PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Mosquitoes: Greater London (30 June 2014)

Entomologists at Public Health England (PHE), formerly the Health Protection Agency (HPA), have been working with colleagues in the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), local authorities and Port Health Officers to better understand the risk posed by mosquitoes in London.

PHE discusses the issues of mosquitoes with the CIEH who then provides advice (and contact) to Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) at the London Boroughs. PHE does work with local authorities directly for specific mosquito surveillance schemes, but this is always through the Principal EHO at CIEH.

PHE currently runs a mosquito surveillance scheme to monitor problem mosquitoes from EHOs and the public, and have been conducting surveillance of invasive species at airports and seaports across England, including London.