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1054869

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2019
	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	Veterans: Homelessness
	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 former (a) regular (b) reserve Service personnel at each rank have been classified as statutorily homeless in each year since 2000.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	216220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government collects quarterly and annual statistics on how many people approach local authorities as homeless in England. Until April 2018, veterans formed part of a wider vulnerable group category that included: care leavers, ex-offenders and those who have fled home because of violence or the threat of violence (other than domestic violence). As a result, individual statistics on homeless veterans before that date are not published.</p><p>In April 2018 the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government introduced a new case-level data collection called H-CLIC (Homelessness Case Level Information Collection). This gives local authorities and Government more information regarding homelessness and those presenting as homeless, including those individuals who are veterans as a separate category. The Government does not differentiate between regular and reserve personnel, nor does it record rank.</p><p>In England from April to June 2018, of the 58,660 households to who, at the point of initial decision, were owed a homelessness duty by the local authority, 0.7 per cent (430) of main applicants had served in the armed forces.</p><p>The latest local authority level statistics, and quarterly statistics since 2009, can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness</a></p><p>Data from earlier years can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness#discontinued-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness#discontinued-tables</a></p><p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 11/02/2019 17:14:39 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

1054882

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	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: Disease Control
	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 has taken to reduce the number of cattle destroyed as a result of false positive Gamma blood tests.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	216228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The interferon-gamma test is a supplementary blood test that has been used alongside the primary tuberculin skin test in Great Britain since 2006 in order to maximise the detection of TB-infected animals in certain herds affected by TB breakdowns.</p><p>No diagnostic test is perfectly accurate and there is a trade-off between the sensitivity and specificity of a test. The interferon-gamma test is more sensitive than the skin test, which means it is less likely to miss TB-infected animals (approximately 1 in 10 infected animals compared with 1 in 4 for the skin test). However, it is less specific than the skin test (on average 3-4 false positives per 100 disease-free animals tested). Even so, it is incorrect to assume that all interferon-gamma positive animals with no visible lesions of TB at slaughter represent false positive results.</p><p>That is why the interferon-gamma test is, with few exceptions, only used in fully confirmed (lesion and/or culture positive) TB breakdown herds. In such herds the predictive value of a positive interferon-gamma test result is maximised and the cost of taking out low numbers of false positive animals is outweighed by the benefit of earlier and more complete detection of all TB-infected animals in the herd. This in turn reduces the risks of repeat (recurrent) TB breakdowns in the same herd and spreading the disease to other herds as a result of the incomplete elimination of all the infected animals.</p><p>In 2018/2019, over £4 million has been allocated to Defra’s bovine TB research and development programme, which includes research on improved and novel diagnostic tests for bovine TB.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/02/2019 13:06:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

1054886

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	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	Cattle: Sales
	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 recent estimate he has made of the number of pedigree cows traded (a) on the open market and (b) privately.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	216229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not collect information on the number of pedigree cows traded on either the open market or privately.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/02/2019 13:01:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

1054878

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	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: Compensation
	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 relative importance of (a) open market and (b) private sale values of pedigree cattle in the determination of compensation for bovine TB.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	216225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>A vast amount of sales data (for around 1.4 million cattle) is collected through the year from open market sales and used to determine the monthly TB compensation rates in England. Under Defra’s table valuation based system, compensation paid reflects the average market sale prices in the 51 cattle categories we use. The categories are based on an animal’s age, gender, type (beef or dairy) and pedigree status. Only sales data for pedigree cattle is used to determine compensation rates for owners of pedigree herds.</p><p> </p><p>We do not have access to private sales valuation data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/02/2019 13:14:01 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

1054879

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	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: Compensation
	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 compensation has been paid to owners of pedigree cattle testing positive for bovine TB i each month since that scheme began.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	216226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The attached table shows the total amount of compensation paid to keepers in England for pedigree animals compulsorily slaughtered for bTB control purposes in each month since February 2006, when the current scheme began. Please note that the months detailed in the table reflect when the animals were slaughtered, which may not always correspond to the date compensation payments were made.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/02/2019 10:30:44 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice attachment 1 file name Compensation paid to keepers in England for pedigree animals.docx title Compensation paid to keepers in England
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

1027641

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Freezing of Assets: Libya
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the (a) date granted, (b) purpose, (c) recipient and (d) value of the licences issued for the release of funds frozen as result of financial sanctions against Libya.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	203276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Where there are derogations set out in the Libya sanctions regimes, HM Treasury may authorise dealing with frozen assets. In some instances, that includes releasing frozen funds for at least one of the following purposes: basic needs, extraordinary expenses, legal fees, prior contract, routine holding and maintenance.</p><p> </p><p>The detailed information requested in relation to parts (a), (b), and (d) could only be made available at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to part (c) of the question, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) is unable to release this information as disclosure would contravene data protection principles.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/12/2018 16:42:45 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

1027642

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Freezing of Assets: Libya
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has accrued to the public purse in taxation from (a) Libyan frozen assets and (b) transactions relating to Libyan frozen assets in each financial year.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	203277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally within government and would involve disproportionate costs to collect and collate.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/12/2018 16:41:15 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison