HL Deb 24 April 1996 vol 571 cc100-2WA
The Earl of Bradford

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they can provide the most recent quarterly figures for the incidence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the United Kingdom and whether the number of cases has declined in the last two years; and

1994 1995 1996
Region 2nd QTR 3rd QTR 4th QTR 1st QTR 2nd QTR 3rd QTR 4th QTR 1st QTR
Eastern 572 440 440 432 349 259 304 283
Mid and West 1,540 1,111 1,098 1,247 821 767 642 624
Northern 782 568 703 732 459 400 397 387
Scotland 409 237 260 250 181 176 143 153
South East 823 510 551 602 412 327 327 376
South West 2,198 1,544 1,611 1,608 1,244 1,048 850 852
Wales 740 456 417 511 342 339 282 285
Northern
Ireland 70 76 73 57 36 34 43 38
Total 7,134 4,942 5,153 5,439 3,844 3,350 2,988 2,998

The incidence of BSE continues to decline. The number of suspect cases is now at the lowest level for

Whether they can provide quarterly figures broken down on a regional and United Kingdom basis for the number of recorded cases of BSE for the last two years.

Lord Lucas

The following table shows the number of BSE cases confirmed by region, by date of confirmation for the last two years (April 1994 to March 1996):

five years. The total number of cases in 1995 was 40.8 per cent. lower compared with 1994.