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1037847

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date	08/01/2019
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: 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, how many badgers were vaccinated for TB in the last year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	206346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Provisional figures for 2017 show 327 badgers were vaccinated under licence from Natural England. The number of BCG doses made available for badger vaccination was limited in 2017 due to a global shortage and the need to prioritise supplies for human vaccination. Global BCG vaccine supply is now improving and although complete figures for the number of badgers vaccinated in 2018 are not yet available, provisional data returned to date indicate that the number will be higher than in 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/01/2019 17:16:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1037858

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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: 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 plans his Department has to expand the badger vaccination programme.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	206347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Landowners and private groups across England can apply to Natural England for a licence to vaccinate badgers against TB. Animal &amp; Plant Health Agency (APHA) provides training for those who wish undertake such vaccination and Defra provides financial support for projects within the Edge Area under the Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme (BEVS).</p><p>BEVS, relaunched in 2018 following a global vaccine shortage, provides matched funding and training for groups that want to take part. Three groups were successful with their applications in 2018. On 13 September 2018 we re-opened the scheme and asked for expressions of interest from those wishing to apply to vaccinate from 2019. The application process closes on 25 January 2019.</p><p>A long-standing research programme at APHA to identify an oral vaccine and a palatable bait in which to deliver it is also ongoing. An efficacy study is currently in progress, with results due later this year.</p><p>We are currently considering the report of the TB Strategy review, conducted by a team led by Professor Sir Charles Godfray, the scope of which includes badger vaccination. A Government response to the review will be published later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/01/2019 13:42:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1038020

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Defibrillators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the announcement on 3 January 2019 that life-saving skills and first-aid education will be compulsory in all schools from 2020, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of installing defibrillators in all schools.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	206344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>There is no legal requirement for schools to purchase an automated external defibrillator (AED), but the government encourages them to do so as part of their first aid equipment.</p><p>School-age children are at a relatively low risk of cardiac arrest but to ensure that any risk, no matter how small, is minimised, AEDs are currently available for schools and other education providers in the UK to purchase through the NHS Supply Chain at a reduced cost. These arrangements are available to all UK schools, including academies and independent schools, sixth-form colleges, FE institutions and early years settings (including holiday and out-of-school providers).</p><p>The government has produced guidance for schools on buying, installing and using an AED, which can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/automated-external-defibrillators-aeds-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/automated-external-defibrillators-aeds-in-schools</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 206345 question first answered 14/01/2019 13:33:18 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1038021

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Defibrillators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of defibrillators in schools.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	206345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>There is no legal requirement for schools to purchase an automated external defibrillator (AED), but the government encourages them to do so as part of their first aid equipment.</p><p>School-age children are at a relatively low risk of cardiac arrest but to ensure that any risk, no matter how small, is minimised, AEDs are currently available for schools and other education providers in the UK to purchase through the NHS Supply Chain at a reduced cost. These arrangements are available to all UK schools, including academies and independent schools, sixth-form colleges, FE institutions and early years settings (including holiday and out-of-school providers).</p><p>The government has produced guidance for schools on buying, installing and using an AED, which can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/automated-external-defibrillators-aeds-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/automated-external-defibrillators-aeds-in-schools</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 206344 question first answered 14/01/2019 13:33:18 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1038003

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Forced Marriage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of victims of forced marriages who have signed emergency loan agreements in each of the last 10 years; and of those people how many have (a) not repaid within six months and (b) been charged the additional 10 per cent surcharge; and what the total value of those surcharges is.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	206334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK is a world-leader in the fight to tackle out the brutal practice of forced marriage, with our joint Home Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) which leads efforts to combat it both at home and abroad. After careful consideration, the Foreign Secretary has decided that victims of forced marriage who are helped to return to the UK by the FMU will no longer be asked to take out a loan for their repatriation costs.</p><p>From now on, none of those who are assisted by the FMU - and would previously have been offered a loan - will have to cover the costs of their repatriation. Where possible, the Government will continue to seek to ensure the costs fall on the perpetrators by means of Forced Marriage Protection Orders.</p><p>The Government has also agreed to ensure that those victims who have outstanding loans will have no further cost fall to them. Their passports will also be unblocked.</p><p>The FMU provides support and advice for victims, those at risk, and professionals, through its public helpline. The support offered ranges from providing information and guidance to organising rescue and repatriation to the UK for victims overseas.</p><p>Between 2012-2017, the FMU supported almost 1,500 victims of forced marriage who were overseas, of whom 52 took loans. There were nine cases where surcharges were added. The total value of the surcharges was £588.26.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 206338 question first answered 11/01/2019 13:45:01 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1038007

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Forced Marriage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the Government policy on assistance available to repatriate British nationals who have been the victims of forced marriages; on what date it was decided that those people should enter into emergency loan agreements if they do not have the resources to fund travel themselves; and if he will change the policy to ensure that victims of forced marriage are exempt from reliance on emergency loan agreements.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	206338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK is a world-leader in the fight to tackle out the brutal practice of forced marriage, with our joint Home Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) which leads efforts to combat it both at home and abroad. After careful consideration, the Foreign Secretary has decided that victims of forced marriage who are helped to return to the UK by the FMU will no longer be asked to take out a loan for their repatriation costs.</p><p>From now on, none of those who are assisted by the FMU - and would previously have been offered a loan - will have to cover the costs of their repatriation. Where possible, the Government will continue to seek to ensure the costs fall on the perpetrators by means of Forced Marriage Protection Orders.</p><p>The Government has also agreed to ensure that those victims who have outstanding loans will have no further cost fall to them. Their passports will also be unblocked.</p><p>The FMU provides support and advice for victims, those at risk, and professionals, through its public helpline. The support offered ranges from providing information and guidance to organising rescue and repatriation to the UK for victims overseas.</p><p>Between 2012-2017, the FMU supported almost 1,500 victims of forced marriage who were overseas, of whom 52 took loans. There were nine cases where surcharges were added. The total value of the surcharges was £588.26.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 206334 question first answered 11/01/2019 13:45:01 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037993

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted sex offenders who did not receive a custodial sentence for their first sex offence were subsequently convicted of further sexual offences in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	206331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Table 1: Number of offenders<sup>1</sup> convicted of a sexual offence who already have at least one previous conviction for a sexual offence and did not receive an immediate custodial sentence for their first sexual offence conviction, England and Wales<sup>2</sup>, annually from year ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year Ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>394</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>389</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Number of offenders1 convicted of a sexual offence who already have at least one previous conviction for a sexual offence, England and Wales2, annually from year ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>852</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>811</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>801</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office are responsible for management of the sex offender register, the Ministry of Justice does not hold details of offenders on the sex offender register and so can not identify details of any further convictions of these offenders.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 206332 206333 question first answered 16/01/2019 17:09:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1038001

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted sex offenders were found guilty of further sexual offences in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	206333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Table 1: Number of offenders<sup>1</sup> convicted of a sexual offence who already have at least one previous conviction for a sexual offence and did not receive an immediate custodial sentence for their first sexual offence conviction, England and Wales<sup>2</sup>, annually from year ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year Ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>394</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>389</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Number of offenders1 convicted of a sexual offence who already have at least one previous conviction for a sexual offence, England and Wales2, annually from year ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>852</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>811</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>801</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office are responsible for management of the sex offender register, the Ministry of Justice does not hold details of offenders on the sex offender register and so can not identify details of any further convictions of these offenders.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 206331 206332 question first answered 16/01/2019 17:09:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037995

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people on the sex offenders register have been subsequently convicted of further sexual offences by category of offence in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	206332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Table 1: Number of offenders<sup>1</sup> convicted of a sexual offence who already have at least one previous conviction for a sexual offence and did not receive an immediate custodial sentence for their first sexual offence conviction, England and Wales<sup>2</sup>, annually from year ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year Ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>394</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>389</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Number of offenders1 convicted of a sexual offence who already have at least one previous conviction for a sexual offence, England and Wales2, annually from year ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>852</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>811</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>801</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office are responsible for management of the sex offender register, the Ministry of Justice does not hold details of offenders on the sex offender register and so can not identify details of any further convictions of these offenders.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 206331 206333 question first answered 16/01/2019 17:09:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037967

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	CJD
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve diagnosis rates of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	206318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Early diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (sCJD) is challenging as the disorder is rare, and symptoms are non-specific, mimicking those seen in more common neurodegenerative, neuroinflammatory, and infectious disorders. Rapidity of progression and lack of response to treatment often leads clinicians to suspect a CJD diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and the Scottish Government fund the National CJD Research and Surveillance Unit (NCJDRSU) to provide inter-disciplinary clinical and laboratory expertise (neurology, neuroradiology, neuropathology, biochemistry, and epidemiology) enabling early and accurate diagnosis of CJD. Clinicians from across the United Kingdom can discuss cases at any time. Highly trained specialists assess suspected cases locally within five days of referral and conduct structured assessments (clinical history, examination, and review of investigation results) before establishing diagnoses based on validated criteria. A consultant neuroradiologist at the NCJDRSU assesses neuroimaging for patients throughout the UK with a suspicion of CJD. The unit also provides a national diagnostic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) 14-3-3/RT-QuIC service and will arrange collection of CSF samples with prompt results. Information on how clinicians can refer cases to the NCJDRSU is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/referral-system" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/referral-system</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department and the Scottish Government have funded the development of diagnostic tests that combined with improved interpretation of neuroimaging has improved diagnostic accuracy.</p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU collects data on the number of people diagnosed with sCJD in the UK; break downs by of data for smaller geographies are not published. The following table shows a breakdown of the number of individuals, by year of death between 2014 and 2017. Date of diagnosis are considered synonymous for the purpose of reporting.</p><p> </p><p>Number of sCJD 2014-18 in the UK by year of death (as at January 2019).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of death</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NCJDRSU: <a href="https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/figs.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/figs.pdf </a></p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU presents data regularly at clinical meetings and publishes in peer reviewed medical journals accessed by medical professionals, as well as producing a detailed annual report at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/report26.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/report26.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU website also provides information on the different types of CJD at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing</a></p><p> </p><p>sCJD is a rapidly progressive neurological disorder with an average time from first symptom onset to death of four months. The majority (88%) of individuals with sCJD over the past five years were assessed by clinicians from the NCJDRSU in life. After formal referral to NCJDRSU the average time to confirmation of the diagnosis was three days.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 206320 206323 206326 206327 question first answered 16/01/2019 15:05:48 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel