HC Deb 07 June 1993 vol 226 c34W
Mr. Nigel Evans

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many cases of BSE were confirmed in England for each quarter since 1987.

Mr. Soames

There were 827 cases of BSE confirmed in England before the disease become notifiable on 21 June 1988. Since then the number of confirmed cases in England by date of report to the Ministry for each quarter is as follows:

Number
1988
1Quarter 3 899
Quarter 4 1,105
1989
Quarter 1 1,448
Quarter 2 1,334
Quarter 3 1,630
Quarter 4 2,010
1990
Quarter 1 3,272
Quarter 2 2,941
Quarter 3 2,903
Quarter 4 3,496
1991
Quarter 1 4,694
Quarter 2 4,514
Quarter 3 5,700
Quarter 4 7,077
1992
Quarter 1 8,419
Quarter 2 6,822
Quarter 3 7,425
Quarter 4 8,301
1993
Quarter 1 27,588
1 21 June 1988 to 30 September 1988.
2 This figure is incomplete as not all suspects reported in this quarter have been slaughtered or confirmed.