><p>Local Plan Inspector’s reports issued (c)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>23 <em>1</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>26 <em>2</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>2</em> In addition one report was issued in 2015 finding a plan unsound.</p><p><em>1</em> In addition one report was issued in 2017 finding a plan unsound.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 16/01/2019 16:30:38 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037973

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Plans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many days on average (a) it took for planning inspectors to examine a local plan and (b) there were between a local plan being submitted to a planning inspector and the inspector making a determination on that plan in each of the last five years for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The examination stage covers the period from the date of plan submission to the Planning Inspectorate, to the issue of the Inspector’s final report.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Average number of days between submission and issue of Inspector's final report (all post - 2004 Local Plans)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>595</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>502</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>449</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 16/01/2019 16:27:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037975

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Garden Communities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to undertake a value for money assessment of funding allocated to local authorities for garden settlement projects; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>We have provided or committed £22 million of capacity funding to fund dedicated staff teams and key studies and assessments to underpin delivery of our garden towns and villages. Local authorities are expected to spend capacity funding allocated through the Garden Communities programme on activities for which the funding was awarded. Homes England undertakes day-to-day monitoring of projects on MHCLG’s behalf, and decisions on ongoing funding take account of scheme performance in relation to previous capacity funding awards.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 16/01/2019 16:32:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037967

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	CJD
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve diagnosis rates of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Early diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (sCJD) is challenging as the disorder is rare, and symptoms are non-specific, mimicking those seen in more common neurodegenerative, neuroinflammatory, and infectious disorders. Rapidity of progression and lack of response to treatment often leads clinicians to suspect a CJD diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and the Scottish Government fund the National CJD Research and Surveillance Unit (NCJDRSU) to provide inter-disciplinary clinical and laboratory expertise (neurology, neuroradiology, neuropathology, biochemistry, and epidemiology) enabling early and accurate diagnosis of CJD. Clinicians from across the United Kingdom can discuss cases at any time. Highly trained specialists assess suspected cases locally within five days of referral and conduct structured assessments (clinical history, examination, and review of investigation results) before establishing diagnoses based on validated criteria. A consultant neuroradiologist at the NCJDRSU assesses neuroimaging for patients throughout the UK with a suspicion of CJD. The unit also provides a national diagnostic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) 14-3-3/RT-QuIC service and will arrange collection of CSF samples with prompt results. Information on how clinicians can refer cases to the NCJDRSU is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/referral-system" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/referral-system</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department and the Scottish Government have funded the development of diagnostic tests that combined with improved interpretation of neuroimaging has improved diagnostic accuracy.</p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU collects data on the number of people diagnosed with sCJD in the UK; break downs by of data for smaller geographies are not published. The following table shows a breakdown of the number of individuals, by year of death between 2014 and 2017. Date of diagnosis are considered synonymous for the purpose of reporting.</p><p> </p><p>Number of sCJD 2014-18 in the UK by year of death (as at January 2019).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of death</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NCJDRSU: <a href="https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/figs.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/figs.pdf </a></p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU presents data regularly at clinical meetings and publishes in peer reviewed medical journals accessed by medical professionals, as well as producing a detailed annual report at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/report26.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/report26.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU website also provides information on the different types of CJD at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing</a></p><p> </p><p>sCJD is a rapidly progressive neurological disorder with an average time from first symptom onset to death of four months. The majority (88%) of individuals with sCJD over the past five years were assessed by clinicians from the NCJDRSU in life. After formal referral to NCJDRSU the average time to confirmation of the diagnosis was three days.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 206320 206323 206326 206327 question first answered 16/01/2019 15:05:48 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037969

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	CJD
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the symptoms of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease are identified at the earliest opportunity.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Early diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (sCJD) is challenging as the disorder is rare, and symptoms are non-specific, mimicking those seen in more common neurodegenerative, neuroinflammatory, and infectious disorders. Rapidity of progression and lack of response to treatment often leads clinicians to suspect a CJD diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and the Scottish Government fund the National CJD Research and Surveillance Unit (NCJDRSU) to provide inter-disciplinary clinical and laboratory expertise (neurology, neuroradiology, neuropathology, biochemistry, and epidemiology) enabling early and accurate diagnosis of CJD. Clinicians from across the United Kingdom can discuss cases at any time. Highly trained specialists assess suspected cases locally within five days of referral and conduct structured assessments (clinical history, examination, and review of investigation results) before establishing diagnoses based on validated criteria. A consultant neuroradiologist at the NCJDRSU assesses neuroimaging for patients throughout the UK with a suspicion of CJD. The unit also provides a national diagnostic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) 14-3-3/RT-QuIC service and will arrange collection of CSF samples with prompt results. Information on how clinicians can refer cases to the NCJDRSU is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/referral-system" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/referral-system</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department and the Scottish Government have funded the development of diagnostic tests that combined with improved interpretation of neuroimaging has improved diagnostic accuracy.</p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU collects data on the number of people diagnosed with sCJD in the UK; break downs by of data for smaller geographies are not published. The following table shows a breakdown of the number of individuals, by year of death between 2014 and 2017. Date of diagnosis are considered synonymous for the purpose of reporting.</p><p> </p><p>Number of sCJD 2014-18 in the UK by year of death (as at January 2019).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of death</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NCJDRSU: <a href="https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/figs.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/figs.pdf </a></p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU presents data regularly at clinical meetings and publishes in peer reviewed medical journals accessed by medical professionals, as well as producing a detailed annual report at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/report26.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/report26.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU website also provides information on the different types of CJD at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing</a></p><p> </p><p>sCJD is a rapidly progressive neurological disorder with an average time from first symptom onset to death of four months. The majority (88%) of individuals with sCJD over the past five years were assessed by clinicians from the NCJDRSU in life. After formal referral to NCJDRSU the average time to confirmation of the diagnosis was three days.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 206318 206323 206326 206327 question first answered 16/01/2019 15:05:48 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel