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date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Empty Dwelling Management Orders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent estimate they have made of the number of Empty Dwelling Management Orders (EDMOs); what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of EDMOs; and whether they have any proposals to change (1) the regulations relating to EDMOs, and (2) the way in which EDMOs operate in practice, in order to increase their ease of use.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL4462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Empty Dwelling Management Orders (EDMOs) enable a local housing authority to put an empty property back into use. The property must have been empty for at least two years and be a blight on the local neighbourhood. It is for local housing authorities to decide when to use these powers and Government does not collect data on the number of EDMOs that have been issued. The number of empty homes is at its lowest since records began. In May 2010 over 300,000 homes in England had been standing empty for longer than 6 months. As of November 2017 the number of long-term empty properties had fallen to 206,236. There are no current plans to make any changes to the way in which EDMOs operate.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 16/01/2018 17:55:22 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

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date	09/01/2017
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: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many puppies were imported into the UK for each of the past five years; and what health checks are required before such puppies reach their UK destination.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL4462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Commercially imported dogs regardless of age are provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Dogs</p></td><td><p>Either dogs or cats*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>6085</p></td><td><p>845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3596</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>26399</p></td><td><p>287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>28344</p></td><td><p>367</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>34017</p></td><td><p>327</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em> *Data does not distinguish between dogs and cats.</em></p><p> </p><p>All dogs imported from European Union Member States are required to have a valid rabies vaccination, be treated against tapeworm and have a valid pet passport which gives details of both the vaccine and the veterinarian who administered it. Dogs and cats imported from outside the EU go through a similar process but the health preparation requirements and certification documents differ according to the disease status in the country concerned.</p><p> </p><p>In 2013 the CVO working group confirmed that rescue dogs were being incorrectly imported under the Pet Travel Scheme. In 2014 APHA worked with charities who import rescue dogs to ensure that they were imported under commercial rules.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 23/01/2017 14:30:45 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford