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600589

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Greyhounds: Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress the Government has made on increasing funding for greyhound welfare from gambling operators since publication of the Government response to the Second Report of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Session 2015-16, on Greyhound welfare, HC 478.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	48466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The betting and greyhound industries should work together and that contributions from betting should reflect the total income generated by the sport.</p><p> </p><p>While there have been a number of discussions between the two industries on this issue since the publication of the Committee’s report, I was disappointed to hear that no further commitments to increase funding have yet been made.</p><p> </p><p>I will be raising this matter again with the betting industry and making my views clear.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 18/10/2016 15:02:18 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

595962

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what proportion of child contact cases presided over by the family judiciary in each year since 2010, where there was an allegation of domestic abuse, either party were litigants in person.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	47052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 17/10/2016 16:33:10 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

595978

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of domestic abuse victims in child contact cases in the family court have been in receipt of legal aid in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	46936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>This data is not centrally recorded and could only be obtained by incurring disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 18/10/2016 12:46:32 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

532920

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
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	Dangerous Dogs
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 dogs have been processed under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in each year since 1992; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	41934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>Section 1 of the 1991 Act prohibits certain types of dog, but the courts may permit some dogs to be retained by their keeper under strict conditions and registered with the Index of Exempted Dogs pursuant to a statutory exemption scheme. The number of new dogs registered with the Index per year is in the table below. The sum of these figures does not equate to the total number of dogs registered on the Index.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of dogs destroyed under section 1 or the subject of proceedings under section 3 (dog being dangerously out of control) are not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Dogs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1992</p></td><td><p>545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1993</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>394</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>683</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>722</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>676</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>550</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/07/2016 15:16:54 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

532456

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
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
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 areas will be involved in the badger cull in 2016; and what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of that cull.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	41638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>Decisions on licence applications will be announced before the start of badger control operations. The cost will depend on the number of applicants authorised to proceed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/07/2016 15:08:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

532457

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
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
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 the average cost is of (a) the current bovine TB skin test and (b) the gamma interferon test; and what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of each of those tests.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	41639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <ol><li><p><strong>The average cost per bTB skin test.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Costs will vary between regions but as an example; for 105 animals per test instruction, the average cost is £288.88 which equates to £2.75 per animal tested</p><p> </p><p>(This is the based on invoice costs as paid to Veterinary Delivery Partners divided by the number of test instructions and animals tested respectively.)</p><p> </p></li><li><p><strong>The gamma test cost </strong><strong>IFNG Test Cost:</strong></p><p> </p></li></ol><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Co</strong><strong>st per test for:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Single test</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5+ tests</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10+ tests</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>H</strong><strong>igh Specificity Test</strong></p></td><td><p>£30.00</p></td><td><p>£24.70</p></td><td><p>£22.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>H</strong><strong>igh Sensitivity Test</strong></p></td><td><p>£22.00</p></td><td><p>£18.00</p></td><td><p>£16.25</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The standard IFNG blood test is a comparative test, like the tuberculin skin test.</p><p> </p><p>High Specificity Test for Officially TB Free herd cattle only.</p><p>This reduces the likelihood of false-positive results, but at the expense of a lower Sensitivity (i.e. the probability of detecting infected animals) compared to the basic IFNG test, as follows:</p><p>- Sensitivity: 74.0% [95% CI: 70.4 – 83.0]</p><p>- Specificity: 99.2% [95% CI: 98.6 – 99.8]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>High Sensitivity Test for cattle in TB-restricted herds</p><p>This test is the standard IFNG test format and carries the highest Sensitivity (probability of infection detection), but at the expense of a lower Specificity (higher probability of false-positives) as follows:</p><p>- Sensitivity 90.0% [95% CI: 87.2 – 92.8]</p><p>- Specificity 96.5% [95% CI: 95.3 – 97.7]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The comparative tuberculin skin test has, on average, a Sensitivity of 81.0% [95%CI: 77.3 – 84.7] and Specificity of 99.98% [95%CI: 99.9 - 100].</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/07/2016 12:18:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

532458

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
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
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) tuberculin skin tests and (b) gamma interferon tests have been conducted in each year since 2010; and how many cases of bovine TB have been detected by each method.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	41640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p><strong>a). Tuberculin skin tests carried out each year between 2010 and 2015 in England:- </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5,367,553</p></td><td><p>5,496,051</p></td><td><p>5,857,660</p></td><td><p>6,283,185</p></td><td><p>6,927,096</p></td><td><p>7,300,970</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>b). Number of gamma interferon tests carried out each year between 2010 and 2015 in England:-</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16,274</p></td><td><p>16,131</p></td><td><p>26,117</p></td><td><p>34,096</p></td><td><p>65,536</p></td><td><p>74,509</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Gamma interferon tests are supplementary blood tests, which are performed in herds already under TB restrictions to supplement the skin test and speed up the detection of infected animals. Therefore, such tests could not generate any new herd breakdowns (‘cases’) in 2010-2015. i.e. the number of new cases of bTB detected by gamma interferon tests in England in all those years was nil.</p><p> </p><p>All the new cases of bTB were detected by skin testing of cattle herds or individual animals, with the exception of a small proportion that were first identified through routine post-mortem meat inspection of cattle. Slaughterhouse cases trigger approximately 15% of the total number of new bTB breakdowns detected each year in England.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/07/2016 13:48:16 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

532459

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to adopt the gamma interferon test as the primary standardised test to detect TB in cattle.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	41674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The tuberculin skin test is the internationally accepted standard for detection of infection with <em>M. bovis</em> for the purposes of trade. The tuberculin skin test is more specific than the interferon gamma test but less sensitive (see PQ 41639). Thus the interferon gamma test is only used in specific circumstances in TB-affected herds in combination with the skin test to help with early identification and removal of TB infected animals and reduce the risk of spread of disease.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/07/2016 15:53:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

523480

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
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: Exports
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 consignments of dogs were exported from the UK to Hong Kong in 2015; and how many dogs were in each such consignment.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	39701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency issued export health certificates for 235 consignments of dogs to be exported to Hong Kong during 2015, relating to 267 dogs in total.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/06/2016 16:47:34 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

523043

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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: Exports
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 consignments of dogs were exported from the UK to Hong Kong in the last 12 months; and how many dogs were exported within those consignments.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	39331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency have issued export health certificates for 281 consignments of dogs to be exported to Hong Kong within the last 12 months, relating to 309 dogs in total. To date 266 of these consignments have been confirmed, relating to 293 dogs in total.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/06/2016 16:46:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith