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>
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/tuberculosis-tb-in-cattle-in-great-britain<\/a><\/p> <\/strong><\/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> English counties<\/strong><\/p><\/td> a) Number of holdings gamma tested per county<\/strong><\/p><\/td> b) Number of gamma samples by county<\/strong><\/p><\/td> c) Gamma-positives per county<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Northern Somerset & South Gloucestershire (AVON)<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 287<\/p><\/td> 33<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cornwall (and Isles of Scilly)<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td> 2588<\/p><\/td> 295<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Devon<\/p><\/td> 23<\/p><\/td> 6384<\/p><\/td> 673<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dorset<\/p><\/td> 17<\/p><\/td> 6080<\/p><\/td> 533<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gloucestershire<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td> 585<\/p><\/td> 58<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Herefordshire<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td> 290<\/p><\/td> 44<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Shropshire<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Staffordshire<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 587<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Somerset excl North<\/p><\/td> 13<\/p><\/td> 1793<\/p><\/td> 156<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wiltshire<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 401<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Worcestershire<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 126<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Midlands<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 129<\/p><\/td> 6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Berkshire<\/p><\/td> 22<\/p><\/td> 4149<\/p><\/td> 215<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Buckinghamshire<\/p><\/td> 12<\/p><\/td> 3619<\/p><\/td> 153<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hampshire<\/p><\/td> 12<\/p><\/td> 1326<\/p><\/td> 42<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Leicestershire and Rutland<\/p><\/td> 23<\/p><\/td> 3414<\/p><\/td> 188<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Northamptonshire<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td> 784<\/p><\/td> 31<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nottinghamshire<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 1220<\/p><\/td> 44<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cheshire<\/p><\/td> 89<\/p><\/td> 25534<\/p><\/td> 939<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Derbyshire<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 674<\/p><\/td> 64<\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Sussex<\/p><\/td> 6<\/p><\/td> 654<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Oxfordshire<\/p><\/td> 48<\/p><\/td> 17184<\/p><\/td> 805<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Warwickshire<\/p><\/td> 13<\/p><\/td> 3060<\/p><\/td> 107<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bedfordshire<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td> 696<\/p><\/td> 47<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cambridgeshire<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 71<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cumbria<\/p><\/td> 14<\/p><\/td> 6718<\/p><\/td> 203<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Durham<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 347<\/p><\/td> 14<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Essex<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td> 430<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Greater London and Greater London East<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Greater Manchester<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 180<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hertfordshire<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 94<\/p><\/td> 16<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Isle of Wight<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 731<\/p><\/td> 70<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kent<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lancashire<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 3244<\/p><\/td> 60<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lincolnshire<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 332<\/p><\/td> 16<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Merseyside<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 44<\/p><\/td> 9<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Northumberland (and Tyne and Wear)<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Norfolk<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 209<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Surrey<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 370<\/p><\/td> 12<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Suffolk<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 276<\/p><\/td> 25<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Sussex<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 2695<\/p><\/td> 125<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Yorkshire (and Cleveland)<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td> 737<\/p><\/td> 42<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/999260", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/999260/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Some young people need ongoing support into young adulthood, after they leave children and young people\u2019s mental health services. This point of transition is an important stage for young people, and it is not always easy.<\/p> <\/p> That is why, in January 2015, NHS England published a Model Specification for Transitions from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, to support better transition planning and delivery by local providers. Transition from children and young people\u2019s mental health services has also been included as one of 13 mandatory national indicators in the Commissioning for Quality and Innovation scheme, 2017/19, which offers financial incentives to local areas to encourage improved transition planning for children and young people.<\/p> <\/p> To address issues of transition, some areas have already adopted a mental health service which supports young people from ages 0-25.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4065", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the process for enabling young people to transition to adult mental health services at the age of 18; whether he plans to put in place a developmental approach to such transition; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/997589", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/997589/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " We set a threshold of a minimum number of customer accounts for supplier participation in the Warm Home Discount to ensure small suppliers are not disproportionately burdened and to avoid creating excessive barriers to entry to the market. Following the Warm Home Discount consultation earlier this year, we decided to retain the customer threshold at 250,000 domestic accounts for participating suppliers in 2018/19, but to lower it to 200,000 in 2019/20 and 150,000 in 2020/21. We intend to reduce the threshold to zero or a small minimum, if the evidence on the impacts of reducing the threshold on the energy markets supports this approach. This gradual reduction will give smaller suppliers time to prepare for delivery, adjust their business models and help minimise the risk of non-compliance.<\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3974", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Claire Perry"}
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, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Devizes"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Claire Perry"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons the warm home discount scheme is only eligible for use with some electricity suppliers; and whether he plans to extend that list of suppliers for the scheme.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/252", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr David Drew"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dr David Drew"}
], "uin" : "185479"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/997590", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/997590/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Public Health England (PHE) centrally procures flu vaccines for the children\u2019s national flu immunisation programme, these being the nasal spray Fluenz Tetra supplied by AstraZeneca and a quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccine supplied by Sanofi Pasteur. This programme provides influenza vaccination for children between the ages of two and 17 years of age. If the Fluenz Tetra nasal spray is unsuitable, children are offered the quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccine as an alternative. Other vulnerable groups are offered alternative vaccines that are more effective in protecting them against influenza.<\/p> <\/p> Sufficient vaccine has been procured to ensure that all eligible children who present at general practices and schools for vaccination can be offered the appropriate vaccine. Stocks are carefully managed by PHE to ensure there is equitable distribution across England, including the Stroud constituency, and sufficient in-date vaccine for patients who present throughout the season.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether all GP practices in the (a) Stroud constituency and (b) England have sufficient supplies of the FluMist flu vaccine to vaccinate all vulnerable groups including those eligible through age.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/997671/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The definition of minimum annual control is provided on the Cumbria authorisation letter:<\/p> (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> 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> 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> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-natural-england-preventing-spread-of-bovine-tb<\/a><\/p> <\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/997672/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The definition of minimum annual control is provided on the Cumbria authorisation letter:<\/p>