HC Deb 22 July 1991 vol 195 cc413-7W
Mr. Summerson

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list in theOfficial Report the catch statistics for salmon and grilse both by commercial methods and by rod-and-line for each year from 1966 to the latest date for which figures are available; if he will show separate figures for England, Wales and Scotland; and if he will detail for each such year the catch by the drift nets operating in the North sea from Northumberland and Yorkshire.

Mr. Curry

The information requested is set out in the table.

Mr. Gummer

The numbers of(a) scientific and (b) non-scientific staff employed at each veterinary investigation centre according to the different grades in post on 1 June 1991 are:

VI Centre PSO SSO HSO SO ASO
Starcross — — 1 3 5
Sutton Bonington — 1 2 2 7
Thirsk — — 3 7
Truro — — 1 1 3
Winchester — — 1 2 3+12
Worcester — 1 1 3 9
Wye — — 1 2 2
QC Unit located at Lincoln VIC 1 — 1 — 3

The Grades are:

PSO—Principal Scientific Officer.

SSO—Senior Scientific Officer.

HSO—Higher Scientific Officer.

SO— Scientific Officer.

ASO—Assitant Scientific Officer.

1 Part-time

(b) Non-Scientific staff
VI Centre LA EW AO AA Typist
Aberystwyth 1+12 — 11 1 11
Bangor 1 — — 2 1
Bristol (Langford) 2 1 1 1+11 1+11
Cambridge 2 1 1 1+13 1+11
Carmarthen 2 1 1 1 1
Lincoln 2 1 1 1 1
Newcastle 2 1 1 2 1
Norwich 2 1 1 2 1+11
Penrith 1 1 1 2+11 1
Preston (Barton Hall) 3 1 1 1+11 1
Reading 1 1 1 2 1
Shrewsbury 2 1 1 2 1
Starcross 2 1 1 1+11 1
Sutton Bonington 2 1 1 2 1+11
Thirsk 1+11 1 1 2 1
Truro 2 1 1 — 1
Winchester 2 1 1 1 —
Worcester 4 1 1 3 —
Wye 1 1 — 1 1

The Grades are:

LA—Laboratory attendant.

EW—Experimental worker.

AO—Administrative officer.

AA—Administrative assistant.

1 Part-time.

Dr. David Clark

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the number of(a) cattle, (b) pigs, (c) poultry and (d) sheep in the catchment area of each veterinary investigation centres; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Gummer

As I indicated in my reply to the hon. Member on 4 July 1991 at column 184, the catchment

Veterinary investigation centre Numbers of cattle Numbers of sheep Numbers of pigs Numbers of poultry (fowls)
Bristol 868,000 1,211,000 503,000 7,480,000
Cambridge 277,000 772,000 725,000 9,946,000
Lincoln 199,000 451,000 879,000 7,326,000
Newcastle 356,000 2,339,000 101,000 1,844,000
Norwich 146,000 199,000 838,000 8,695,000
Penrith 542,000 2,504,000 67,000 2,204,000
Preston 643,000 1,327,000 435,000 7,425,000
Reading 407,000 831,000 450,000 4,815,000
Shrewsbury 648,000 1,884,000 261,000 5,803,000
Starcross 667,000 2,005,000 192,000 3,337,000
Sutton Bonington 448,000 1,010,000 271,000 5,120,000
Thirsk 558,000 2,072,000 991,000 6,963,000
Truro 401,000 687,000 75,000 844,000
Winchester 284,000 491,000 200,000 6,427,000
Worcester 513,000 2,096,000 244,000 8,289,000
Wye 163,000 1,009,000 103,000 3,392,000
Aberystwyth 270,000 3,882,000 17,000 1,028,000

areas of veterinary investigation centres are complex. The best estimates of the numbers of (a) cattle, (b) pigs, (c) poultry and (d) sheep in the catchment area of each veterinary investigation centre in England and Wales based on the June 1989 agricultural census information are:

Veterinary investigation centre Numbers of cattle Numbers of sheep Numbers of pigs Numbers of poultry (fowls)
Bangor 345,000 3,335,000 37,000 3,178,000
Carmarthen 543,000 2,829,000 45,000 2,011,000