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1001970

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Animals: 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 his Department has taken to ensure the uninterrupted supply of veterinary vaccines in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	187984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>We are working with the animal medicines industry to ensure that supplies of veterinary medicines remain available in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. We intend to minimise any additional regulatory burdens on industry as a result of leaving the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 12/11/2018 16:45:07 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1001971

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Veterinary Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which farming sectors his Department has identified as most at risk from a potential shortage of veterinary medicines in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	187985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>We are working with the animal medicines industry to ensure that supplies of veterinary medicines for all livestock sectors remain available in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/11/2018 15:04:37 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1001972

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Livestock: Animal Welfare
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 ensure that policy to improve the health of livestock is a) included in the Agriculture Bill, and b) effectively implemented.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	187986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Agriculture Bill gives the Secretary of State the power to make payments to protect and improve the health of livestock, as well as to collect and share data relating to livestock health and traceability.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with industry and veterinary representatives to develop practical actions to help reduce the impact of endemic diseases on livestock and improve animal health. We will also work to improve the breadth and detail of animal health data gathered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/11/2018 14:58:33 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

999203

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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: Testing
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 (a) holdings were tested for bovine tuberculosis, (b) animals were tested in each of those holdings and (c) of those animals tested positive using the interferon gamma test in each county of England in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	186168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The total number of bovine tuberculosis skin tests and animals skin tested by county in 2017 can be found in the statistical datasets published in the National bTB Statistics on GOV.UK and can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/tuberculosis-tb-in-cattle-in-great-britain" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/tuberculosis-tb-in-cattle-in-great-britain</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The table below lists a) number of holdings gamma tested per county, b) number of gamma samples by county and c) gamma positive cattle per county in 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>English counties</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>a) Number of holdings gamma tested per county</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>b) Number of gamma samples by county</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>c) Gamma-positives per county</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Somerset &amp; South Gloucestershire (AVON)</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>287</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall (and Isles of Scilly)</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2588</p></td><td><p>295</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>6384</p></td><td><p>673</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>6080</p></td><td><p>533</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>585</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herefordshire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>587</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset excl North</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>1793</p></td><td><p>156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berkshire</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>4149</p></td><td><p>215</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>3619</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>1326</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire and Rutland</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>3414</p></td><td><p>188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>784</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1220</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>25534</p></td><td><p>939</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>674</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Sussex</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>654</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>17184</p></td><td><p>805</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>3060</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>696</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>6718</p></td><td><p>203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>347</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater London and Greater London East</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>731</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3244</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>332</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland (and Tyne and Wear)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>209</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>276</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Sussex</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2695</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire (and Cleveland)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>737</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/11/2018 11:03:33 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

997671

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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: Cumbria
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 definition is used by his Department for the minimum annual control that is required on the licence to cull badgers in Cumbria; and what the reason is that the Cumbrian licence requirements is the only license issued in September 2018 that does not include minimum and maximum numbers of badgers to be culled.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	185481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The definition of minimum annual control is provided on the Cumbria authorisation letter:</p><p>(<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739750/area-32-cumbria-tb-area-control-licence-redacted.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739750/area-32-cumbria-tb-area-control-licence-redacted.pdf</a>).</p><p> </p><p>The aim of badger culling in the Low Risk Area is to remove all potentially infected badgers as quickly as possible, in order to remove infection before it has a chance to spread widely in badgers in the area. Therefore, surveillance during a cull is of greater use to determine the remaining population.</p><p> </p><p>The Bern Secretariat have been informed of the Guidance to Natural England on requirements for badger control in the Low Risk Area of England. The cull area in Cumbria is 0.3% of the Low Risk Area and Natural England did not set a maximum number of badgers to be removed. The guidance to Natural England can be found on Gov.uk at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-natural-england-preventing-spread-of-bovine-tb" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-natural-england-preventing-spread-of-bovine-tb</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/11/2018 10:41:04 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

997672

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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: Cumbria
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 a population estimate has been conducted to determine how many badgers need to be culled in Cumbria to meet his Department's tests on reducing bovine TB in cattle herds (a) without causing local extinction and (b) by removing 70 per cent of the badger population.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	185482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The definition of minimum annual control is provided on the Cumbria authorisation letter:</p><p>(<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739750/area-32-cumbria-tb-area-control-licence-redacted.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739750/area-32-cumbria-tb-area-control-licence-redacted.pdf</a>).</p><p> </p><p>The aim of badger culling in the Low Risk Area is to remove all potentially infected badgers as quickly as possible, in order to remove infection before it has a chance to spread widely in badgers in the area. Therefore, surveillance during a cull is of greater use to determine the remaining population.</p><p> </p><p>The Bern Secretariat have been informed of the Guidance to Natural England on requirements for badger control in the Low Risk Area of England. The cull area in Cumbria is 0.3% of the Low Risk Area and Natural England did not set a maximum number of badgers to be removed. The guidance to Natural England can be found on Gov.uk at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-natural-england-preventing-spread-of-bovine-tb" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-natural-england-preventing-spread-of-bovine-tb</a></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/11/2018 10:44:05 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

997673

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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: Cumbria
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 cattle that failed the skin test tested positive on the gamma interferon test in Cumbria in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	185483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>In 2017 a total of 6,718 gamma tests were carried out in Cumbria (27 submissions from 14 separate CPHs). Of these, 201 skin-test-negative animals were gamma-test-positive.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/11/2018 10:22:56 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

994655

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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	Imports
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 his Department is taking to safeguard the (a) animal welfare (b) environmental and (c) food safety standards of imports from third countries in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	183834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is proud of this country’s high standards of animal welfare, environmental protection and food safety and these will not be watered down when we leave the EU. Our existing UK legislation will continue to apply and the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 will convert EU law as it applies at the point of leaving the EU, into UK law. All existing standards at the point of leaving the EU will, therefore, continue to apply both domestically and to imported goods.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 30/10/2018 11:19:47 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

994002

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
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	Veterinary Medicine: EU Nationals
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 estimate he has made of the number of EU vets leaving the UK as a result of the UK leaving the EU; and what assessment he has made of the effect of any potential reduction in the number of EU vets on the provision of veterinary care in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	183228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is working with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), British Veterinary Association (BVA) and other partners to ensure there is sufficient veterinary capacity in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has not made an assessment of how many vets may choose to leave the UK.</p><p> </p><p>RCVS has commissioned the Institute for Employment Studies to carry out three surveys to gather the views and intentions of UK practicing veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses whose nationality is non-UK European. The results from March 2017 are publicly available on the Institute for Employment Studies website. The second survey was launched in June this year and we look forward to seeing the results shortly.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor the numbers of vets registered to work here. RCVS figures from March 2018 show an increase of 1,200 UK practising vets compared with the corresponding period in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 29/10/2018 18:08:13 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

994003

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
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	Dogs: Leptospirosis
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 he plans to respond to the European Medicines Agency's report on the Nobivac Leptospirosis 4 vaccine on breeding dogs with particular regard to the high mortality rate.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	183229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The European Medicine’s Agency publishes the Veterinary Pharmacovigilance Public Bulletin. This document provides an update on pharmacovigilance issues relating to products authorised at an EU level. The March 2018 edition reports that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP) has requested the marketing authorisation holder for Nobivac L4 Suspension for Injection for Dogs to provide a report focusing on all adverse events involving death or euthanasia. This report is still being assessed. At the current time, the CVMP considers that the benefits of use of this vaccine in preventing serious infection continue to outweigh the risks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 29/10/2018 17:52:46 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew