Redevelopment of Defra’s animal health infrastructure

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 9 Jun 2022 Closed: 24 Feb 2023 Parliament page
The UK faces a significant threat from animal diseases, such as Bovine Tuberculosis - which is the subject of controversy over the badger culling that has traditionally been used to control it - and ‘zoonotic’ diseases which can transmit from animals to humans – as is believed to have been … Read more
15 Recommendations
21 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
1 Event
Activity timeline 3 events
24 Feb
2023
Report published
16 Nov
2022
Report published
13 Jul
2022
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
13 Jul 2022
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Redevelopment of Defra’s animal health infrastructure
Colin Dingwall · Animal and Plant Health Agency David Holdsworth · Animal and Plant Health Agency Professor Christine Middlemiss · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Sarah Homer · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Tamara Finkelstein · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Twenty-Fourth Report - Redevelopment of Defra’s animal health in… HC 42 16 Nov 2022 36 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
4 results
Clear
9 Conclusion Not Addressed
Twenty-Fourth Report - Redevelopme…
The APHA’s Weybridge site is the UK’s primary science capability for managing threats from animal...
The APHA’s Weybridge site is the UK’s primary science capability for managing threats from animal diseases. It houses 98% of the APHA’s high containment laboratories. It is the APHA’s main site for running long-term animal health studies and the only … Read more
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22 Conclusion
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The Chief Veterinary Officer and the APHA confirmed that the Weybridge site does not have...
The Chief Veterinary Officer and the APHA confirmed that the Weybridge site does not have ACDP (Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens) level four high containment laboratory facilities. This is the highest containment level relating to diseases where there is a … Read more
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27 Conclusion Not Addressed
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The Department explained that in developing the Programme Business Case for the Weybridge redevelopment it...
The Department explained that in developing the Programme Business Case for the Weybridge redevelopment it did significant additional work on its cost estimate. This was based on a more developed design for the Weybridge redevelopment than the Outline Business Case … Read more
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31 Conclusion Not Addressed
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The National Audit Office found that the Department has put in place many of the...
The National Audit Office found that the Department has put in place many of the elements for managing the Weybridge redevelopment programme well.57 The National Audit Office also highlighted that the redevelopment programme is high risk due to a range … Read more
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Government Response AI assessment · 35 of 15 classified
Accepted 24
Acknowledged 5
Not Addressed 3
Rejected 3
Total 15 recs + 21 conclusions