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77021

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2014, Official Report, columns 298-9W, to the hon. Member for South West Devon representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, on electoral register, which of the local authorities which failed Performance Standard Three in more than one year (a) were and (b) were not granted additional central government funding to increase registration.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	205138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>All Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) have received funding, based on their levels of under-registration, to help with the costs of local activities to maximise registration as part of the transition to Individual Electoral Registration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 22/07/2014 16:35:36 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

77076

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individuals in his Department have participated in (a) disability awareness and (b) LGBT awareness training in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	205047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 22/07/2014 16:58:17 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier previous answer version 11782 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

77094

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many research experiments his Department has performed on animals since May 2010; and for what purpose and on which types of animal such experiments have been performed.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	205234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) returns the numbers of procedures involving animals to the Home Office on an annual basis in accordance with UK legislation. Details of the Annual Dstl Returns to the Home Office from 2010 to 2013 are given in the table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Year 2010</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Animal Species (Type)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rodents</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pigs</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Non-human primates</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rabbits</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p>9,007</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>244</p></td><td><p><strong>47</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,438</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Year 2011</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Animal Species (Type)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rodents</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pigs</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Non-human primates</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rabbits</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p>9,490</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>68</p></td><td><p><strong>76</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,722</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Year 2012</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Animal Species (Type)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rodents</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pigs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Non-human primates</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Other</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rabbits</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p>8,616</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,830</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Year 2013</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Animal Species (Type)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rodents</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pigs</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Non-human primates</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rabbits</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p>6,156</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>193</p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,461</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Dstl Porton Down conducts less than half of one per cent of the animal experimentation carried out in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Dstl is proud of the research undertaken by its staff and believes that the remit to provide safe and effective protective measures for the UK and its Armed Forces against the threat posed by chemical and biological weapons and enhance the treatment of conventional casualties on the battlefield, could not currently be achieved without the use of animals.</p><p> </p><p>The main areas of use are as follows: regulatory testing; medical countermeasures to biological agents; medical countermeasures to chemical agents; provision of tissue; hazard assessment; treatment and decontamination of chemical agents; medical management and surgical care; detection and identification of biological weapons.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Each of the procedures has been undertaken in strict accordance with the terms of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. Dstl Porton Down is licensed to conduct research involving animals by the Home Office.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 22/07/2014 16:53:00 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 11702 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

77205

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	National Offender Management Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has allocated additional financial resources to the New Offender Management Service to provide safe conditions for offenders following the recent increase in the prison population.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	205261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service is subject to review throughout the year to address additional expenditure as part of regular budget discussions.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 22/07/2014 16:28:26 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

77262

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to respond to the Independent Monitoring Board's Annual Report 2013 on Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre and in particular its finding in respect of the provision of appropriate accommodation for those with mental health or behavioural problems.
tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
uin	HL996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for Harmondsworth published its 2013 report on 30 June. An action plan to address the recommendations in the report will be agreed by 11 August. Plans to make changes to the configuration of the healthcare unit to address the provision of appropriate accommodation for those with mental health or behavioural problems are under discussion with the new healthcare provider at Harmondsworth. This is in advance of the transfer of healthcare commissioning to NHS England on 1 September. Individuals who claim to be under the age of 18 following their detention are managed in accordance with Detention Services Order 14/2012 for the care and management of age dispute cases. This sets out the policy and procedures to follow in individual cases where there is a lack of physical or definitive documentary evidence to prove the person is under the age of 18. This also details the circumstances in which release by case owners is appropriate.</p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 22/07/2014 17:28:25 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

77263

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, following the Independent Monitoring Board's Annual Report 2013, they have initiated changes at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre to ensure that detainees claiming to be under 18 are assessed by social services in the community rather than in the centre.
tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
uin	HL997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2014 answer text <p>The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for Harmondsworth published its 2013 report on 30 June. An action plan to address the recommendations in the report will be agreed by 11 August. Plans to make changes to the configuration of the healthcare unit to address the provision of appropriate accommodation for those with mental health or behavioural problems are under discussion with the new healthcare provider at Harmondsworth. This is in advance of the transfer of healthcare commissioning to NHS England on 1 September. Individuals who claim to be under the age of 18 following their detention are managed in accordance with Detention Services Order 14/2012 for the care and management of age dispute cases. This sets out the policy and procedures to follow in individual cases where there is a lack of physical or definitive documentary evidence to prove the person is under the age of 18. This also details the circumstances in which release by case owners is appropriate.</p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 23/07/2014 13:10:51 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

