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asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 23 June (WA 202), whether the continuance of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy testing programme to identify 40 cases at a cost of £60 million is necessary to prevent recurrence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Asked by

Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 July 2008

Reference

4610; 703 c59-60WA

House

House of Lords

Agriculture: BSE

asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Summary: Intervention and Options document of the impact assessment of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy responsibility and cost-sharing proposals, published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 11 December 2007, when the proportion of United Kingdom cattle subject to testing for bovine spongiform...

Asked by

Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 June 2008

Reference

4252; 702 c202WA

House

House of Lords

Agriculture: BSE

asked Her Majesty's Government:What has been the cost to date of testing cattle for bovine spongiform encephalopathy infection over each of the past 10 years; and whether the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is considering moving from the regular testing of cattle over 24 months to a random...

Asked by

Baroness Byford (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Answered on

16 April 2007

The cost of testing cattle for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Britain under the EU active surveillance programme, which was introduced in 2001, is shown in the table below.

Year	Number tested*	Costs £ million **
2001	80,444	19
2002	333,073	31
2003	394,712	32
2004	515,507	31
2005	547,386	41
2006	598,755	***60
Total	2,469,877	214
* Numbers tested per calendar year
** Costs per financial year
*** Latest forecast

These figures include laboratory costs, the costs of Meat Hygiene Service controls in abattoirs and Rural Payments Agency expenditure on the collection, brainstem sampling and disposal of cattle that have died or been killed on farm or in transit (fallen cattle). The costs of testing cattle with clinical signs of BSE are excluded. The EU Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) Regulation (999/2001) requires the UK to test all fallen cattle aged over 24 months. An amending regulation (1923/2006), which came into force on 19 January 2007, provides for the European Commission and member states to agree either to raise the age limit for testing fallen cattle throughout the EU, or to accept an individual member state’s application to implement an alternative surveillance programme. The latter is dependent on several factors, including the agreement of harmonised criteria against which a proposal from a member state would be assessed. Defra has asked the European Commission to raise the EU age limit for testing fallen cattle from 24 months. We are also considering how best to present an application for an alternative testing programme for fallen cattle, subject to the UK fulfilling the criteria when they are agreed. No change to the age limit for testing cattle slaughtered for human consumption (from 30 months) is envisaged at this stage.

Date

16 April 2007

Reference

2577; 691 c1WA

House

House of Lords

Deposited Paper HINF 2005/1953

Deposited by

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Consultation papers; Impact assessments; Deposited papers

Date

13 October 2005

Reference

HINF 2005/1953

Deposited Paper DEP 05/1392

Deposited by

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Consultation papers; Impact assessments; Deposited papers

Date

12 October 2005

Reference

DEP 05/1392

House

House of Commons

Public consultation on proposals to amend the legislation on BSE testing to facilitate trade in cattle over thirty months for human consumption [in Wales]. Incl. draft regulatory appraisal.

Type

Impact assessments

Date

10 June 2005

Reference

HINF 2005/1051

Deposited Paper HINF 2005/938

Deposited by

Food Standards Agency

Type

Consultation papers; Deposited papers

Date

12 May 2005

Reference

HINF 2005/938

I. Public consultation on proposals for implementing a managed transition from the over thirty months (OTM) rule to BSE testing. Includes:- II. two draft SIs and III. regulatory impact assessment. FSA. 2005.

Type

Impact assessments

Date

23 March 2005

Reference

RIA 05/130 (Part III only);FSA

Untitled Written question

Further to the independent inquiry into the Meat Hygiene Service's failure to test cattle aged between 24 to 30 months for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, who within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is authorised to change instructions on this subject; and what process led to the withdrawal of...

Asked by

Baroness Byford (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 March 2005

Reference

670 c45WA; HL 1307

House

House of Lords

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made in identifying a BSE test capable of supporting British beef producers who plan to export to (a) Europe and (b) third countries. - Inc figure. (Holding answer 25 February 2005).

Asked by

Andrew George (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 March 2005

Reference

218475; 431 c1030W;431 c1026W

House

House of Commons

Written Statement on proposals to lift the over thirty months rule

Written Statement on proposals to lift the over thirty months rule. (Inc figs).

Member

Baroness Beckett (Labour)

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written statements

Date

1 December 2004

Reference

428 c35-7WS

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence she has collated that BSE exists in British cattle. - Inc fact that numbers of cases recorded on a graph will be made available in Library.

Asked by

Bill Wiggin (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 October 2004

Reference

425 c85W;425 c86W; 189620

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to abolish the over 30 month scheme.

Asked by

James Gray (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 October 2004

Reference

424 c1938W;424 c1936W; 188500

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timescale is for the introduction of comprehensive testing for BSE; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by

Nigel Waterson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 May 2004

Reference

170624; 421 c640W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the US Department of Agriculture decision to use antibody-based tests for the prion protein that causes BSE; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 April 2004

Reference

420 c1192W; 165253

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the BSE tests she has been conducting at High Mowbray in Yorkshire. - (Holding answer 19 April 2004).

Asked by

James Gray (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 April 2004

Reference

420 c1192W; 166441

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the Food Standards Agency has made of the arrangements in the USA for (a) testing slaughtered cattle for BSE, (b) surveillance and tracking of BSE in the food chain and (c) controlling the use of rendered by-products; and if he...

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 January 2004

Reference

146345; 417 c315W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effects that proposals to amend the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 to enable non-veterinary surgeons to diagnose bovine tuberculosis may have on (a) the welfare of cattle, (b) the welfare of...

Asked by

Stephen O'Brien (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 September 2003

For answer on

14 October 2003

Answered on

14 October 2003

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment her Department has made of the effects that proposals to amend the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 to enable non- veterinary surgeons to diagnose bovine tuberculosis may have on (a) the welfare of cattle, (b) the welfare of badgers, (c) the welfare of non-wild animals, (d) the welfare of other wild animals, (e) the workload of existing veterinary practices, (f) the cashflow of existing veterinary practices, (g) the standards of diagnosis by (i) veterinary surgeons and (ii) non-veterinary surgeons and (h) the rate of the spread of the disease in (A) the national cattle herd, (B) geographic areas currently unaffected and (C) non-cattle animals. [131588] Mr. Bradshaw: We do not believe that the introduction of lay testers will have a detrimental effect on any of the elements listed. The role of the lay TB tester, set out in our consultation paper issued on 4 July 2003, does not include diagnosis. This will be the responsibility of the supervising Local Veterinary Inspector (LVI) or Veterinary Officer of the State Veterinary Service. It is proposed that 72 hours after the tuberculin injection, the lay tester would record skin measurements, together with a description of the type of reaction observed. This information will be passed to a veterinary surgeon for interpretation of the results. There is no intention of depriving LVI practices of their routine testing and no practice will be required to use lay testers. Those practices that chose to continue to use veterinary surgeons to perform TB tests would continue to receive fees at existing rates. A lower fee would be paid if a lay tester was used.

Legislation

Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966

Date

14 October 2003

Reference

131588; 411 c98W;411 c138W

House

House of Commons

Whitty, Lord

Whether there have been any searches for prions in the muscles of BSE or scrapie-infected animals since March 2002; and, if so, what the results have been. [HL 4393].

Asked by

Baroness Byford (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 October 2003

Reference

HL 4393; 653 c50WA

House

House of Lords

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Over Thirty Month Scheme; what changes she plans to make to the scheme, and if she will make a statement; whether the Government will phase in the changes...

Asked by

Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 September 2003

Reference

410 c482W;410 (Not in Bound Volume); 128383;128386

House

House of Commons

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