§ Mr. Hunterasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the number of specimens each veterinary investigation centre has handled since 1975.
§ Mr. JoplingThe information is as follows: 379W
Specimens Received by VI Centres in England and Wales 1975–1979 VI Centre 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Newcastle 12,111 11,838 14,999 20,821 17,790 Penrith 19,685 28,824 26,881 31,438 25,679 Thirsk 19,061 16,512 40,207 23,815 19,322 Leeds 32,647 38,452 32,472 34,415 42,268 Liverpool 23,830 25,274 29,621 23,763 21,112 Sutton Bonington 32,089 31,018 27,764 32,537 55,005 Shewsbury* 22,203 26,091 40,449 26,405 32,659 Chester 8,513 5,133 5,280 8,056 15,912 Worcester 22,135 19,489 21,578 23,537 26,569 Northampton 14,904 12,378 9,873 12,040 14,557 Lincoln 11,399 10,790 10,911 10,138 16,556 Cambridge 17,827 15,906 15,257 23,178 36,354 Norwich 18,268 20,225 24,428 30,537 26,811 Wye 11,960 10,509 11,732 10,401 13,033 Reading 24,768 21,238 18,288 22,352 27,927 Winchester 15,068 15,645 14,400 13,284 14,525 Starcross 23,048 20,971 29,230 21,335 27,225 Bristol 42,729 39,642 57,434 40,276 40,788 Truro 14,901 12,172 11,085 10,959 14,867 Gloucester 26,171 21,224 23,439 24,797 29,966 Bangor 12,521 12,355 14,309 10,806 13,132 Cardiff 5,543 5,785 7,914 9,055 10,398 Aberystwyth 12,323 9,679 8,693 8,175 10,906 Carmarthen 19,698 20,445 18,641 14,860 21,559 * The specimens for 1975–1978 are for Wolverhampton VIC
Specimens Received by VI Centres in England and Wales 1980–1984 VI Centre 1980 1981 1982 1983 *1984 Newcastle 22,793 16,701 18,484 23,600 23,015 Penrith 22,400 17,759 27,439 30,574 26,949 Thirsk 19,087 18,414 23,842 29,090 43,457 Leeds 26,166 52,599 42,883 35,987 34,628 Liverpool 21,997 22,484 20,057 17,203 14,757 Sutton Bonington 35,666 21,658 40,443 51,486 48,246 Shrewbury 28,383 30,381 24,173 23,340 18,039 Chester 19,858 13,597 11,724 11,885 7,258 Worcester 23,148 23,554 28,205 25,447 22,788 Northampton 8,594 9,730 10,904 11,913 11,648 Lincoln 11,296 11,061 15,566 29,330 40,770 Cambridge 30,604 30,484 30,785 27,724 36,873 Norwich 25,499 27,049 24,265 25,053 37,714 Wye 14,587 14,775 16,015 16,818 11,873 Reading 26,358 23,545 20,226 21,845 21,369 Winchester 13,522 16,044 21,392 28,287 31,697 Starcross 26,581 25,429 29,021 35,530 27,424 Bristol 41,926 42,629 41,953 49,879 44,699 Truro 16,016 16,992 15,376 19,911 17,263 Gloucester 23,491 25,232 28,320 26,563 20,345 Bangor 13,315 10,818 8,216 12,183 19,799 Cardiff 11,770 6,135 4,641 5,741 3,946 Aberystwyth 9,995 12,160 16,076 20,592 19,175 Carmarthen 19,676 15,265 12,914 14,070 12,715 * Provisional Figures