77264

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Lyme Disease
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the testing of the cerebrospinal fluid of patients suspected of having Lyme disease using the Trinity Biotech kit at the Health Protection Agency’s Lyme Borreliosis Unit began; how many patients' samples were tested in that way; and how many patients were recorded as being positive over that period of time.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2014 answer text <p>The Trinity Biotech blot has been in use since 2007 by the former Health Protection Agency's Lyme Borreliosis Unit for testing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and proved very reliable. It has also been used in this way by other laboratories in Europe. However, CSF antibodies will not be present if there is no evidence of any other antibodies in the serum. Data is not collected centrally on specific samples from patients as the final diagnosis is made by the clinician on the basis of the test results and the clinical presentation.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/07/2014 12:31:17 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

77265

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Lyme Disease
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in December 2011, the Clinical Pathology Accreditation Service was made aware of modifications by the Health Protection Agency’s Lyme Borreliosis Unit to the Trinity Biotech immunoblot kit to be used for testing human cerebrospinal fluid.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2014 answer text <p>The former Health Protection Agency's Lyme Borreliosis Unit (HPA LBU) was accredited by Clinical Pathology Accreditation who had access to, and was able to review, all the standard operating procedures of the unit.</p><p> </p><p>The Trinity Biotech Lyme Western Blot is a qualitative in vitro assay for the detection of Immunoglobulin (IgG or IgM) antibodies in human samples against specific antigens/proteins of <em>Borrelia afzelii, Borrelia garinii and Borrelia burgdorferi</em>. The Trinity Biotech Lyme Western Blot is intended as a confirmatory assay for use in testing human samples which have been previously found to be positive or equivocal using an Enzyme Immunoassay and Immunofluroescent Assay or other appropriate screening method. Positive second-tier results are supportive evidence of infection with <em>B. burgdorferi</em>. The diagnosis of Lyme disease should be made based on history and symptoms (such as erythema migrans), and other laboratory data, in addition to the presence of antibodies to <em>B. burgdorferi</em>. The Trinity Biotech blot has been in use since 2007 by the former HPA’s LBU for testing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and proved very reliable. This technique has also been in use widely across Europe during this period as a diagnostic test using CSF as a sample to support the diagnosis of neuroborreliosis.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/07/2014 12:32:59 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

77266

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Lyme Disease
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what evidence existed to show that the Health Protection Agency’s Lyme Borreliosis Unit (LBU) conformed with European Union and United Kingdom legislation for the use of the Trinity Biotech kit for <i>in vitro</i> testing when used with cerebrospinal fluid; and what testing was carried out by the LBU to verify that the use of that test kit was suitable, and sufficiently sensitive, for the detection of European and United Kingdom species of Borrelia infections in cerebrospinal fluid.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL1000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2014 answer text <p>The former Health Protection Agency's Lyme Borreliosis Unit adhered to legislation related to diagnostic testing. The Trinity Biotech Lyme Western Blot technique was widely used in Europe at that time for serum and samples. Controls were run with each batch of the test to verify the tests accuracy and sensitivity. Quality assurance samples were run to ensure independent validation of the results.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/07/2014 14:21:30 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

77267

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Lyme Disease
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Health Protection Agency’s Lyme Borreliosis Unit adhered to the Health Protection Agency's published guidelines on <i>Commercial and In-House Diagnostic Tests: Evaluations and Validations</i> in carrying out testing of cerebrospinal fluid of patients suspected of having Lyme disease using the Trinity Biotech kit.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL1001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2014 answer text <p>The former Health Protection Agency's (HPA) Lyme Borreliosis Unit adhered to the HPA’s published guidelines on Commercial and In-House Diagnostic Tests.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/07/2014 13:24:08 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar