HC Deb 25 February 1991 vol 186 cc361-5W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the total numbers of confirmed cases of BSE by county in England, Scotland and Wales.

Mr. Gummer

The information up to 15 February 1991 is detailed as follows.

County (County No.) Cases
Northern
Cleveland (04) 32
Cumbria (08) 431
Durham (12) 87
Humberside (51) 106
Northumberland (31) 91
Tyne and Wear (30) 2
Yorkshire North (48) 880
Yorkshire South (47) 80
Yorkshire West (49) 103
Totals 1,812
Midlands and Western
Cheshire (06) 603
Derbyshire (09) 347
Hereford and Worcester (18) 444
Lancashire (21) 490
Leicestershire (22) 537
Manchester (44) 17
Merseyside (25) 12
Nottinghamshire (32) 150
Shropshire (35) 573
Staffordshire (37) 449
West Midlands (46) 15
Warwickshire (43) 239
Totals 3,876

County (County No.) Cases
Eastern
Bedfordshire (01) 61
Cambridgeshire (05) 89
Essex (13) 99
Hertfordshire (18) 108
Lincolnshire (24) 195
Norfolk (28) 361
Northamptonshire (29) 200
Suffolk (38) 278
Totals 1,391
South-East
Berkshire (02) 150
Buckinghamshire (03) 210
Hampshire (15) 904
Isle of Wight (16) 174
Kent (20) 510
London (26/27) 9
Oxfordshire (33) 369
Surrey (40) 229
Sussex East (41) 315
Sussex West (42) 603
Totals 3,473
South-West
Avon (34) 478
Cornwall (07) 1,786
Devon (10) 2,566
Dorset (11) 2,027
Gloucester (14) 712
Somerset (36) 2,005
Wiltshire (45) 1,449
Totals 11,023
Wales
Clwyd (56) 231
Dyfed (55) 927
Glamorgan Mid (58) 56
Glamorgan South (57) 61
Glamorgan West (59) 11
Gwent (60) 175
Gwynedd (52) 67
Powys (52) 215
Totals 1,743
Scotland South
Borders (93) 34
Central (94) 25
Dumfries (99) 147
Lothian (92) 20
Strathclyde (95/96) 209
Scotland North
Fife (91) 51
Grampian (88) 161
Highland (87) 49
Orkney (83) 9
Shetland (82) 2
Tayside (90) 66
Western Isles (?) 1
Totals 774

Dr. David Clark

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the number of(a) suspected and (b) confirmed cases of BSE by county in England, Wales and Scotland for (i) 1990 and (ii) to date in 1991.

Mr. Gummer

The information requested is as follows:

Number of confirmed cases and total reported cases in 1990
County Positive Total
Eastern
Bedfordshire 38 42
Cambridgeshire 56 62
Essex 60 78
Hertfordshire 65 79
Lincolnshire 94 111
Norfolk 234 281
Northamptonshire 119 136
Suffolk 161 192
Midland and West
Cheshire 422 493
Derbyshire 240 275
Hereford and Worcester 243 307
Lancashire 330 442
Leicestershire 315 379
Manchester 10 13
Merseyside 7 10
Nottinghamshire 98 117
Shropshire 317 408
Staffordshire 293 362
West Midlands 7 8
Warwickshire 141 182
Northern
Cleveland 20 23
Cumbria 264 318
Durham 60 78
Humberside 77 94
Northumberland 49 63
Tyne and Wear 1 3
North Yorkshire 539 720
South Yorkshire 57 64
West Yorkshire 70 91
South East
Berkshire 63 82
Buckinghamshire 136 162
Hampshire 446 517
Isle of Wight 110 133
Kent 250 286
London 5 6
Oxfordshire 203 237
Surrey 117 148
Sussex East 178 214
Sussex West 329 378
South West
Avon 314 430
Cornwall 909 1,170
Devon 1,330 1,587
Dorset 1,129 1,369
Gloucestershire 350 471
Somerset 1,251 1,500
Wiltshire 806 1,081
Wales
Clwyd 144 310
Dyfed 582 690
Glamorgan North 38 43
Glamorgan South 22 24
Glamorgan West 8 10
Gwent 87 118
Gwynedd 30 47
Powys 126 170
Scotland
Borders 23 33
Central 13 20
Dumfries 90 134
Fife 39 49
Grampian 101 174
Highland 28 37
Lothian 10 16
Orkney 5 6
Shetland 0 1
Strathclyde 127 180

County Positive Total
Tayside 42 63
Total 13,828 17,327

Number of confirmed cases and total reported cases
1/1/91—15/2/91
County Positive Total
Eastern
Bedfordshire 0 8
Cambridge 0 7
Essex 0 10
Hertfordshire 0 13
Lincolnshire 4 30
Norfolk 9 60
Northamptonshire 2 22
Suffolk 8 51
Midland and West
Cheshire 14 108
Derbyshire 0 54
Hertfordshire and Worcestershire 4 63
Lancashire 7 84
Leicestershire 0 68
Manchester 1 10
Merseyside 0 0
Nottinghamshire 0 18
Salop 7 76
Staffordshire 3 56
West Midlands 0 3
Warwickshire 3 29
Northern
Cleveland 1 3
Cumbria 8 62
Durham 0 8
Humberside 1 10
Northumberland 1 19
Tyne and Wear 0 0
Yorkshire North 42 149
Yorkshire South 7 11
Yorkshire West 5 10
South East
Berkshire 1 20
Buckinghamshire 2 22
Hampshire 5 97
Isle of Wight 0 21
Kent 4 41
London 0 3
Oxfordshire 0 46
Surrey 1 15
Sussex East 4 50
Sussex West 3 84
South West
Avon 0 113
Cornwall 26 257
Devon 51 339
Dorset 51 273
Gloucestershire 3 116
Somerset 44 345
Wiltshire 19 221
Wales
Clwyd 3 59
Dyfed 29 169
Glamorgan Mid 0 5
Glamorgan South 0 6
Glamorgan West 0 2
Gwent 3 17
Gwynedd 0 8
Powys 6 33
Scotland
Borders 0 7
Central 2 3

County Positive Total
Dumfries 16 29
Fife 1 2
Grampian 6 22
Highland 4 8
Lothian 0 1
Orkney 0 0
Shetland 0 1
Strathclyde 13 32
Tayside 3 10
Total 427 3,519